Mitch McConnell Unloads On President Obama Over Jobs Bill (AUDIO)

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Mitch McConnell Unloads On President Obama Over Jobs Bill (AUDIO)

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That's why his acid-tongued attack on President Obama Tuesday came as such a surprise -- and, perhaps, an indication that Obama's campaign against the GOP for blocking his jobs bill is working.

Here's the audio, from McConnell's weekly Capitol briefing with reporters.

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The full transcription is below. Again, what's surprising isn't the message -- which he delivers more succinctly than any other Republican in the Capitol -- but the anger in his voice.

This is politics, so it isn't exactly a clean shot. Republicans in Congress did stifle and weaken Obama's agenda in 2009 and 2010. McConnell in particular united his caucus to filibuster and delay all the big-ticket items from day one. And the growth of the debt is much more attributable to things like the Bush tax cuts (which Obama agreed to temporarily extend) and the automatic consequences of the recession (particularly higher unemployment spending and lower revenues) than with Obama's stimulus bill or other policies.

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October 2010:

MCCONNELL: The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.

I supposed McConnell hopes everyone has a short memory.

WH: Talk to the hand!

[CakeGrrl]

1. If only they'd shut up and do their jobs.

They seem to be completely disconnected from the fact that the jobless aren't interested in listening to them bloviate.

[Tx4obama]

2. A segment on MSNBC showed that McConnell attacked Obama by name 23 times

in that senate floor speech!

p.s. They rang a bell each time the president was referred to and my dog barked every time he heard the bell !!! LOL :)

[young but wise]

3. He sounds worried. LOL

[Whisp]

4. evil turtle fuck

I think Obama is not being as malleable as past Dem Presidents (like Clinton) in helping get what the Repuglicans want (like de-regulation) and this makes them all go squirrelly fitzy.

The game has changed and they don't know how to handle it.

[CakeGrrl]

5. That's what's confusing

In some parts here, POTUS is nothing but the consummate caver, rolling over and handing the GOP 98% of what they wanted. It must be so, because Boehner said so on the teevee.

So what's McConnell's glitch?

[applegrove]

6. LOL!