Senate MINORITY Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky) shows off his Ignorance and Hypocrisy

[Roland99]

First off, on the way home today I was listening to the news and they played a clip of that Sonofamitch discussing the escalation of the US involvement in Iraq and he said something along the lines of (paraphrasing):

"We must finish the job in Iraq or they will be back on the streets in America."

Now, we're talking about the war in Iraq with our troops being targets between a Sunni/Shiite civil war. Unless I missed some major news in the last 20 years or so, Iraq has never attacked the United States so there's no way that they could be back on the streets here in the US. In order to be back, you have to first have been someplace to begin with.

So, I pulled out my cell phone and gave ol' McConnell's office a ring and spoke to a nice lady and asked her:

"Now, I'm curious about where Sen. McConnell gets his news because Iraq has never attacked the United States nor any of its interests. His statement certainly didn't reflect any type of reality or facts as Iraq has never attacked us."

She said my comments would be forwarded on to the Senator (yeah....right).


And then when I get home, I find this bit of hypocrisy on his part:

McConnell Claims Congress Can’t Restrict Funds For Iraq, Voted To Restrict Clinton In Somalia
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/10/mcconnell-somalia/

Yesterday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) came out against the Kennedy bill requiring President Bush to gain new congressional authority before escalating the war in Iraq. “I think it is inappropriate for the Congress to try to micromanage, in effect, the tactics in a military conflict,” McConnell said. “I don’t think Congress has the authority to do it.”

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In November 1993, McConnell supported a move by Congress to place limits on military spending for U.S. troop deployments in Somalia. Section 8151 of Public Law 103-139 “limited the use of funding in Somalia for operations of U.S. military personnel only until March 31, 1994″ and permitted “expenditure of funds for the mission thereafter only if the president sought and Congress provided specific authorization.”

The language passed the Senate as an amendment introduced by Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV). McConnell voted for it. He also spoke on the Senate floor about the legislation:

The narrow issue before us tonight is simply how do you leave? We are leaving, we all agree on that. … The only issue here tonight is how we leave and, in my judgment, the Byrd amendment better defines the proper exit for the United States in this most unfortunate experience in Somalia, at least since May.

Gee...what a bright and shining example of America!


:eyes:


At least our other Senator, the senile Jim Bunning, almost gets it and is skeptical of the escalation.