Showing posts with label Mitch McConnell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mitch McConnell. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Cynical yet?


Mitch McConnell is testing out some new spin today, claiming that:


[President Obama] owned the Congress for the first two years. They did everything he wanted. Everything. The only thing they forgot to do — I don’t know why they overlooked this — they forgot to raise taxes.
This is rich coming from McConnell, who was the probably the largest singular force in the Republican party's legislative obstructionism.

The point I wanted to make here is the same one I made awhile back; the actual facts of an issue are rarely important, since partisans on both sides have a tenancy to simply filter out evidence that either doesn't confirm, or outright refutes their preconceived assumptions.

Partisan filters aside, I think the facts on the issue are quite clear.