Lipless Mitch's Debt Ceiling FATWA: "I refuse to help Barack Obama get reelected"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/13/mcconnell-on-his-debt-cei_n_897124.html

WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), under siege from conservatives over his opt-out proposal for the debt ceiling debate, defended the idea in crassly political terms during an interview on Wednesday morning.

The Kentucky Republican, appearing on Laura Ingraham's program, repeatedly pointed to the political toil that congressional Republicans endured during the mid-'90s when they squared off against then-President Bill Clinton over government spending.

"We knew shutting down the government in 1995 was not going to work for us. It helped Bill Clinton get reelected. I refuse to help Barack Obama get reelected by marching Republicans into a position where we have co-ownership of a bad economy," McConnell said. "It didn't work in 1995. What will happen is the administration will send out notices to 80 million Social Security recipients and to military families and they will all start attacking members of Congress. That is not a useful place to take us. And the president will have the bully pulpit to blame Republicans for all this disruption."

"If we go into default he will say Republicans are making the economy worse," he concluded. "And all of a sudden we have co-ownership of a bad economy. That is a very bad position going into an election. My first choice was to do something important for the country. But my second obligation is to my party and my conference to prevent them from being sucked into a horrible position politically that would allow the president, probably, to get reelected because we didn't handle this difficult situation correctly."

[librechik]

1. Time to retire, Yertle

getting along with the people's Choice is part of your job. Do it or get out.

[FSogol]

2. Haw-haw. Like anyone would want Mitch's help with anything.

:shrug:

[dennis4868]

Mitch McConnell and most DUers

have something in common - they both refuse to help Barack Obama get reelected!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. The Republicans already own the lions share of this bad economy.

How quickly McConnell forgets that which he chooses not to accept.

[geardaddy]

4. "And all of a sudden we have co-ownership of a bad economy"

No, Yertle, you've owned the bad economy on your own for years.

[MiniMe]

6. ding ding ding

Some of us have memories to how they ran up the debt under Bush, including all the tax cuts. You own this McConnell

[Taverner]

5. Yertle the Turtle is angry

And snapping away

[geardaddy]

8. He wants his lettuce

[Ikonoklast]

7. Suck it, Mitch. You are fucked.

President Obama drinks your milkshake, he drinks it all up!

[scheming daemons]

9. Now do all of you scared-to-death SS recipients understand the game Obama played?

and is WINNING?

[Champion Jack]

15. +1,000,000,000

[geardaddy]

10. Bam! Yertle = Hitler

Seuss has stated that the titular character Yertle represented Adolf Hitler, with Yertle's despotic rule of the pond and takeover of the surrounding area parallel to Hitler's regime in Germany and invasion of various parts of Europe.<3><4>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yertle_the_Turtle_and_Other_Stories#Publication_history

[SaveAmerica]

11. He reminds me of that worm from Richard Scarrey's Busy Town

He flew a helicopter or something

[LibertyLover]

12. That would be Lowly the Worm -

now that you mention it, there are some similarities.

[SaveAmerica]

13. Ah, yes, Lowly!! I spent many hours engrossed in the details of Mr. Scarry's books

[geardaddy]

14. Here you go.

[SaveAmerica]

16. Mitch!!!

[sdfernando]

17. No turttle face...

your 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th obligation is to represent your constituents...YOU DO REMEMBER WHO THEY ARE DON'T YOU?!?!?!?

[Buns_of_Fire]

20. Oh, I'm sure he does...

Top 5 Contributors, 2005-2010, Campaign Cmte

Contributor...............Total
(1) Kindred Healthcare....$118,000
(2) UBS AG.....................$98,450
(3) Elliott Management.....$88,500
(4) Citigroup Inc..............$76,500
(5) Peabody Energy.........$73,600

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003389

[Major Hogwash]

18. Benedict Arnold had more patriotic passion for this country than the scumbag Mitch.

Mitch always puts party first, country 2nd.
Always has, always will!!

[jberryhill]

19. Well that will leave an empty chair at the phone bank next year

Shoot. We were really counting on his help.

Twit.