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McConnell brushes aside boos, launches all-out assault on Hillary
2016-07-21
[WASHINGTONTIMES] Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell launched an all-out assault on presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as America's Blond Eminence and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Edward Everett ...
late Tuesday and said the only way to repeal Obamacare
... aka the Affordable Care Act, an ineptly designed and worse executed piece of legislation designed to bring 17 percent of the U.S. economy under the direct control of the government. The previous iteration, known as Hillarycare, was laughed out of Washington. This stinker was passed on a party-line vote without being read...
, realign the Supreme Court and defund Planned Parenthood
...has received federal funding since 1970, when President Richard Nixon signed into law the Family Planning Services and Population Research Act. It is sometimes described as the gynecololgical wing of the Democratic party.
is to elect Donald Trump, even as members of his own caucus steer clear of the nominating festivities.

Mr. McConnell brushed aside a cascade of boos from the convention hall and doled out a bit of payback for years of political jockeying with Mrs. Clinton and her famous husband, starting with their attempts to unseat him in Kentucky.

"I’ve had my differences with Barack Obama
I am the change that you seek...
, but l will give him credit for this. At least he was up front about his plans to move America to the far left," the Kentucky Republican told the convention hall. "Not Hillary. She lied about her emails. She lied about her server. She lied about Benghazi. She even lied about sniper fire."

Mr. McConnell eventually pivoted the man of the hour, Mr. Trump.

The mogul has tussled with senators like Mark Kirk of Illinois and Jeff Flake
...Republican junior senator from Arizona, elected in 2012. Prior to that he was a U.S. Representative for twelve years...
of Arizona, who’ve declined to endorse him, and the majority leader largely avoids questions about the nominee on Capitol Hill, though he admits that Mr. Trump won the election "fair and square."

Posted by:Fred

#3  By now McConnell must be used to the boos, at least when talking to Republicans.
Posted by: Iblis   2016-07-21 21:08  

#2  McConnell reminds me of the song, "Vicar of Bray," where the Vicar adjusts his allegiance as the winds blow different directions. Here are the verses:

In good King Charles's golden days,
When Loyalty no harm meant;
A Zealous High-Church man I was,1
And so I gain'd Preferment.2
Unto my Flock I daily Preach'd,
Kings are by God appointed,
And Damn'd are those who dare resist,
Or touch the Lord's Anointed.
And this is law, I will maintain
Unto my Dying Day, Sir.
That whatsoever King may reign,
I will be the Vicar of Bray, Sir!


When Royal James possest the crown,
And popery grew in fashion;
The Penal Law I shouted down,
And read the Declaration:
The Church of Rome I found would fit
Full well my Constitution,
And I had been a Jesuit,
But for the Revolution.
And this is Law, &c.

When William our Deliverer came,
To heal the Nation's Grievance,
I turn'd the Cat in Pan again,
And swore to him Allegiance:
Old Principles I did revoke,
Set conscience at a distance,
Passive Obedience is a Joke,
A Jest is non-resistance.
And this is Law, &c.

When Royal Anne became our Queen,
Then Church of England's Glory,
Another face of things was seen,
And I became a Tory:
Occasional Conformists base
I Damn'd, and Moderation,
And thought the Church in danger was,
From such Prevarication.
And this is Law, &c.

When George in Pudding time11 came o'er,
And Moderate Men looked big, Sir,
My Principles I chang'd once more,
And so became a Whig, Sir.
And thus Preferment I procur'd,
From our Faith's great Defender
And almost every day abjur'd
The Pope, and the Pretender.
And this is Law, &c.

The Illustrious House of Hanover,
And Protestant succession,
To these I lustily will swear,
Whilst they can keep possession:
For in my Faith, and Loyalty,
I never once will faulter,
But George, my lawful king shall be,
Except the Times shou'd alter.
And this is Law, &c.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2016-07-21 14:39  

#1  After she's gone it would no doubt be prudent to discontinue the use of that photo. But until then.....
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-07-21 08:44  

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