Republicans Say the Darndest Things: That Mitch, What a Jokester

Senate Majority Leader 

Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky)

"After so many years of sluggish growth, we're finally starting to see some economic data that can provide a glimmer of hope; the uptick appears to coincide with the biggest political change of the Obama Administration's long tenure in Washington: the expectation of a new Republican Congress."

I've been a political junkie for more years than I care to count, but I cannot think of a statement that is more blatantly self-serving or more completely lacking in fact than this from Mitch McConnell...ever.  Mitch has demonstrated a startling lack of respect for the average American's awareness of what has been going on in Washington for the past six years while exhibiting a pair of cojones that he surely must need extra support to carry around.   

It is obvious the GOP needs a new slant on the improving economy...how long can they continue to blame the President for failing when he clearly isn't? But this credit grabbing is so obvious it comes off as laughable, (so the White House wasn't really "cooking the books" on the economy as Republican leadership claimed just a few months ago?), and more than a little desperate.  

As Democratic National Committee's Communications Director Mo Elleithee said about Mitch's claim, "The fact is, under President Obama we have had 57 straight months of private sector jobs growth leading to nearly 11 million jobs added.  All the Republicans have given us is a government shutdown that cost the economy 24 billion.  I get why he wants to take credit for the economic recovery, but maybe he should first do something to contribute to it."

Mitch has worn the Majority Leader mantle for only a few days, and already I'm entertained.