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33. Mitch translated

Reply to ProgressiveEconomist (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 05:45 PM

Jun 2012

We have to hurt the poor and middle class so the rich can do even better
than they are doing now because they are the ones we work for not the
American people.

BTW do not expect the media to hold Mitch accountable for this at all because
just remember last week it came out that Romney dressed up as a state
trooper and made traffic stops and that story just died.

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Gaffe of the Decade? Will the media close in for the kill? Mitch McConnell already is trying to walk back [View all] ProgressiveEconomist Jun 2012 OP

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

It won't appear on any network news broadcasts, let alone will any of them "move in for the kill". senseandsensibility Jun 2012 #5

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

if harry reid said something equally offensive, it would lead off all the news programs...for days spanone Jun 2012 #9

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

K&R. I didn't see it, but that's a great piece for an ad, I agree! It SHOULD show up in ads. Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #19

Just think of the possibilites to use this clip in EVERY Congressional race: Do YOU (Republican ProgressiveEconomist Jun 2012 #27

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