McConnell Complains ‘Moscow Mitch’ Moniker Is ‘Over The Top’ https://t.co/ucW3JNqDEP via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 3, 2019
As a good bidnizman, McConnell believes the #MoscowMitch label is damaging his personal brand. He’s for sale to any sufficiently wealthy buyer, not just the GRU! So he vented with Hugh ‘Ambulatory Cream Cheese Sculpture’* Hewitt:
… “It’s modern-day McCarthyism,” McConnell said during a radio interview on Salem Media Group’s “Hugh Hewitt Show” when asked about the nickname he received after blocking Democrats’ efforts to pass bipartisan election security bills…
McConnell faced heavy scrutiny following his decision in July to block requests from Democratic senators to pass bills aimed at strengthening America’s election infrastructure by unanimous consent.
The move came a day after former special counsel Robert Mueller publicly warned that Russia was trying to interfere in the 2020 elections as we “sit here.”…
“These pundits are lying, lying when they dismiss the work that has been done. They’re lying when they insist I have personally blocked actions which, in fact, I have championed and the Senate has passed. They are lying when they suggest that either party is against defending our democracy,” he said during the Senate floor speech.
The bills blocked by McConnell would require the use of paper ballots and direct campaigns to report offers of assistance from foreign governments to the FBI.
*h/t Betty Cracker
Mitch McConnell is fine with you calling him “Death Destroyer of Worlds,” just not #MoscowMitch
— Schooley (@Rschooley) September 4, 2019
So @senatemajldr doesn’t like being called Moscow Mitch so please don’t do that, taking care to tag him and possibly using a bot to do it automatically https://t.co/Vj7UwELkz9
— NumberOneHat (@Popehat) September 4, 2019
Alternative #hack, too also:
I joined the Marines to defend American democracy overseas. I did my duty, but, here at home, Congress hasn’t taken adequate measures to secure our elections. It’s past time for Mitch McConnell to act.https://t.co/jm6hg6RLwv
— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) September 3, 2019
I’m running because every Kentuckian should have access to affordable health care—no matter where they live or how much they make. Join me to fight for health care, defeat Mitch, and defend democracy: https://t.co/DNlVa3OeJa
— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) September 3, 2019
mrmoshpotato
Is ‘over the top’ Rethuglican-speak for ‘not specific enough’? I’ll take Moscow Mitch’s silence as a yes.
Ok then. Moscow Mitch, the Kremlin’s Bitch.
When is Newt Gingrich going to start attacking Chelsea Clinton for her looks again? Or is that not cool now that she’s no longer a 13-year-old girl?
BlueDWarrior
@mrmoshpotato: bad speech to a Republican is anything that makes Republicans look bad. It’s all branding and projection with them.
Ruckus
So Moscow Mitch doesn’t like being called Moscow Mitch, even though all signs point to him being, Moscow Mitch.
So it’s the name he doesn’t like, the name Moscow Mitch. He doesn’t seem to mind that everything he does makes him look exactly like Moscow Mitch would look like. Now I’m not saying he’s taking money from vlad, just that it looks like that.
Maybe if we called him Moscow’s Bitch, that would be OK. Still, I like Moscow Mitch better.
West of the Rockies
I’m glad it bothers him. I hope it fucking kills him and his dreadful, ever-grinning wife and Trump accomplice.
Ruckus
@mrmoshpotato:
I wonder if NG has republican disease, the desire for way to young girls? Now that Chelsea is a grown woman, he won’t even give her a thought.
piratedan
welllllll, maaaaybe if he wasn’t taking serious cash from Oligarchs in return for sanctions being lifted or impeding federal investigations from being carried out or fucking over our Intelligence community from doing their jobs, then perhaps I could see a him having a point.
Right now, he’s lucky that as far as white people are concerned, we’re living in a civilized society or else his head would be on a fucking pike outside the Capitol.
