Obama announces he will spend remainder of presidency ensuring McConnell loses next election

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

President Obama announced today that he intends to devote the remainder of his presidency to ensuring that Mitch McConnell loses the next time the Kentucky Republican is up for election.

If that were a true headline it would attract notice.

People would assume that the president had gone insane.

The reverse is, however, considered pretty normal.

[Coexist]

1. right?!

great point

[mstinamotorcity]

2. Don't see no truth

to this!!!!

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

9. It's pretend

not offered as real news

[emulatorloo]

3. Somehow all the news stories keep gliding over that bit of insanity, don't they.

It is kind of like the way they pretended that some of the teabaggers were actual credible candidates.

[spanone]

4. mcconnell is proof that politicians have truly lost their course

[groundloop]

5. Damned sad McConnell cares more about defeating his political opponent than helping the country

[Jefferson23]

6. Excellent point/commentary on our political times. n/t

[LaurenG]

7. True, we are so conditioned by their ugliness that it would

be really weird if the crazy r's ever did or said something classy.

[AndrewP]

8. Perfect breakdown of today's media

It would be an uproar if the President did that.

[JBoy]

10. IOKIYAR. K&R!

[gkhouston]

11. True, although I doubt there's any need for him to. McConnell's color looks *bad*.

Pasty, greyish skin and dark lips. Guy looks like his heart's not working well. (Cue the jokes on whether he's gone one...)