I think Reid gives him a run but they are both put excuses for statesman. On Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 2:04 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think the "establishment" is missing why people are fed up with them, I'm > not convinced it's about left or right. If I had to single out one person > as the poster boy for why the establishment has failed us, it would be > Mitch > McConnell. All 4 leaders in Congress have only been worried about their > own > power and re-election, but McConnell is the worst of a bad bunch. > > I don't agree with Paul Ryan's economics or some of his politics, but I > like > what he has said since being elected Speaker. I would like to see if they > are just words, or if he would translate them into actions. I don't think > we will get to find out, election politics seem to have rendered him > irrelevant. And Mitch the Turtle would have to be replaced with someone > actually interested in governing. I wonder what conservative goals could > have been accomplished in the 7 years Mitch has spent trying to make Obama > fail no matter how much damage it causes. Tort reform? Modifications to > Obamacare? Fix sequestration? Tax reform? Immigration reform? Mitch > doesn't care. Mitch cares about Mitch. That's the problem with the > establishment, they spend all their effort on getting elected and staying > in > power, they don't even pretend to do their job. And let me be clear, I'm > not saying Pelosi, Reid and Boehner were much better, it's just McConnell > is > the most blatant hack of the bunch, every time I see him on TV I feel he is > giving me the finger. > > I am probably fooling myself that Paul Ryan would be different, but I don't > think we'll find out. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Prince > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2016 1:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Donald Trump's Supporters Love Him Even More After > Chicago Violence > > IMO, Obama moved right, and the Republicans moved further to the right. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 3/13/2016 6:01 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote: > > Obama moved right as much as the Republicans moved left. Everybody's idea > > of compromise these days is you come to where I am and I'll make a deal. > > >
