Mitch McConnell Continues To Slither Under The Radar: Repeal Obamacare — Except For Kentucky

Posted by | October 15, 2014 08:00 | Filed under: Bob Cesca Contributors Opinion Politics Top Stories

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Regardless of whether the Republicans win enough seats for a majority in the U.S. Senate, there’s a very real possibility that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will be defeated by Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes. But if the traditional news media continues to miss one of the most damning stories on McConnell, it could swing the election away from Grimes and back into the Republican win column.

The other night, the candidates squared off in a televised debate, and the news media takeaway the played directly in McConnell’s favor: Grimes continues to sidestep questions about whether she voted for President Obama and, as Tommy Christopher pointed out, her question-dodging prompted NBC News’s Chuck Todd to outrageously suggest that by refusing to answer the question Grimes has “disqualified herself.” This is somehow the big national story: Grimes’s choice for president, and why she refuses to discuss her votes. Again, we’re not talking about legislative votes or even decisions she’s made as Kentucky’s Secretary of State — her choices in the voting booth.

Between this and the wall-to-wall Ebola hysteria, the traditional news media has attained full clown-show status. Chuck Todd might as well be wearing giant red shoes, squirting Joe Scarborough will a seltzer bottle, while a chimp on roller skates flogs Willie Geist with a cartoon-sized Wiffle bat.

What’s been almost entirely overlooked out of Kentucky, regardless of the cable news venue, is an issue that speaks directly to the rotting core of the Republican Party. McConnell keeps insisting that he will help to repeal the Affordable Care Act, aka. “Obamacare,” even though a plurality of Kentuckians love the ACA insurance marketplace there, known as “Kynect.” On top of that, 60 percent of Kentuckians support the expansion of Medicaid, as authorized by the ACA. By the way, that 60 percent? I should clarify: it’s 60 percent of Kentucky Republicans. Kentucky Republicans by a supermajority margin support the expansion of Medicaid per the dreaded Obamacare law. Support rises to 79 percent among all Kentuckians.

Yet Mitch McConnell wants to repeal the law. Sort of?… CONTINUE READING

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By: Bob Cesca

Bob Cesca is the managing editor at The Daily Banter (www.thedailybanter.com) and a Huffington Post contributor since 2005. He's worked in journalism since 1988 as a print writer/editor, a radio news anchor, a digital media columnist/editor, a book author and blogger. He's the co-host of the Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show podcast and a Thursday regular on the syndicated Stephanie Miller Show. He's appeared on numerous other radio shows including the John Phillips Show and Geraldo Rivera Show in Los Angeles. Bob has been a commentator/analyst on the BBC (TV and radio), MSNBC, Current TV, CNN and Sky News. Following him on Twitter: @bobcesca_go

8 responses to Mitch McConnell Continues To Slither Under The Radar: Repeal Obamacare — Except For Kentucky

  1. rg9rts October 15th, 2014 at 08:40

    Ole turkey wattles is expert at slithering

  2. rg9rts October 15th, 2014 at 08:40

    Ole turkey wattles is expert at slithering

  3. Larry Schmitt October 15th, 2014 at 08:49

    All Mitch needs is a dictionary, so he can learn what “represent” means. As in “represent your constituents.”

    • tiredoftea October 15th, 2014 at 14:24

      No, he’s got it right. He represents his contributors. The oligarchs who fund Mitch, and everyone else in Congress know that voting is for chumps.

  4. Larry Schmitt October 15th, 2014 at 08:49

    All Mitch needs is a dictionary, so he can learn what “represent” means. As in “represent your constituents.”

    • tiredoftea October 15th, 2014 at 14:24

      No, he’s got it right. He represents his contributors. The oligarchs who fund Mitch, and everyone else in Congress know that voting is for chumps.

  5. OldLefty October 21st, 2014 at 06:26

    From Jonathan Cohn;

    “This Republican Just Made the Best Obamacare Pitch of Any Politician

    See if you can guess who just made this statement about Obamacare:

    The opposition to it was really either political or ideological. I don’t think that holds water against real flesh and blood, and real improvements in people’s lives.

    Was it Barack Obama?

    Nancy Pelosi?

    Paul Krugman?

    Actually, it was John Kasich, governor of Ohio. He’s a Republican, in case you didn’t know.
    This is heresy on the political right, although it shouldn’t be.

    The reason you don’t hear more praise like this from Republicans is largely political (it’s Obama’s law) and ideological (it involves some government intervention)—which, of course, was precisely Kasich’s point.

    http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119913/gop-governor-john-kasich-praises-obamacare-says-good-ohio

  6. OldLefty October 21st, 2014 at 06:26

    From Jonathan Cohn;

    “This Republican Just Made the Best Obamacare Pitch of Any Politician

    See if you can guess who just made this statement about Obamacare:

    The opposition to it was really either political or ideological. I don’t think that holds water against real flesh and blood, and real improvements in people’s lives.

    Was it Barack Obama?

    Nancy Pelosi?

    Paul Krugman?

    Actually, it was John Kasich, governor of Ohio. He’s a Republican, in case you didn’t know.
    This is heresy on the political right, although it shouldn’t be.

    The reason you don’t hear more praise like this from Republicans is largely political (it’s Obama’s law) and ideological (it involves some government intervention)—which, of course, was precisely Kasich’s point.

    http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119913/gop-governor-john-kasich-praises-obamacare-says-good-ohio

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