Comments on: After Backing Massive Wall Street Bailout, McConnell Plans To Block Obama’s Economic Stimulus Plan

By: marlow

marlow — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:13:58 +0000

Let him block it. Just once. Then nuke the filibuster. Tell the American people that until the republican party will not be allowed to obstruct the recovery from the disaster that their policies caused.

By: eyesopen

eyesopen — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:57:37 +0000

McConnell does not trouble himself with a coherent governing philosophy. He just stupidly opposes anything proposed by anyone not pulling his strings.

The highest aspiration that this cracker ever entertained is the one he serves now, which is to prostitute himself to traitors.

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:21:08 +0000

Some of the above posts mention “filibuster”. This may actually be a blessing in disguise.

If the demo plan has public works, job training, infrastructure, etc. it will appeal to a large segment of the population and also to several repub congress critters.

In short, this is a “cause” where if the repubs try to filibuster, the dems are very likely to get enough repubs to cross the aisle – ending the filibuster and starting the congress with a firm show of dem strength.

Now if we could just count on the dems not to screw it up.

By: coskibum

coskibum — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:24:47 +0000

Great Mitchy since you appose this vitally important stimulus package, I guess you don’t need any help for Kentucky. For that fact I believe that any senator or congress person who apposes this stimulus package, should forfeit any benefit afforded to their respected state… Watch how fast they change their tune!

By: IBTunion4obama

IBTunion4obama — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:32:34 +0000

Doesn’t surprise me…these people are Republicans, after all.

By: dbearton

dbearton — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:07:42 +0000

I expected more from Kentucky, then an a$$wipe like McConnell.

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:22:23 +0000

Hey Mitch, hows the economy in your home state of KY ? Lets look at the stats.

To be serious for a second – he led the charge for Wall Street to have money without guidelines and oversight. Yet for his own consituency in KY he doesn’t want to see any job creation or infrastructure improvement. Who does this say he is working for ?

Kentucky Unemployment released Dec 16 2008
7 percent, rank of 36 out of 51 (51, with the highest is Michigan) – http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/state_unemployment/

National Rate 6.7 % http://www.bls.gov/

I’m having trouble finding the year for the Wikipedia statistics (they indicate, though 2007 dollars) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States

However, note that Kentucky Median Family income ( $ 40,267 ) ranks 48 of 51 (National Median $ 50,740 )

By: Renel C

Renel C — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:48:39 +0000

Same Ol’ republican greedy bastards. Save the banks, with no kind of oversight, but not the people.

Obama’s Stimulus package involves building/retro fitting the infrastructures, schools, et al, which translates to clearly more jobs.

That is the republican mantra folks. Screw the people; long live big businesses; but keep chanting the Lord’s name, and do everything in the name of GOD.

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:40:27 +0000

These old dogs are not going to change. They like the division; as political ideologues, they enjoy being obstructionist (it gives them a false sense of power), they will do all they can to thwart every plan from Obama, as well as any Democratic legislation – the goal is to try to make the incoming administration fail so they can regain power in the next cycle. They do not care about America or Americans – they care only about themselves.
May they all die in agony.

By: curious

curious — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:12:27 +0000

This is who he is. This is the GOP. They are still obstructing all they can. And those southern Republican legislators that have all those foreign owned automobile factories in their states don’t want to bail them out either.

They gave and give huge tax incentives to foreign owned companies. And they gave huge amounts of land with no taxes required in order to build. And few of these companies have been forced to pay their income taxes. And if they can break the back of American car manufacturers and if they can kill the union, then those foreign owners will not have to pay fair wages. And the coffers of these Southern legislators will continue to be full. Senior workers make 14.00 an hour. And the people like MCConnell don’t even want them to get that. Could any of those like McConnell live on 14.00? I doubt it.

They have required sacrifices that these workers have made everytime they have been asked. Sacrifices Wall Street has never been required to make. This is class warfare. This is the continuing attack on the middle class that started with Reagan. The McConnells of the Republican party want what they have always dreamed of. Another golden age for the rich. No taxes and no middle class. Rich and poor and no accounting for anything.

McConnell should if there is any justice, should not be re-elected. Sorry I forgot. There is no justice.

These Republicans are not Americans for Americans first. They are corporatists. As long as it is a corporation they don’t care from what country or how our own workers are treated. What they have failed to understand, is this. They are making us a third world country. Make us a third world country and the McConnell’s of this country will also lose their leverage to make deals that benefit them. A third world country has very little to offer and not much leverage. In other words the Republicans will end up eventually cutting their own throats.

By: Mike71654

Mike71654 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:40:13 +0000

Badger Says
“I suggest that Kentucky should be allowed to opt out of the federal funding, if it bothers their conscience too much”.

Bravo Badger! I am sick of these hypocrites. If they dont want it dont give it to them. Let them “go on their own” and be real men like they profess.

By: SP Biloxi

SP Biloxi — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:39:54 +0000

You’re a mean one Mitch the Grinch!

By: Mike71654

Mike71654 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:32:05 +0000

Rush is already calling the recession the “Obama” recesssion. He is blaming all of the economic problems on the Democrats. The really sad part is that there are human beings out there that cannot think for themselves and beleive this stuff. We all know them, most of us know one or two of them. When they speak you have to keep from shouting “what in the hell are you talking about”

By: bonzo 1958

bonzo 1958 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:21:59 +0000

I have a question.

What is WRONG with the people who re-elected YOU?

By: Hawkeye

Hawkeye — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:50:23 +0000

If anyone needed further proof that the current crop of GOP leaders could care less about America’s future then they need only read this article. They’ll let the country burn to the ground then blame it on Democrats in a vain hope to regain a few seats in 2010. These Republicans are a disgrace to this Nation and are now the party of rich, white Americans and racists.

By: sacopenapa

sacopenapa — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:39:48 +0000

Repugnants want to take the economic crises to a new low…

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:06:18 +0000

The voters of Kentucky voters have spoken and want Mitch to bring down America or sale it. Mitch’s area has some smart people that seem to put poltics before the country. Mitch got kick backs for going along with Bush and he was show boating with the Auto Industry because of the Election.

Obama said we win or lose together now we know the voters of Kentucky want America to lose.

By: Uosdwis

Uosdwis — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:54:51 +0000

“The stimulus package could reach around $800 billion.” LOL

By: leekinny

leekinny — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:48:10 +0000

I don’t have a problem with senators having time to see what’s in the bill, which is a logical courtesy denied the Dems when the GOP was in power.

I don’t think the general public understands what the blocking move is. So, I fear they will just blame the party in power when nothing gets accomplished.

When the Democrats threatened to block the votes on a couple of, too far, to the right Supreme Court picks, the ‘up or down vote’ Republicans threatened to enact the ‘Nuclear Option’.

They then proceeded to use the filibuster in a record breaking orgy of obstructionism in the last Congress.

I think it is time for the Democratic Senate leadership to invoke the ‘Nuclear Option’. It only takes a simple majority to change the rules of the Senate so that it would only take a majority to end debate rather than the 60 votes that are needed now.

That would place McConnell into a position of being the minority complainer.

By: Green-Party

Green-Party — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:42:19 +0000

How do the repugs explain their own conflicting positions? Billions with no question for Wall street, yet nothing for average Americans. How is it that they keep getting elected? As a Canadian living in the US, I am amazed that so many Americans vote against their own best interest. Unfortunately, we have our own sheep in Canada too, just not as bad.