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Sen. McConnell chooses sides in Obama’s war against Catholics [Opinion: The Arena]
Another champion of people of conscience entered the battle waging between President Obama and the Catholic Church yesterday, as Kentucky’s senior senator, Republican Mitch McConnell stood up in the U.S. Senate and defended the First Amendment rights of Americans from the current Democratic onslaught. Speaking in opposition to the Obama administration’s decision to force a mandate on healthcare providers contrary to their religious freedom. Sen. McConnell threw down his gauntlet:
Where were you when Mitch McConnell was first elected? [Opinion: The Arena]
The other day Senator Mitch McConnell said President Obama is the most divisive president he has ever served with. As a liberal blogger, my first thought probably should have been to counter this with something about George W. Bush, or McConnell's breathtaking obstructionism, but it wasn't. My thoughts actually ran like this.
"Really?"
"Obama. Bush. Clinton. Other Bush? When..."
Then there was a brief Wikipedia moment.
"1984?!"
"I graduated high school in 1984! Holy *$&%#!"
Occupy Louisville protests NDAA by Occupying Mitch McConnell [Opinion: The Arena]
Occupy Louisville protested Senator Mitch McConnell's support of the National Defense Authorization Act [NDAA] today outside the Gene Snyder Federal Courthouse on West Broadway with a demonstration they called "Occupy Mitch McConnell". Senator McConnell earned Occupy's undivided attention because both of Louisville's other two federal representatives, Senator Rand Paul and Congressman John Yarmuth, voted against the bill because of controversial provisions that many believe could lead to egregious civil rights abuses.
Kentucky senators respond to president’s SOTU speech [Opinion: The Arena]
On Tuesday, before President Obama gave his third State of the Union address, Kentucky’s senior senator, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell accurately predicted that the president would present a “blueprint for the economy.” “What he fails to mention,” said McConnell, “is that we’ve been working off the President’s blueprint for three years.
Obama rebuffs McConnell coup d'etat attempt [Opinion: The Arena]
Call me a paranoid nut case, but I think President Obama's decision to make some recess appointments while the Senate wasn't, technically, in recess, was a defensive move against no less than a coup d'etat that Mitch McConnell has been plotting for a long time.
Mitch McConnell kicks the Tea Party to the curb [Opinion: The Arena]
Mitch McConnell didn't like the Tea Party from the get go. He is a strategist -- a chess player. You could tell from the start that the Senate minority leader saw no upside whatsoever in having the party of Lincoln, Eisenhower, and Reagan represented by idiots like Christine O'Donnell, borderline personalities like Sharron Angle, or know-nothings like Rand Paul. But, ever being that strategist, he also realized that the Tea Party was poised to have a good run for a couple years.
Yarmuth votes against extending payroll tax cuts [Opinion: The Arena]
In a breathtaking display of partisanship, Louisville’s Democratic congressman, John Yarmuth (Ky. 3rd), voted at 6:51 p.m.
Louisville news: Capitalism edition [News]
- “An amendment to the vendors, peddlers and solicitors ordinance has moved through the Public Safety committee and will be on this week’s Metro Council agenda. The amendment, prepared by Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer’s office, is aimed at making it easier for food-truck owners to operate in the city.” [Business First]
Sen. Mitch McConnell: ‘Let’s stop the games.’ [The Arena]
Kentucky’s senior senator, U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, rose to the podium on the Senate floor Monday and called upon Senate Democrats and the President to work with Republicans on bipartisan proposals that can help create jobs. He allowed as how the Democrats may have had good intentions, “…but the fact is, they made a bad economy worse.”
Louisville news: Breeders' Cup starts today edition [News]
- "About 20 protesters camped out in Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office today in an attempt to pressure the Kentucky Republican to support the Senate Democrats’ infrastructure jobs bill." [Roll Call]
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