{"id":6842,"date":"2019-08-02T21:03:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T04:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=6842"},"modified":"2019-08-02T21:03:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T04:03:42","slug":"moscow-mitch-or-moscows-bitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=6842","title":{"rendered":"Moscow Mitch; Or Moscow&#8217;s Bitch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a.k.a. Turtle Boy, has been in the headlines a lot lately. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Apparently poor little Mitchy doesn't like his new nickname, 'Moscow Mitch', (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/30\/us\/politics\/moscow-mitch-mcconnell.html\" target=\"_blank\">Apparently poor little Mitchy doesn&#8217;t like his new nickname, &#8216;Moscow Mitch&#8217;,<\/a> given to him for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"his refusal to pass election security bills that would ensure Russia doesn't interfere with the 2020 elections like they did in 2016 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/07\/30\/why-is-mitch-mcconnell-blocking-election-security-bills-good-question\/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.06643f9fdc74\" target=\"_blank\">his refusal to pass election security bills that would ensure Russia doesn&#8217;t interfere with the 2020 elections like they did in 2016<\/a>. Why would anyone, especially a United States Senator, want a hostile foreign nation to interfere with our democratic elections?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, Turtle Boy knows that without Russian help, Republicans have no hope of winning. Ever since 1988, Republicans have only won the popular vote in the presidential elections once &#8211; that&#8217;s right folks &#8211; one time(2004). The only reason they&#8217;re even competitive in the House of Representatives is because <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"districts are so gerrymandered by GOP controlled states that Republicans have a distinct advantage over Democratic candidates (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/partisan-gerrymandering-has-benefited-republicans-more-than-democrats-2017-6\" target=\"_blank\">districts are so gerrymandered by GOP controlled states that Republicans have a distinct advantage over Democratic candidates<\/a>.   Even Robert Mueller warned of Russian interference in his recent testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Russians hacked elections in all fifty states in 2016. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/senate-report-all-50-states-were-targeted-by-russian-interference-ahead-of-2016-elections\" target=\"_blank\">The Russians hacked elections in all fifty states in 2016.<\/a> Furthermore, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Moscow Mitch knew about it and still did nothing to stop it in 2016 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2019\/7\/8\/1870215\/-Your-regular-reminder-that-McConnell-abetted-Russian-election-interference-and-will-do-it-again\" target=\"_blank\">Moscow Mitch knew about it and still did nothing to stop it in 2016<\/a> and he will continue to nothing about it because Moscow Mitch places the Republican party above country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moscow Mitch also has dubious ties to Russia in that <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Kentucky has gotten some pretty sweet deals from Russian oligarchs (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/07\/31\/mcconnell-staffers-lobbied-russian-backed-kentucky-project-1442550\" target=\"_blank\">Kentucky has gotten some pretty sweet deals from Russian oligarchs<\/a>.  Yes, Moscow Mitch has sold out his country for fun and profit and yet he has the audacity to accuse Democrats and media outlets of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"'modern day McCarthyism'. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/07\/29\/mcconnell-media-mccarthyism-1440027\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;modern day McCarthyism&#8217;.<\/a>  How is this dipshit still getting elected despite an<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" approval rating in the thirties (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/431002-poll-33-of-kentucky-voters-approve-of-mcconnell\" target=\"_blank\"> approval rating in the thirties in his home state of Kentucky<\/a>? Maybe its because <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"voting machine companies donate heavily to his coffers (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/mitch-mcconnell-robert-mueller-election-security-russia-1451361\" target=\"_blank\">voting machine companies donate heavily to his coffers<\/a>. That&#8217;s right, ladies and gentlemen; Corporate America has fixed it so Moscow Mitch gets elected time and time again because . . . you know. . . corporations are people, too. Thanks Supreme Court!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, poor wittle Turtle Boy better get used to being called Moscow Mitch because he will be called Moscow Mitch up until he loses his seat next November.  But fear not; after he loses, at least Moscow Mitch can move to Russia to stay with Vladimir Putin and his Russian oligarch pals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"562\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mcconnellmoscowmitchputinbitch.jpg\" alt=\"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a.k.a \u2018Turtle Boy\u2019, whines about his new nickname 'Moscow Mitch' while his boss Russian President Vladimir Putin suggests a more appropriate moniker.\" class=\"wp-image-6846\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mcconnellmoscowmitchputinbitch.jpg 525w, http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mcconnellmoscowmitchputinbitch-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 85vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption>Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a.k.a \u2018Turtle Boy\u2019, whines about his new nickname &#8216;Moscow Mitch&#8217; while his boss Russian President Vladimir Putin suggests a more appropriate moniker.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a.k.a. Turtle Boy, has been in the headlines a lot lately. Apparently poor little Mitchy doesn&#8217;t like his new nickname, &#8216;Moscow Mitch&#8217;, given to him for his refusal to pass election security bills that would ensure Russia doesn&#8217;t interfere with the 2020 elections like they did in 2016. Why would &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/?p=6842\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Moscow Mitch; Or Moscow&#8217;s Bitch&#8221;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,60,8,85,963,3,198,1863],"tags":[1575,74,73,22,20,389,27,1552,1956,1576,107,147,1958,9,1951,739,1957,1039,712,1955,1954,1953,1874,66,98,852,942,596,1952,1273,1257,19,661,871,917,738,785,47,48,694,1308],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6842"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6853,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842\/revisions\/6853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bilgebucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}