# Mitch McConnell in the Pit! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 26, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681 "2019-07-26T18:42:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/21 "2019-07-27T10:31:35Z")
Certainly would go a long way to explaining his reluctance to do anything to upset that horseapple cart. To be ruthlessly fair, we cannot say that is true. But we can certainly say its suspicious. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/22 "2019-07-27T11:44:08Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > upset that horseapple cart Great expression! ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/23 "2019-07-27T12:18:06Z")
I’m impressed that there seems to be not only some increase in recriminations against Cocaine Mitch this weekend, but an acknowledgement in high-profile quarters that he’s subverting the Constitution and the USA itself. Now someone needs to get him out of that seat. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/24 "2019-07-27T13:44:59Z")
Mitch McConnell put put party above country, president above party, and the acquisition of power above all. With, I say again, his country at the bottom of the list. He’s far worse than Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/25 "2019-07-27T13:58:58Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Like **MikeF** , I find myself despising Yertle the Majority Leader even more than King Cannot (and that’s a pretty high bar). In a way, KC can hardly help being a con man: it’s in his genes, and his upbringing only reinforced the predisposition. He could have chosen a different path, but he was far from the first to succumb to the temptations of the Dark Side (especially with cookies and two scoops). > > Yertle, on the other hand, sold his birthright for the proverbial mess of pottage. And I hope it gives him indigestion someday. Please do not associate the name of an honorable fictional turtle with Mitch McConnel. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/26 "2019-07-27T15:28:37Z")
[Morning Joe blasts Moscow Mitch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MRcfBDGvrE) for over 3 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/27 "2019-07-27T16:40:40Z")
> [@Billdo](#): > > Worse, he is an inflamed hemorrhoid that voluntarily attached himself to Trump’s fat orange ass. An inflamed hemorrhemora? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/28 "2019-07-30T16:52:04Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Morning Joe blasts Moscow Mitch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MRcfBDGvrE) for over 3 minutes. Lawrence O’Donnell has the follow-up story: [‘Moscow Mitch’ Angry At Being Called ‘Moscow Mitch’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMPkvI1Dv0A)I did not realize that Moscow Mitch took to the Senate floor to speechify his wonnerfulness to us all; great use of taxpayer funds there, comrade. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/29 "2019-07-30T16:57:04Z")
He should be burned alive. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/30 "2019-07-30T17:00:11Z")
Mitch McConnel in the Pit- I don’t even know where to start. So, fuck that guy. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/31 "2019-07-30T17:16:17Z")
I hear a lot of impotent rage here, while Mitch basically gets away with everything and only accumulates more and more power. Probably, in his mind, _everyone_ plays the power game and does whatever it takes to win, and he’s just the better player. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/32 "2019-07-30T17:32:04Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > I hear a lot of impotent rage here, … Yeah, it’s a mere message board. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/33 "2019-07-30T17:45:33Z")
“Impotents of the world, arise!” ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/34 "2019-07-30T17:47:08Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Lawrence O’Donnell has the follow-up story: [‘Moscow Mitch’ Angry At Being Called ‘Moscow Mitch’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMPkvI1Dv0A)I did not realize that Moscow Mitch took to the Senate floor to speechify his wonnerfulness to us all; great use of taxpayer funds there, comrade. It kind of makes me want to send him a bunch of postcards all addressed to Moscow Mitch. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/35 "2019-07-30T17:57:30Z")
I apologize to Hunter Thompson if I’m mangling the quote, but he should be put on a Chinese junk and floated out to sea. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/36 "2019-07-30T18:40:06Z")
Kentucky is the 6th least educated state and the 5th poorest. Maybe if Mitch put the same energy into helping his constituents as he does fellating Putin, Kentucky wouldn’t be the meth and heroin infested shithole that it is. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/37 "2019-07-30T18:54:57Z")
It is almost like he controls the body responsible for those decisions! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/38 "2019-07-30T19:07:05Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > It is almost like he controls the body responsible for those decisions! Is “Republican Apologist” a paid position, or are you an intern? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/39 "2019-07-30T19:37:47Z")
You’re not a whore if you give it away free. ---
**Author:** ![Celidin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Celidin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celidin)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681/40 "2019-07-30T19:55:45Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > You’re not a whore if you give it away free. Except he’s not giving it away for free. He’s getting a lot of $$$ out of it! (One of plenty) [https://www.salon.com/2019/06/12/mitch-mcconnell-and-elaine-chaos-empire-of-corruption-is-this-what-normal-looks-like-joe-biden/](https://www.salon.com/2019/06/12/mitch-mcconnell-and-elaine-chaos-empire-of-corruption-is-this-what-normal-looks-like-joe-biden/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-in-the-pit/837681.md?page=3)