Raoul
From the moment Moscow Mitch took off, it seemed pretty clear it was going to stick. Now, big picture, do I wish this sort of nonsense didn’t matter? I actually do. But wishing ain’t gonna fix this massive mess, ushered in mostly by Republicans.
So, Moscow Mitch it is. He’s brought this on himself, and whining to Hughie isn’t gonna help! Just gives us another chance to point and laugh. Mitch doesn’t like it when we laugh. Hahahaha, we’re laughing at you, you triple-waddled cretin.
Ruckus
@West of the Rockies:
Unfortunately, it probably won’t. He’ll live a long and hateful life as something that is worse than useless, he’s made himself into a horrible asshole, named, Moscow Mitch.
West of the Rockies
@Ruckus:
Well, he’s a not-super-fit 77 now. He recently fell, which could be a one-off event or a sign of definite decline. Fingers crossed.
Mary G
He’s got the lowest approval ratings of every member of Congress. I will use any name that bothers him.
Geoduck
Moscow Mitch is actively malevolent, but he’s not stupid, so you have to wonder what he was thinking, whining about a nickname he hates (“Moscow Mitch”) near an open microphone. I guess Moscow Mitch’s “how dare you” subroutines can override his political instincts.
mrmoshpotato
@Ruckus: Not sure. I chalked it up to ratfucking from the time the Clintons were in the White House.
Chetan Murthy
@mrmoshpotato: Newtie never struck me as having that particular perversion. Of course, he’s perfectly OK with men who do — look at the company he keeps, after all — but no, I’d be surprised to find he’s diddled children.
Sister Golden Bear
Since Moscow Mitch previously seemed unshameable (as Adam had noted), we should definitely press Moscow Mitch’s buttons whenever there’s something that irritates Moscow Mitch.
On a different note: I’ve whined about gray “monsoon gloom” here in Thailand, but today it’s sunny, so I can whine about the blistering heat. It’s check-up day at the clinic, so at least I’m inside with AC this afternoon. The evenings are pleasant though, and tonight I may go to the night market (which I didn’t have the stamina to do last time).
mrmoshpotato
@Chetan Murthy: @Ruckus: You guys misread what I wrote.
I wasn’t implying Newt was a pedo. I was referencing Newt talking shit about Chelsea Clinton’s looks when she was 13 years old, and it being bullshit that Moscow Mitch the Kremlin’s Bitch has a ‘wah wah wah’ about his nickname.(there’s no ‘crying like a hypocritical pile of shit’ emoji)
(Though these days, Newt would consider cheating on his third wife with Chelsea. Not that Chelsea would go within 20 miles of that Rethuglican trash, or think sexy thoughts about him.)
Keith P.
He was OK with “Cocaine Mitch” and even made t-shirts for the name.
Ruckus
@mrmoshpotato:
Naw, I was just riffing on the concept that NG is a fucking piece of shit. Always has been always will be. His tombstone will read,
“Here lies a lying piece of shit, who can’t get people to actually like him because he’s such a massive asshole. Please watch how you aim your pee so as not to disturb the other guests.”
Amir Khalid
@mrmoshpotato:
Chelsea Clinton is 40 next birthday, and has three children. She’s way too old to be a next-wife prospect for the Newt.
Turgidson
What I find interesting is that Moscow Mitch considers the nickname Moscow Mitch to merely be “over the top” and not, you know…untrue. Although he also calls use of the nickname Moscow Mitch to be “McCarthyism.” Which is also funny because I thought it was pretty well established at this point that Moscow Mitch’s political party and many of its most visible and contemptible dolts and assholes considered McCarthy to be a brave truth-teller who got railroaded by the librul media and its fake news. Sure, they generally don’t go around boasting about this belief, but they make it pretty clear what they actually think every time they call(ed) any Democrat to the left of Ted Cruz a sockulist or Obama a Kenyan usurper.
