This post is an open letter to Republican Minority leader Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, although I doubt he will respond.
I am one of your thousands constituents, and I am angry at your partisan parlor games blocking debate on the single most important issue this country faces today, that being the Iraq war. Clearly you are going to stand by this administration as he attempts to drive this country off the cliff, you have become both his shield and enabler, you are determined to swim against the tide of voter sentiment and anger and continue to act as Bush’s sycophantic lap dog, you have turned your back on the wishes of your constituents and by doing so betrayed your office.
Today you will stand beside this utter failure of a human being named Bush at a Louisville fundraiser attended by wealthy businessmen wishing to purchase more influence and power. By doing so you are sending the clearest of messages to the people of Kentucky who voted you into office, that being; “fuck you, I’ll support this president no matter the consequences”. You have plainly cut your “deal with the devil” and intend to stand by it.
The Courier Journal was right on the money today when they said:
“Sen. McConnell is so confident the largesse he brings to Kentucky will prove more important to voters than his unwavering loyalty to Mr. Bush’s disastrous policies that he sees no risk in raking in cash while joined at the hip with the man responsible for stubbornly leading the country into ever more polarizing politics, unsustainable debt, regulatory collapse, energy folly, environmental calamity and of course the deepening international crisis and loss of international standing.”
My neighbor is the most devoted “born again Republican” I have ever met and even he is seething with anger at you and this pathetic and incompetent administration. We have all had it with this administration’s criminal ineptitude, yet there you are, marching lockstep with Bushco. What arrogance! You are PATHETIC!
Come election time, we will no doubt see McConnell’s ads touting how much money and prestige he brings to Kentucky, how much her cares for voters, dogs, children etc…. I have only this to say, you have turned your back on the voters in favor of a failed, morally bankrupt, administration that has not one tattered shred of credibility left, you are the president’s lap dog. All the money in the world won’t buy your credibility with the voters back, you have vested your credibility with a liar (Bush) a war profiteer (Cheney) and they in turn burned it in the sands of the Iraqi deserts.
To the good voters of the Commonwealth of Kentucky I have this to say, McConnell is up for re-election in 21 months, call him, write him, badger him, let him know that he stands alone with Bush, let him know that his craven and cowardly action on the Senate floor will still be ringing in the voters ears November 2008. He plays political game while American soldiers are dying for one man’s ego and a cause based on lies and lost through incompetence, McConnell is laying down with dogs and expecting us to ignore the fleas.