Joan Walsh: "Obama’s taking the fight directly to McConnell, and it’s about time."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Tuesday, Oct 25, 2011 5:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time
President Obama picks a worthy enemy
Mitch McConnell committed the GOP to blocking his agenda before Inauguration Day. Finally he's fighting back.
By Joan Walsh



If Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t want to be portrayed as a “villain,” he should stop acting like one. On Sunday, McConnell complained about President Obama’s efforts to make Republicans the bad guys for blocking his jobs bill. Now Obama’s taking the fight directly to McConnell, and it’s about time.

On CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday, McConnell objected to the idea that the federal government should provide the funds to keep cops, firefighters and teachers on the job.

“They are local and state employees,” McConnell said. “The question is whether the federal government can afford to be bailing out states. I think the answer is no.” He went on to whine, “Their story line is that there must be some villain out there who’s keeping this administration from succeeding.”

On his West Coast tour Obama is hitting McConnell directly, and he’s picked a great target. In Las Vegas yesterday, and again in San Francisco, he mocked McConnell for calling the effort to keep first responders on the job “a bailout,” as though they were irresponsible Wall Street banking firms that got taxpayer support. “These aren’t bad actors who somehow screwed up the economy. They didn’t act irresponsibly. These are the men and women who teach our children, who patrol our streets, who run into burning buildings and save people. They deserve our support.”

http://www.salon.com/2011/10/26/president_obama_picks_a_worthy_enemy/

[PearliePoo2]

1. I detest this chin-less moron.

WHO the hell keeps electing this brain-dead cretin?
Kentucky...get a clue.

[demosincebirth]

3. I have a brother and sister in-law in Bardstown that just hate that shit-bag.

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[Maccagirl]

2. How about "It's about fucking time."

What does he have to lose by telling the truth and giving these pissants on steroids a black eye and a bloody nose in the process.

[Scuba]

4. +1 It's way overdue.

[bhikkhu]

6. I hate that they make it sound like a political stunt

and gloss over the possibility that the president really wants to create jobs, and in this case support the firefighters, police and teachers...

[Blue Owl]

7. Just the sight of that POS's face makes me livid

Don't you dare try taking the country down with you, Mo-Fo Mitch.