Discussion: AUDIO: McConnell Whines About 'Gosh Darn' Minimum Wage Bill

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Needs more Pro Tools.

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I like turtles.

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I love the doublespeak these folks employ -

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I wish I could say this is a Photoshopped pic of Turtle having lunch in Louisville but it’s not.

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Hey, at least he’s not in the House, where they just vote on the same bill every month even though it has no chance of going into effect.

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Allison Grimes’ staff should send a thank you note to Mitch McConnell for writing their political ads for them.

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I wonder if the Bud Light crowd gave him grief for patronizing a place with that snooty beer selection.

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“These people” … classic. I hope these tapes are on continuous loop in KY for the next few weeks.

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Also from the recording:

The best Supreme Court in anybody’s memory, I’m really proud of this Supreme Court…It’s only five to four, and I pray for the health of the five…

He just outed the [FIVE he prays for] – as robe wearing politicians.

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“Damn those Fat Cats at the bottom,” said Beaker, shaking his smooth pink fist.

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Anyone with a brain already knew that. Worst SC ever.

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Mitch is so right, indoor plumbing really sissified Kentucky’s poor.
My fav McConnell commercial? The wife, looking like Ming the Merciless, talkin’s to the gals in unforgiving close-up…

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The other clip would be sort of a clunker because railing against the EPA is never, ever gonna hurt you in KY. This one, though, is magical. The whining about merely debating minimum wage will definitely hurt him in a poor state like KY, especially at a time when Louisville is in the process of raising it to $10.10.

And to those folks who don’t think losing the Senate is a big deal, I hope these clips change your mind.

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Grimes is already on it with an email hitting McConnell for the tape and excoriating him for his “radical agenda against working families”. An ad can’t be too far behind.

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I would like to see a neurologist aka “brain scientist” do a biopsy on the brain of a minimum or low wage earner that votes republican, to see if that person is suffering from some sort of brain disease.

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Is this the same Koch brothers sponsored event where Tom Cotton, Joni Ernst and Cory Gardner thanked these fat cat donors for making them competitive?

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Is it true that Grimes has thrown in the towel? If so can we find a fighting Democrat to run against this dinosaur.

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please Kentucky…lead the way. demonstrate we all have to be honest with ourselves when voting…our own are part of the problem!!!
Please show us we can all turn away from re-electing our own over and over and over…

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I’m absolutely stunned that anyone is claiming Grimes has somehow given up. Actually, I’m sure this is coming from the already so totally disappointed far left, reaLiberals who are claiming she’s given up because she’s not running to the left of Elizabeth Warren. Or, McConnell’s camp. As someone who actually lives in KY, someone who reads KY papers and political blogs, someone who watches TV in the Louisville viewing market, let me assure you that not only hasn’t she thrown in the towel, she’s just getting warmed up.
Seriously, this is really dangerous shit. McConnell has twice as much cash as Grimes and she doesn’t need Democrats undermining her fundraising efforts by inaccurately claiming she’s somehow thrown in the towel. Her campaign has been extremely aggressive.

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