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16. Rhetorical question?

Tue Jun 19, 2012, 08:16 PM

Jun 2012

The media are not in the business of holding republicans accountable for anything.

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K&R nt CJCRANE Jun 2012 #1

k&r... spanone Jun 2012 #2

Don't hold your breath :) n/t jaysunb Jun 2012 #3

If there is an actual clip of McConnell saying the words in the OP, Big Media ProgressiveEconomist Jun 2012 #4

I'm pretty sure I saw or heard one -- maybe on Ed Schultz or here on DU? JDPriestly Jun 2012 #34

+1 freshwest Jun 2012 #30

So even Rachel Maddow and Jennifer Granholm ProgressiveEconomist Jun 2012 #6

I said I wouldn't be surprised if they did. senseandsensibility Jun 2012 #7

Wouldn't McConnell's gaffe be the PERFECT centerpiece ProgressiveEconomist Jun 2012 #8

Your last question answers itself. hay rick Jun 2012 #12

If MSNBC can get the story they will run with it. McCamy Taylor Jun 2012 #20

They wouldn't kenfrequed Jun 2012 #28

Because we have to be sensible, and bipartisan! Scootaloo Jun 2012 #29

He then asked that some lettuce be placed near his beak-like mouth. Gold Metal Flake Jun 2012 #10

What McConnell said: RobertEarl Jun 2012 #11

The OP was referring yellerpup Jun 2012 #13

Are those his exact words? Did you hear him say those words on TV this morning? ProgressiveEconomist Jun 2012 #14

Still up on the CB$ site HarveyDarkey Jun 2012 #21

Thanks. That's the link in my OP. I didn't ProgressiveEconomist Jun 2012 #23

Sorry Turtle, but this is the beginning of the end of the Republicans Woody Woodpecker Jun 2012 #15

Rhetorical question? sadbear Jun 2012 #16

If I were President Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #17

! Liberal_in_LA Jun 2012 #18

I crawl into my shell when turtleman comes on TV. nt tsuki Jun 2012 #22

Turtle Boy wants to steal the food from the mouths of children meow2u3 Jun 2012 #24

Such a depraved soul. tabasco Jun 2012 #25

A former step-cousin works for McConnell. knitter4democracy Jun 2012 #26

No one will notice, not on "Lynch Eric Holder" day. n/t Bolo Boffin Jun 2012 #31

I guess that explains the steady increase in the number of people counted as poor 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #32

Mitch translated Botany Jun 2012 #33