McConnell Can't Answer Why Head Senate Republican Fundraiser was at Wall St. Meeting

[silversunny]

Looks like he had botox to me, the guy is 69 years old, needs to go home now. And he is dying his hair. vain.

[TheAerialbomb]

This guy is a lying scumbag.

I haven't seen ANY Republican plan, NONE. They are not interested in any change that would benefit anyone but the rich.

[datniggami6]

#1 Cracka

[DillonDee1]

Can someone tell me how many hundreds of thousands McConnell's wife has received from lobby groups through the years.

[tooltalk]

@DillonDee1 : probably not as much as Dodd or Schumer's wives received.

[DillonDee1]

@tooltalk --- do you have a figure on how much lobby money McConell's wife has received -- let's compare -- fair enough?

[tooltalk]

@DillonDee1 : ok, that sound fair. You tell me how much Elaine received as McConnell's wife, not as Secretary of Labor. I'll tell you how much Schumer and Dodd's wives received.

[Kyanlikethepepper]

omg candy crowley got her own show!!! that is freakin amazing! I was waiting for years for this to happen. Love you Candy. I am looking forward to your work.

[wntoply6]

the fucking southern "christian"republican senator from the state of kentucky still didn't answer the question, let alone tell the truth.

[DillonDee1]

Not only is McConnell a CORPORATE WHORE but so is his wife -- THEY'VE TAKEN A TON OF MONEY FROM SPECIAL INTERESTS.

This bribe-taker most needs to be removed from Congress.

[uberster]

Mitch McConnell and his wife Elaine are the worst sellout and everybody knows it, why do people elect this guy is beyond me.

[tooltalk]

tsk, tsk, tsk.. more libtard hypocrisy. Nobody's questioning Christopher Dodd's reform bill, despite the fact that Dodd's long cozy relationship with the banking industry. He has been on the spotlight multiple times for accepting Countrywide's favorable loans and even got caught blatantly dropping the restrictions on AIG's bonus for executive a year back.

You all should be questioning the reform bill and Dodd's further potential conflict of interest. Not McConnell's

[11111110]

@tooltalk

It's probably because we can read the bill and see plainly whats in it. There's nothing about the contents of the bill to question. Although its inaccurate to ascribe ownership of the bill to Dodd, exclusively. It was authored and refined by a number of people.

[tooltalk]

@11111110 : this is indeed an echo chamber for libtards. "There is nothing about the contents of the bill to question"? How the hell did you come to that conclusion - Dodd told you so? No, most politicians do not read / write bills - that's for their aides to do. Now, you are telling me that you fully understand the scope, long-term consequences of such bill and concluded that there is nothing to question or criticize?

[11111110]

@tooltalk

I didn't find anything in the bill that would personally benefit Dodd, did you?

[tooltalk]

@11111110 : demonstrate first that you read the 1336p proposal by Dodd.

[11111110]

@tooltalk

How do I do that?

[rocky19421]

The GOP viewpoint is always based on mis-information.They know that if they lie enough, it will be taken for truth. For them, truth then becomes what one believes... not what is actually so.

Besides, they know all they need to do is stop any possible success under President Obama, and they will have the power they so desperately require to finish trashing the country.

[MrYoubrian]

Did I hear him right????

"We need to go back to the drawing board."

This argument is growing old. GET SOMETHING DONE!!

[FranticManiac]

bull..

[rainiertx]

He was probably undercover as a thieving Democrat looking for fundraiser tips.

[rollsthepaul]

This guy is scum to the core; unfortunately scum rises to the top in the good old US of A.

[mmmikeBB]

The Republican Party sold out- good luck getting re-elected.

[JayPhilosopher]

Another Republican Senator trying to stop government regulation of Wall Street, protecting the freedom of the rich to steal from the working class and poor. Not surprising at all.

[tooltalk]

@JayPhilosopher : well, that doesn't seem to make any sense. The GOP opposed the bailout for wall street; your politicians did. It's also quite ironic since most of NY politicians are democrats and have fervently opposed efforts to bring transparency to the Fed (both the Fed and wallstreet likewise have hired former Enron lobbyists to deter such efforts).

Hm.. I don't know what's going on? (sarcasm)

[JayPhilosopher]

@tooltalk You must live in one of those counter-universes we hear so much about. Or perhaps you were in a coma from 1982-2008 when the Republican Party pushed through deregulation of all industries from banks to the stock market, so that capitalists and free markets could thrive. Of course the capitalist class did thrive, it was only the American working class that became poorer and poorer year by year. But Republicans are still calling for deregulation so you must still be in a coma.

[tooltalk]

@JayPhilosopher : nonsensical rambling. The trend started in Carter years, Reagan's deregulation continued in mostly transportation and telecommunication. So-called financial deregulation (and there aren't even that many, other than the major repeal of GS and US was the only one with such law) occurred during Clinton years.

We just had a housing crash - fueled by mostly gov't misguided intervention in economy by the Fed's low-interest rates and Fannie & Freddie. The banking collapse was a

[tooltalk]

@JayPhilosopher : consequence of those misguided gov't policies.

[Bolgernow]

His hypocrisy is amazing. What a huge turd sandwich...