Moscow Mitch must think the nickname Moscow Mitch might actually make Kentucky voters consider voting for Moscow Mitch’s opponent.
smike
@Turgidson:
Yes, Moscow Mitch is, and will be, Moscow Mitch. Moscow Mitch has earned the title, so Moscow Mitch should wear it proudly. So, come on Moscow Mitch, don’t let them dis your name, which is Moscow Mitch.
wasabi gasp
It’s all fun and games until your vocal sac collapses.
Patricia Kayden
When President Obama wanted to reveal Russian interference in the 2016 elections to the public, Moscow Mitch objected. Now he’s refusing to protect our elections. What does he expect to be called?
sukabi
@Patricia Kayden: It’s my belief that McConnell doesn’t like to be called Moscow Mitch precisely because it is closer to the truth than he wants anyone to know.
montanareddog
It was clear last week that Bedbug Stephens was oblivious to the Streisand effect. Apparently, so is Moscow Mitch.
Now that we know there is a weakpoint in Moscow Mitch’s turtleshell, let’s have at it!
rikyrah
@mrmoshpotato:
Moscow Mitch, The Kremlin’s Bytch
LOVE IT???
rikyrah
@Patricia Kayden:
He should stop being a traitor, then ???
Alan Barney
What do they call him in Moscow?
Chris Johnson
@Alan Barney: Mitch
SFAW
@Ruckus:
Stop it! Just STOP IT!!! Stop calling Moscow Mitch “Moscow Mitch”!!! Since there’s no such thing as global warming — which would cause that snowflake, Moscow Mitch, to melt — your hatred will cause Moscow Mitch’s snowflakiness to melt before Jim Inhofe can pack a few more snowflakes together to …. wait, where was I going with this.?
Well, anyway, please stop calling Moscow Mitch “Moscow Mitch.”
SFAW
@Patricia Kayden:
“The Grim Reaper.” That’s a nickname Moscow Mitch gave himself, so he says that it’s OK to call him that.
SFAW
But remember: just don’t use the hammer-and-sickle on any merch carrying the words “Moscow Mitch,” because that’s a symbol of the CCCP, and Russia is not the CCCP, and so therefore it’s not correct/accurate.
And would lead to the new McCarthyism, apparently.
SFAW
@Alan Barney:
What do they call whom in Moscow? Do you mean Moscow Mitch? Or would it be someone other than Moscow Mitch that you mean?
Ken
@piratedan:
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Uncle Cosmo
@rikyrah: “Moscow Mitch, Putin’s Bitch” works a little better as a crowd chant – more stressed syllables. But whatever floats your boat.
Ben Cisco
… Good.
\Kosh
mrmoshpotato
@SFAW: LOL What was that about not calling Moscow Mitch by his real name which is Moscow Mitch?
206inKY
Amy McGrath is an extraordinary person, heavily recruited by the national DSCC since she seems like a clear top-tier challenger, but she has little chance of beating Mitch if she couldn’t win Lexington in the 2018 suburban wave election. It is the second bluest district in the state. Word on the street is that Matt Jones is considering running. He is a beloved sports radio personality here — a genial guy who has a deep love of all things Kentucky — and author of Mitch Please! from Simon and Schuster. McGrath clearly has a future in politics, but I think he has a better shot of actually displacing Mitch even if the purity hawks who don’t actually live here don’t want to hear it.
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mitch-Please!/Matt-Jones/9781982142049
It is similar to the Texas situation where there are excellent candidates already running for Senate, but people keep pushing for Beto. I strongly suggest the HBO documentary on Beto. He is being dismissed way too quickly.
J R in WV
@West of the Rockies:
I hate to confess, rather than regretting his fall, and hoping he gets well soonest, I was happy to hear that he was going to be suffering. At least it may distract him for his horror show of a career.
I don’t like being that kind of person. But I can handle it since we have little choice.
Moscow Mitch, Putin’s Bitch works for me!
TenguPhule
@piratedan:
A point against civilization.