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What exactly what has he done except try to block anything President Obama? If Mitch McConnell can vote his/party best interest (not yours) why shouldn't you vote your best interest. What has he done for the people during the Obama Presidency?
Calto, I would advise you to wonder why nearly 400 bills, most of which were passed by bi-partisan majority in the House of Representatives, can't get a hearing in the US Senate. It's not McConnell's call, but rather Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid who is blocking debate.
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I love the way the Democrats can call a white horse a black horse and people believe it.
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Politically, there is little that McConnell could do for the US or the people of Kentucky. There was a super-majority during the first two years of Obama, that is how only Democrats voted for Obamacare. Not one Republican voted for Obamacare.
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Then Reid changed the rules of the Senate which have been in effect since the early 1800's requiring 3/5 majority of the Senate to end debate. It was a rule that Democrats used time and again during the 1990's and early 2000's to stop good people from being appointed and good bills from being voted on.
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To better answer your question of the good he has done. One is he saved family farms (most Kentucky farms are still family owned). He negotiated a $5,000,000 threshold before a 35% death tax is imposed on inherited property. Small business owners, who actually did build their business, many who did it in-spite of the government, can expect their children to keep the business if they want it. This doesn't sound like much until you realize that most Americans are employed by small businesses.
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Is McConnell perfect, heck no! Did he become wealthy while in the Senate? Well, yes, if you consider that like John Kerry, he married while in the Senate to a very rich lady.
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It is a joke in Kentucky that no one will be voting for the challenger. The only way the challenger can win is if enough people vote "against" McConnell. She is so inept.
Well, I don't particularly like Mitch either but, if you want more of Obama (which I don't) vote for Lundy's girl...you all remember Lundy don't ye?
If Obama don't get what he wants he'll just sign in another executive order...with or without Mitch. I don't know who he thinks he is, and the Senate and the House ain't got guts enough to stand up to him and say, that's enough. I guess they are afraid of being call racist. In the mean time this Country is going down the tubes.
So Mitch is running against President Obama? From day 1 Mitch and his crew were scheming against the President and lost every confrontation. Mitch says blame President Obama for everything and some fall in line.
Give Mitch your mind and he will lead you where he wants you to go. Just for a moment take the President out of the consideration. Do you think it's right for any Senator to say their main goal is to make a President a one term President from day one?
To me that sounds personal. It's saying to heck with the needs of the people. Voting for Mitch isn't giving a vote. Voting for Mitch is giving him your mind.
I've said from day one of the President's first term, when the GOP started blocking and voting against everything he said that they were working up to these elections. Nothing gets done, who do they blame? President Obama. They're trying to come out smelling like a rose because "nothing got done." I just read in today's headlines that " The Federal Reserve announced the end of its bond-buying program Wednesday, marking the close of a six-year effort to stimulate the economy.
The decision reflects how much the economy has improved since the recession. It's akin to taking the training wheels off of a child's bike.
So Mitch is running against President Obama? From day 1 Mitch and his crew were scheming against the President and lost every confrontation. Mitch says blame President Obama for everything and some fall in line.
Give Mitch your mind and he will lead you where he wants you to go. Just for a moment take the President out of the consideration. Do you think it's right for any Senator to say their main goal is to make a President a one term President from day one?
To me that sounds personal. It's saying to heck with the needs of the people. Voting for Mitch isn't giving a vote. Voting for Mitch is giving him your mind.
Well, actually he is. Both Obama and Lundy's girl has said, ALL of the issues are on the ballot All of them, every single one. I won't go into the issues, we all should know every single one of them and understand the effects. Why don't she distance herself from him? When you are SO far left that it becomes an issue in its self something is wrong. Bipartisanship is when you have to give up your "personal" values? Not this old Democrat. I'm a Democrat, always have been and always will be but, todays Democrats aren't the Democrats that I knew not so many years ago. I must have missed the memo. You could call me a conservative Democrat...that's right, it's possible. Both sides needs to be more in touch with the needs of the people and not the needs of the politicians/parties for reelection. And by needs I don't mean giving people more free stuff to obtain votes. I thought vote buying was illegal. Where does all the money come from when the Government starts handing it out? In the present case it's borrowed. Have any of you libs looked at the national debt lately? I don't think our debtors will forgive our debt, some day someone will have to repay or............
The views of "old people" aren't looked at too favorably today, they are so yesterday. You can have all the education in the world but, there ain't nothing like experience.
"Lost every confrontation" think about it. Sounds kinda one sided to me, don't you think? There is a big difference between leading and following.
[quote=hogsrus;37079003]. I'm a Democrat, always have been and always will be but, todays Democrats aren't the Democrats that I knew not so many years ago.
I agree with you. It's not your daddy's democratic party anymore. It seems to have gone so far left, with socialist leanings.
I'm actually not happy with either party, I'm more on the conservative side, but the republican party has let me down. My candidate is not running, I voted for Matt in the primaries but Mitch won. I want the old Regan republican party back. (I'm sure I'll get blasted for my conservative views, but it's a free country....at least for now!)
. I'm a Democrat, always have been and always will be but, todays Democrats aren't the Democrats that I knew not so many years ago.
I agree with you. It's not your daddy's democratic party anymore. It seems to have gone so far left, with socialist leanings.
I'm actually not happy with either party, I'm more on the conservative side, but the republican party has let me down. My candidate is not running, I voted for Matt in the primaries but Mitch won. I want the old Regan republican party back. (I'm sure I'll get blasted for my conservative views, but it's a free country....at least for now!)
It's important to get out and vote!
I'm not going to blast ye...well said
That's right, if ye don't vote, I don't want to hear it.
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