Failure Is Not An Option [* Some Exceptions Apply]
December 12, 2008 | 9:36
am
Sometimes, even the wiliest of politicians just pitches a slow and easy one across the plate.
So it was with Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican.
In their eagerness to deliver a swift kick to those devil automobile unions -- even if it means playing Dr. Kevorkian to Detroit -- Senate Republicans killed the auto bailout measure, and McConnell delivered this irresistible line:
''Republicans will not allow taxpayers to subsidize failure.''
Um, Senator? One word -- Iraq. Price tag: maybe $600 billion and going nowhere but up.
Does this particular subsidized failure mean the Republicans will give me my money back?
Photo of Mitch McConnell by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images.
As a resident of the good state of Kentucky, I would like to apologize to the rest of the country for not doing enough to get this idiot out of office. Sadly, a majority of the people in my home state do not pay attention to anything McConnell says. No conscious, well informed person would ever vote for this man.
Posted by: Daniel Callahan | December 15, 2008 at 08:23 AM
You have to be kidding. Or maybe dimented.
Posted by: Frank Inez | December 12, 2008 at 10:53 AM