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Sen. McConnell: How I helped Trump win the White House
« on: February 21, 2017, 02:40:54 pm »
Washington Examiner
Salena Zito
Feb. 21, 2017

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell says he was surprised Donald Trump won on election night last year.

That may be true, but no one more brilliantly or shrewdly set the wheels in motion for President Trump's victory than the Senate majority leader from Kentucky.

The McConnell-inspired momentum began within hours of the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia last February, when McConnell declared the Senate should not confirm a replacement for the conservative icon until after the 2016 election.

That gave McConnell the ability to offer conservatives of all stripes a passionate reason to support the Republican nominee, whoever it was — including the unorthodox Trump.

More... http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sen.-mcconnell-how-i-helped-trump-win-the-white-house/article/2615158


Interesting talk from McConnell.
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Re: Sen. McConnell: How I helped Trump win the White House
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2017, 02:44:51 pm »
Yeah, right, whatevs Mitch.
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« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2017, 02:51:18 pm »
From the way Trump turned on Cruz and started kissing McConnell's butt McConnell must have been doing something.
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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2017, 02:54:12 pm »
A lot of people right here support his point...the SCOTUS pick did it.
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« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2017, 03:05:48 pm »
Quote from: Cripplecreek on February 21, 2017, 02:51:18 pm
From the way Trump turned on Cruz and started kissing McConnell's butt McConnell must have been doing something.

Let's not forget either that Trump was boasting about all the establishment types that were calling him up offering support.

So much for being the anti establishment candidate.
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« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2017, 03:14:58 pm »
Quote from: txradioguy on February 21, 2017, 03:05:48 pm
Let's not forget either that Trump was boasting about all the establishment types that were calling him up offering support.

So much for being the anti establishment candidate.

Not to mention making Mr Establishment Reince Priebus his chief of staff.
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« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2017, 03:18:42 pm »
Quote from: Cripplecreek on February 21, 2017, 03:14:58 pm
Not to mention making Mr Establishment Reince Priebus his chief of staff.

Yup him too.
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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2017, 03:24:07 pm »
People with mindless hate for this guy are just complete idiots and non-thinking robots. This guy stopped Obama from appointing someone.


Our side seems like it's just filled with idiots and fools.
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« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2017, 12:34:42 am »
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on February 21, 2017, 03:24:07 pm
People with mindless hate for this guy are just complete idiots and non-thinking robots. This guy stopped Obama from appointing someone.

 :beer:

Also, he beats the heck out of Alison Lundergan Grimes. 
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Re: Sen. McConnell: How I helped Trump win the White House
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2017, 12:38:05 am »
This is a lot of verbage when "I torpedoed Ted Cruz from within" would have answered the issue concisely.
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« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2017, 01:01:57 am »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on February 22, 2017, 12:34:42 am
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Also, he beats the heck out of Alison Lundergan Grimes.

But not Matt Bevin.  :whistle:
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« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2017, 01:09:55 am »
Quote from: Norm Lenhart on February 22, 2017, 12:38:05 am
This is a lot of verbage when "I torpedoed Ted Cruz from within" would have answered the issue concisely.


Looking to the future...

"It's pretty simple," he said. "Enact regulatory reform, tax reform, and repeal and replace Obamacare.

"That's how we keep all of these new voters who are starting to identify as Republicans."

Make it so, Mitch.
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« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2017, 01:12:58 am »
Quote from: endicom on February 22, 2017, 01:09:55 am

Looking to the future...

"It's pretty simple," he said. "Enact regulatory reform, tax reform, and repeal and replace Obamacare.

"That's how we keep all of these new voters who are starting to identify as Republicans."

Make it so, Mitch.

Looking to his record, Mitch always says things of that nature on this side of an election. You know, when there is no cost in not actually acting on it because people will vote for him/them 'no natter what' that actually renege on. Or how many times.
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« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2017, 01:14:56 am »
Quote from: endicom on February 22, 2017, 01:09:55 am
"It's pretty simple," he said. "Enact regulatory reform, tax reform, and repeal and replace Obamacare.

"That's how we keep all of these new voters who are starting to identify as Republicans."

Make it so, Mitch.

