Comments on: McConnell Urges Coleman To Fight On, Despite Urging Gore To ‘Be A Statesman’ And Concede In 2000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:14:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: republicanSScareme http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5414204 republicanSScareme Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:46:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5414204 Is Mitch McConnell still the biggest idiot in Washington? Just asking. Is Mitch McConnell still the biggest idiot in Washington? Just asking.

]]> By: pluege http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5413320 pluege Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:16:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5413320 <em>McConnell Urges Coleman To Fight On, Despite Urging Gore To ‘Be A Statesman’ And Concede In 2000</em> only a fool expects anything but totally hypocrisy from a republican. . McConnell Urges Coleman To Fight On, Despite Urging Gore To ‘Be A Statesman’ And Concede In 2000

only a fool expects anything but totally hypocrisy from a republican.
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]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5413232 Marie Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:44:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5413232 IOKIYAR When Democrats lose an election through fraud, disenfranchisement, stopping the counting of votes or intercession by the SCOTUS, that is quite all right -- just suck it up, dems. But when Republicans lose an election because all votes werecounted, the election commission is one of the most respected, when the SC of the state approves the procedure, they still feel the necessity to go to court and contest the result. Sucking it up is not for them; they prefer to whine, stomp their feet, hold their breath and make a scene, hoping someone will give them a lollipop to shut up. IOKIYAR
When Democrats lose an election through fraud, disenfranchisement, stopping the counting of votes or intercession by the SCOTUS, that is quite all right — just suck it up, dems.
But when Republicans lose an election because all votes werecounted, the election commission is one of the most respected, when the SC of the state approves the procedure, they still feel the necessity to go to court and contest the result.
Sucking it up is not for them; they prefer to whine, stomp their feet, hold their breath and make a scene, hoping someone will give them a lollipop to shut up.

]]> By: Nevar http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5413134 Nevar Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:18:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5413134 That was my only point, that these "leaders" don't have the skills to actually lead. They seem to be mere figureheads, parroting the party line, and when things go bad the mob fades into the background while the stooge takes the hits. Kind of like ol' what's his name, president #43. That was my only point, that these “leaders” don’t have the skills to actually lead. They seem to be mere figureheads, parroting the party line, and when things go bad the mob fades into the background while the stooge takes the hits.
Kind of like ol’ what’s his name, president #43.

]]> By: konchster http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5413016 konchster Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:39:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5413016 make that not competence like my mind make that not competence like my mind

]]> By: konchster http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5413006 konchster Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:37:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5413006 It's obviously competence cause if it was Reid wouldn't be majority leader I know the caucus votes on it <em> Nevar Says: Seniority has something to do with the leadership positions, I’m sure, but not entirely. There are other murky factors I have never been able to understand…</em> It’s obviously competence cause if it was Reid wouldn’t be majority leader I know the caucus votes on it

Nevar Says:
Seniority has something to do with the leadership positions, I’m sure, but not entirely. There are other murky factors I have never been able to understand…

]]> By: jb http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5412952 jb Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:24:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5412952 Shouldn't Mitch excuse himself to go watch young men sweating up and down a field? Shouldn’t Mitch excuse himself to go watch young men sweating up and down a field?

]]> By: gummitch http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5412930 gummitch Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:19:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5412930 <em>Nevar Says: Seniority has something to do with the leadership positions, I’m sure, but not entirely. There are other murky factors I have never been able to understand…</em> They get voted into those positions by members of their party, IIRC. Consider Noot Gingrich back when he was elected Speaker. Nevar Says:

Seniority has something to do with the leadership positions, I’m sure, but not entirely. There are other murky factors I have never been able to understand…

They get voted into those positions by members of their party, IIRC. Consider Noot Gingrich back when he was elected Speaker.

]]> By: lokidog http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5412910 lokidog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:14:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5412910 <em>There are other murky factors I have never been able to understand…</em> You and me both. And dontcha just know those SOBs just <strong>love it</strong> - and <em>want</em> it - that way. There are other murky factors I have never been able to understand…

You and me both. And dontcha just know those SOBs just love it – and want it – that way.

]]> By: Nevar http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5412872 Nevar Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:03:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5412872 Seniority has something to do with the leadership positions, I'm sure, but not entirely. There are other murky factors I have never been able to understand... Seniority has something to do with the leadership positions, I’m sure, but not entirely. There are other murky factors I have never been able to understand…

]]> By: jb http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5412868 jb Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:02:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5412868 Get over it, Mitch. Your day is done. Contribute something positive or shut the F up. Get over it, Mitch. Your day is done. Contribute something positive or shut the F up.

