Mitch McConnell Battles Conservative Challenge In Reelection Bid

[CatWoman]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is not far enough to the right for some conservatives.

The five-term Kentucky lawmaker, who typically aces conservative scorecards on his legislative record, faces not only a primary challenger, businessman Matt Bevin, but also a growing lineup of outside conservative groups. Critics say McConnell is too willing to acquiesce to President Barack Obama on government spending, too eager to bail out Wall Street and too ready to grant amnesty to the 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.

Never mind that McConnell opposed the Senate immigration bill with a path to citizenship this past June, voted against the president's nominees for the Pentagon, CIA and several federal courts and never misses an opportunity to skewer Obama's signature health care law. McConnell has even sidled up to the tea party's fair-haired senator, fellow Kentuckian Rand Paul.

"He is part of what I would call the French Republicans; he surrenders a lot," said Larry Forgy, a Lexington, Ky., Republican who unsuccessfully ran for governor twice in the 1990s.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/29/mitch-mcconnell-reelection_n_3837672.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

[gordianot]

1. Just when you think you have seen it all some new more rabid Republican emerges.

I listened to some Republican State Senators and Representatives here in Missouri express opinions that in another time are a cross between a Klan rally and Confederate revival. I admit never having attended a Klan rally but have attended several local Republican events that come close. The Politicians speak in code but the audience does not when they comment. They are outwardly racist, make threats against any and all Democrats, preach violence against anyone they deem not to hold their views, and advocate secession. In spite of expressing views that border and pass sedition they manage to embrace symbols such as the American flag. The recent gun laws passed in Missouri were thought out and some in this State would like to use them as an excuse for violence. We live in a strange world indeed when some start to equate Mitch with being a moderate.