[wntoply6]

yeah right mitch. you & your wife take huge hauls of money from the insurance industry, then work to kill the health care bill. now you go to wall st. to raise more money & defeat the wall st. regulation bill.

it's funny wall st. tells mcconnell there's a lot wrong with the proposed bill. of course they would. it would cut down on the very practices that allowed the bastards to lose our money, but continually give themselves billion $ bonuses.

have these "christian"republican no shame?

[JebBlack2010]

Real financial reform.........END THE FED!

[gl51901]

Mitch has a place reserved in hell. Hope he and his friends are armed for the coming conflict with the taxpayers.

[gl51901]

Mitch, that sucks about the Kentucky bankers. Poor guys. Why don't you tell them about your relationship with the FED and Treasury. That should appease their pain. Let them know what is the the next tricky tool to defraud the taxpayer. There, there - Kentucky bankers.......that should do the trick. How about a TARP #2. Would that make things better Kentucky bankers? Maybe a trillion dollars for my Kentucky banker friends would prevent them from rioting in the streets.

[gl51901]

why are you talking to banker for the solution. they got us into this shit with the likes of you and your neocon friends.

[lmn8bush]

mitch mcconnell may not be honest , but you certainly CAN"T trust him !

[Francebrasil]

What a liar!!!!

[ecwforever]

He can answer why Obama and the buffoons running the Senate are the worst in history and that's all that matters. They can fundraise where they want; they'll still get more and win big for at least the next two elections. McConnell wins, socialists lose!

[wntoply6]

@ecwforever

don't count your chickens before they hatch there ecw.

[ranus69]

McConnell is so full of shit.

[doctorkoon]

Note he does not deny that Cornyn was there to ask for money.

[fiddlerthh]

Never trust a man with more chins than lips.

[terpis]

Bug eyed freak.

[TheLILYANNROSE]

Of course Wall Street and the Banks ARE INTERESTED in the bill. McConnell looks like Palin's 'snake oil' salesman.

[tannersanta]

its becoming more and more clear the fact that republicans in congress are OWNED by the corporations.

[voyeurdug]

Given any question from a teevee political news interviewer that has "why" in it is intentionally unfair... STILL, McConnell is only fooling fools if he thinks anyone believes he's not squarely in the pocket(s) of big Wall Street and international banks, credit and ~some~ insurance operations.

The bill has the least effect on the largest regional commercial banks, and none on mid-size and smaller banks, S & L's and credit unions.

Like with HCR, the GOP is only fooling the morons among us.

[MichaelConrad1D]

The Republican Party: Coddling the People Whose Actions Crashed the American Economy.

Country (Club) First!

Good luck running on that, McConnell.

[classc63]

Well then Mitch isn't it YOUR JOB to make the bill STRONGER??? What a lying GOP POS!

[azas1949]

Notice the blinking eyes - normally he stares straight into the camera.

[bbbbmer]

He is a talented liar... What a hallmark for his career....

[swankymsp]

She had a quality comment, "Let me try this one more time...." Good for her and for not letting McConnell, the Human Turtle, off the hook.

[dizzymasekela]

Mitch McConnell and his wife Elaine Chao are two extremely evil, anti-American bloodsuckers.

[Landrew120880]

@dizzymasekela >That's true. See Wiki. This pig is another draft dodger who sends working class Americans to war. He received a medical discharge for optic neuritis (a symptom of multiple sclerosis). In other words, he had a sprained eye lid. During his entire political career, the top three industries donating to McConnell have been: Lawyers ($1.5 million), Securities and Investments ($1.5 million), and Health Professionals ($1.4 million).

[tooltalk]

@Landrew120880 : what? lawyers, bankers and health care? Are you guys talking about John Edwards? Chuck Schumer? Hilary?

[Landrew120880]

@tooltalk This topic is about Mitch but yes, you can include all of the names and more you mentioned. WTF is Clinton doing in government anyway? She is a lawyer and on the board of Walmart. The rich run the gov as u know.

[dch3348]

@dizzymasekela Oh yeah, I forgot that he was married to Chao. Scary shit. She's part of the Heritage Foundation, so you know she's a corporate whore. Also, her tenure in the labor department marked the biggest erosion of workers' rights in a century. McConnell and Chao have earned first class seats to hell.

[lmcdowall]

The Kentucky Bankers my ass LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[joshatkins94]

He loves starting over with bills, doesn't he? Health reform? Let's start over, with a fresh bill. Financial reform? Let's start again, with a new bill. Will the GOP _ever_ support any kind of reform?

[WKPporgressive]

@joshatkins94 If Obama was a Republican, he would support all of it!!! Our 2 party system may have outlived it's usefulness

[OhioDemocrat]

You can tell McConnell lying when his lips are moving.

[asphyxiafeeling]

Both Republicans & Democrats are in bed with Wall St. Pretty obvious. Wall St = Capitalism.

[Ezekiels1]

@asphyxiafeeling Problem is, when it comes to who will check wall street on the behalf of the American People the Democrats step up and the Republicans huddle for talking points...

[Trollmaster21]

Now they need to hammer McConnel on this. Ask him details of the meeting and make sure he doesn't change the subject like he always does.

[videoguy604]

The "Kentucky Bankers" LOL Next thing he's going to pretend Kentucky dentists exist.

[videoguy604]

Answer: the GOP would sell out America for 30 pieces of silver, and that's just chump change to Wall Street.