And anyone who believes McConnell will do any of that or support any of that, are one of the biggest fools around.
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« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2017, 01:15:50 am »
Quote from: txradioguy on February 22, 2017, 01:01:57 am
But not Matt Bevin.  :whistle:

LOL. Let's also not forget Turtle Mitch's hand picked boy Trey Greyson who got his ass handed to him by Rand Paul in 2010.
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« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2017, 01:17:14 am »
Quote from: Norm Lenhart on February 22, 2017, 01:12:58 am
Looking to his record, Mitch always says things of that nature on this side of an election. You know, when there is no cost in not actually acting on it because people will vote for him/them 'no natter what' that actually renege on. Or how many times.

Ted Cruz is the only one who ever called him out on it. Mitch McConnell had zero intent of overturning Obamacare then and he has zero intent of overturning it now.

And who did Donald Trump side with on Mitch McConnell lying?
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« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2017, 01:27:31 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on February 22, 2017, 01:15:50 am
LOL. Let's also not forget Turtle Mitch's hand picked boy Trey Greyson who got his ass handed to him by Rand Paul in 2010.

Turtle and McLame both morph into Conservatives during election years then revert to their true forms once they get re-elected.

McConnell was all over TV a few years back talking about how he was going to go back to Washington and dismantle every bit of Obamacare.  Once he won re-election...he helped pass yet another CR that fully funded the ACA.

The Republicans in Kentucky were pissed and enter Matt Bevin who primaried him...should have beat him...but ol Mitch had his Senatorial slush fund and used it to thrash him.  Thankfully he's the Gov now.

I can only imagine how much better the Conservative movement in Kentucky would be if it were Rand and Bevin and someone else as the Majority leader.
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« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2017, 02:27:58 am »
Quote from: txradioguy on February 22, 2017, 01:01:57 am
But not Matt Bevin.  :whistle:

I'm pretty happy with where Bevin landed for the moment.
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« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2017, 03:36:36 am »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on February 22, 2017, 02:27:58 am
I'm pretty happy with where Bevin landed for the moment.

As someone living in his state...I have to agree.
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« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2017, 04:29:24 am »
Quote from: txradioguy on February 22, 2017, 03:36:36 am
As someone living in his state...I have to agree.

So how many of us Kentuckians are there on this board?
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« Reply #20 on: February 22, 2017, 05:37:24 am »
Quote from: INVAR on February 22, 2017, 04:29:24 am
So how many of us Kentuckians are there on this board?


@alicewonders  is one. Don't know how many more but I can tell you for sure that there is no love lost between her and good ole Mitch!
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« Reply #21 on: February 22, 2017, 05:43:17 am »
Quote from: INVAR on February 22, 2017, 04:29:24 am
So how many of us Kentuckians are there on this board?

There are a few here who refer to the Civil War as the War of Northern Aggression so you might be in luck.
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« Reply #22 on: February 22, 2017, 11:58:59 am »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on February 22, 2017, 05:43:17 am
There are a few here who refer to the Civil War as the War of Northern Aggression so you might be in luck.

Not limited to Kentuckians!
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« Reply #23 on: February 22, 2017, 12:58:45 pm »
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So how many of us Kentuckians are there on this board?

Present, pretty, and punctual!
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« Reply #24 on: February 22, 2017, 01:36:58 pm »
Quote from: txradioguy on February 21, 2017, 03:05:48 pm
Let's not forget either that Trump was boasting about all the establishment types that were calling him up offering support.

So much for being the anti establishment candidate.

Yes, Cruz has been the only one to call out McConnell for the two-face liar that he is and Trump sided with McConnell.  Also along the campaign trail, Trump met with Preibus, McConnell and Ryan. I believe a deal was made then to take Cruz down. Trump remarked after meeting with McConnell that he needed to become more establishment.

What I find amazing is even after the American people voted for an outsider and in their minds rejecting anyone they considered establishment, members of the Senate still nominated McConnell as their majority leader.  Therefore the problem in the Senate continues to exist; we sill have a Senate laced with RINO's and they've kept the ultimate RINO as their majority leader. Absolutely nothing has changed in the Senate.

Through all of this President Trump has so far surprised me as it seems he is sticking to his promises to the American people.
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