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politico.com - 2/7/2009
McConnell vs. The New Deal
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Blog: The 30s are the 00's?
Boehner V. McConnell on Executive Compensation
blogs.abcnews.com - 2/4/2009
Boehner V. McConnell on Executive Compensation
— blogs.abcnews.com — On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., suggested he doesn't like the idea of limiting executive... compensation. "What you have to do, it strikes me, is have some kind of parameters that don't have the government basically running the... (more) Boehner V. McConnell on Executive Compensation

Comments vote down Ace of Spades HQ found this 2/4/2009found this
Mitch McConnell: To give the proposed economic stimulus plan some perspective, "if you started the day Jesus Christ was born and spent $1 million every day since then, you still wouldn’t have spent $1 trillion."
politifact.com - 2/4/2009
Mitch McConnell: To give the proposed economic stimulus plan some perspective, "if you started ...
— politifact.com — The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Stimulus plan comes to more than a million bucks a day since... Jesus Christ was born In a CBS Face the Nation interview on Feb. 1, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-Ky, sought to put the proposed economic ... (more) Mitch McConnell: To give the proposed economic stimulus ...

Comments vote down Stones Cry Out found this 2/4/2009found this
Sen. McConnell proposes more Big Government to fix Big Government debacle
michellemalkin.com - 2/2/2009
Sen. McConnell proposes more Big Government to fix Big Government debacle
— michellemalkin.com — Where is my Mitch McConnell head-banging graphic? [...] Read the rest »... (more) Sen. McConnell proposes more Big Government to fix Big ...

Comments vote down Wizbang found this 2/2/2009found this

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Political Animal:  McConnell vs FDR

Matthew Yglesias:  McConnell: Spending Can’t Work Except When It Can

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McConnell vs FDR
Political Animal — MCCONNELL VS FDR.... Why wasn't the Senate Republican caucus able to play a constructive role this week on economic policy? Because they simply perceive reality in a different way. ...Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has the intellectual honesty to come right out and say that he's opposed to the concept that massive public expenditure will save a tailspinning economy. [...] McConnell's been respectful to Barack Obama, but he's pure hell on FDR, as evidenced by tonight's peroration on the stimulus: "But one of the good things about reading history is you learn a good ...

McConnell: Spending Can’t Work Except When It Can
Matthew Yglesias — Mitch McConnell studies history and reaches the conclusion that we should hope for a German campaign of world conquest: “But one of the good things about reading history is you learn a good deal. And, we know for sure that the big spending programs of the New Deal did not work. In 1940, unemployment was still 15%. And, it’s widely agreed among economists, that what got us out of the doldrums that we were in during the Depression was the beginning of World War II.” To be precise, the historical record shows ...

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Is Stimulus deal done? — Crooks and Liars
CNN said it was for 780B and FOX is reporting the deal looks to be about 805 Billion. S. Smith is saying that McConnell sez there won't be a vote tonight. Kyl was crying about Republicans like Specter and Collins... Ben Nelson is talking now and called his group "The Job Squad." Yikkes.  ...
Gregg To Cabinet, Stim Deal In Works — Riehl World View
A statement by McConnell confirms Judd Gregg as likely to join the Obama cabinet with a Republican replacement for the Senate by a Dem governor and this below has to be the most politically civil thing I've ever heard from Schumer. It's dripping with bi-partisan deal making and he isn't alone. ...