]]> By: fletc3her http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5412864 fletc3her Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:01:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5412864 I see a pattern forming in recent election disputes including Florida in 2000, the Washington State governor's race, and now this Minnesota Senate Race. In each case the Democrat has pledged to stay on through the legally allowed or mandated recounts while the Republican has gone to court to stop the recount. In this latest case Coleman would have had Franken resign before the race was even called. Franken held on until after the mandated recount and came out on top. Asking your opponent to resign before the votes have been counted (or recounted) is no better than asking him to resign before the election. It's just stupid. I hope Coleman holds on and runs again for the Senate in six years. He will lose just like crybaby Rossi did here in Washington. Actually, strike that, I hope Coleman finds himself in jail for accepting bribes. I see a pattern forming in recent election disputes including Florida in 2000, the Washington State governor’s race, and now this Minnesota Senate Race. In each case the Democrat has pledged to stay on through the legally allowed or mandated recounts while the Republican has gone to court to stop the recount.

In this latest case Coleman would have had Franken resign before the race was even called. Franken held on until after the mandated recount and came out on top. Asking your opponent to resign before the votes have been counted (or recounted) is no better than asking him to resign before the election. It’s just stupid.

I hope Coleman holds on and runs again for the Senate in six years. He will lose just like crybaby Rossi did here in Washington. Actually, strike that, I hope Coleman finds himself in jail for accepting bribes.

]]> By: lokidog http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5412858 lokidog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:57:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5412858 <em>Lokidog says I’m not 100% sure, Nevar, but I believe Reid and Mitchell - both major league *ssholes - got their positions solely because of seniority.</em> Lokidog says he himself is an idiot. How could Reid have more seniority than the crypt keeping (but patriotic) Senatory Byrd from WV? That f***er crawled in there the day Lincoln was assassinated, I believe. Lokidog says

I’m not 100% sure, Nevar, but I believe Reid and Mitchell – both major league *ssholes – got their positions solely because of seniority.

Lokidog says he himself is an idiot. How could Reid have more seniority than the crypt keeping (but patriotic) Senatory Byrd from WV?

That f***er crawled in there the day Lincoln was assassinated, I believe.

]]> By: lokidog http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5412848 lokidog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:55:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5412848 <em>Nevar says: Both got their positions by maneuvering, manipulating and deal making.</em> I'm not 100% sure, Nevar, but I believe Reid and Mitchell - both major league *ssholes - got their positions solely because of seniority. You are absolutely correct <strong>neither</strong> are leaders, and as f***ed up as our US Senate is, I sincerely doubt either could have maneuvered their sorry, gutless *sses into their current positions. I still shake my head in amazement when I hear Reid is a former "boxer". Yeah, if one considers a human punching bag a "boxer", I guess. Tonya Harding could fight Reid - in his <em>prime</em> - and whip that scrawny little f***s behind, I'm sure. Nevar says:

Both got their positions by maneuvering, manipulating and deal making.

I’m not 100% sure, Nevar, but I believe Reid and Mitchell – both major league *ssholes – got their positions solely because of seniority.

You are absolutely correct neither are leaders, and as f***ed up as our US Senate is, I sincerely doubt either could have maneuvered their sorry, gutless *sses into their current positions.

I still shake my head in amazement when I hear Reid is a former “boxer”. Yeah, if one considers a human punching bag a “boxer”, I guess. Tonya Harding could fight Reid – in his prime – and whip that scrawny little f***s behind, I’m sure.

]]> By: tigger http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5412838 tigger Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:51:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5412838 Have they realized yet that they are the minority party again? And deservedly so. Have they realized yet that they are the minority party again?

And deservedly so.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5412836 RUCerious Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:51:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5412836 <em>the way you get seated is to show up with an election certificate. And that is determined under Minnesota law.” </em> So when Al shows up with his official Minnesota state election certificate in hand, will Mitchy allow him to insert it? the way you get seated is to show up with an election certificate. And that is determined under Minnesota law.”
So when Al shows up with his official Minnesota state election certificate in hand, will Mitchy allow him to insert it?

]]> By: Leftside Annie http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5412826 Leftside Annie Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:44:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5412826 Yo, Mitchie - STFU, you chinless whining pile of dogcrap. Yo, Mitchie – STFU, you chinless whining pile of dogcrap.

]]> By: WaltinTexas http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5412810 WaltinTexas Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:33:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5412810 Hypocrisy... it's the reich-wing way. Hypocrisy… it’s the reich-wing way.

]]> By: raynman http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5412808 raynman Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:31:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5412808 I could have gone all day without that image burning in my brain, ElBruce... >shudder< Amazing how when the tables are turned, the Republicans wind up acting exactly the same way they've accused the Democrats of acting. And yet, the Democratic leadership still seems to feel that the Republicans are in charge.... I could have gone all day without that image burning in my brain, ElBruce… >shudder<

Amazing how when the tables are turned, the Republicans wind up acting exactly the same way they’ve accused the Democrats of acting. And yet, the Democratic leadership still seems to feel that the Republicans are in charge….

]]> By: stateofthedivision http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/comment-page-1/#comment-5412802 stateofthedivision Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:30:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/08/mcconnell-coleman-gore/#comment-5412802 Statesmanship went the way of Wall Street. Greed and hypercompetition killed both. Statesmanship went the way of Wall Street. Greed and hypercompetition killed both.

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