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brooklynite

(94,571 posts)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 09:51 AM Oct 2020

McConnell Says GOP Candidates Are Being Overwhelmed

Source: Politcal Wire

New York Times: “On Thursday, in a conference call with a group of lobbyists, Mr. McConnell vented that the party’s Senate candidates are being financially overwhelmed because of small-dollar contributions to ActBlue, the online liberal fund-raising hub.”

Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2020/10/09/mcconnell-says-gop-candidates-are-being-overwhelmed/

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McConnell Says GOP Candidates Are Being Overwhelmed (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2020 OP
I consider that wonderful news!! Alliepoo Oct 2020 #1
As the old commercial says, " And I helped!" dem4decades Oct 2020 #2
Shake 'n Bake! Delmette2.0 Oct 2020 #9
Other than Ricky Bobby...... Arthur_Frain Oct 2020 #17
I had to search for your reference. Delmette2.0 Oct 2020 #34
Oh my. Arthur_Frain Oct 2020 #47
Hamburger Helper.. denbot Oct 2020 #31
Yeah, that stuff is not very good. Delmette2.0 Oct 2020 #35
It's even good without the hamburger! Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2020 #53
I showed my kids that commercial on YouTube, so now we all use it as a catchphrase! deurbano Oct 2020 #37
And I did, too! calimary Oct 2020 #84
Hey, Mitch! Could it be that the little guys are fed up Vogon_Glory Oct 2020 #3
Whine on, Mitch. Wait until you see the tsunami you're about to be hit with on November 3. LuckyLib Oct 2020 #66
A Kick and a tip of the hat to OmahaSteve! denbot Oct 2020 #4
Damn straight..... lamp_shade Oct 2020 #5
. For Omaha Steve irisblue Oct 2020 #38
Indeed! OmahaSteve! BComplex Oct 2020 #51
BRAVO Omaha Steve! calimary Oct 2020 #59
Cheers to Omaha Steve: making Mitch sweat. JudyM Oct 2020 #61
that sounds so good... stillcool Oct 2020 #6
Should be interesting as the IRS digs into Wayne LaPierre's finances. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #10
NRA + while dems celebrate donations, at $1000/hr rw radio is worth $90MIL/week certainot Oct 2020 #39
I'm gonna get the smallest violin and play the saddest song for McConnell. apnu Oct 2020 #7
How about a whole orchestra of teeny violins? electric_blue68 Oct 2020 #57
In honor of "Moscow Mitch" James48 Oct 2020 #8
Well BOO f-ing HOO! Just maybe your Pubs have lost popularity with their former supporters! People napi21 Oct 2020 #11
Donate to a few winnable flippable seats Omaha Steve Oct 2020 #12
Thank you for this, Omaha Steve Wicked Blue Oct 2020 #14
Thanks Steve! Dem_in_Nebr. Oct 2020 #68
Cry me a river volstork Oct 2020 #13
You took the words out of my mouth. c-rational Oct 2020 #42
Good. yardwork Oct 2020 #15
This is truly a grassroots success gohuskies Oct 2020 #16
the battle continues because NJCher Oct 2020 #46
We should also still be flooding their offices with phone calls rainin Oct 2020 #18
I just love calling their offices (all their state offices, too). Can't understand why one of niyad Oct 2020 #24
I guess that whole "Money is Speech" thing... Thunderbeast Oct 2020 #19
So who's the REAL populist choice for leadership? Mr. Ected Oct 2020 #20
Hey #Moscow Mitch..................go pound sand your going to be looking for another job turbinetree Oct 2020 #21
Don't believe it for a minute....... Chakaconcarne Oct 2020 #22
Same here Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #41
Excellent news - our collective small dollar donations are making a big difference. nt iluvtennis Oct 2020 #23
Pity Party Over Here! qwlauren35 Oct 2020 #25
Maybe Mitch will figure out they are hated DBoon Oct 2020 #26
Little did they know Turin_C3PO Oct 2020 #27
Just VA_Jill Oct 2020 #28
WINRED never came together as an alternative... brooklynite Oct 2020 #29
It called listening to your constituents...you and your band of bums don't! Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #30
Yeah, Mitch. Free market capitalism is a bitch. intheflow Oct 2020 #32
Cry me a river, mofo. somaticexperiencing Oct 2020 #33
no, you're being overwhelmed with our disgust for your vile corrupt party vlyons Oct 2020 #36
small dollar contributions from voters vs. large dirty money payments from oligarchs... Raster Oct 2020 #40
Well, run away from trump! Save yourselves! Spill the beans! oldsoftie Oct 2020 #43
Choke on it, Mitch. marble falls Oct 2020 #44
Moscow Mitch says that like it's a bad thing. OMGWTF Oct 2020 #45
They are overwhelmed by their own underwhelming support! nt Shermann Oct 2020 #48
Where's my tiny violin? LW1977 Oct 2020 #49
Here is an excerpt the NYT article referenced at Political Wire BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #50
that's good news. barbtries Oct 2020 #52
They weren't all small dollar. I gave $2,000 to Theresa Greenfield for U.S. Senate, Iowa, progree Oct 2020 #54
Game Over, Moscow Mitch NEOBuckeye Oct 2020 #55
I hope he's talking about himself jorgevlorgan Oct 2020 #56
gee.. MissMillie Oct 2020 #58
Well a big boo-hoo to you, too, Moscow. calimary Oct 2020 #60
Now my fear ellie Oct 2020 #62
I guess Hissolini will now demand that Worst-AG-Ever-Barr-None Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2020 #63
I don't usually give through Act Blue. murielm99 Oct 2020 #64
Great!!! +1!!! COL Mustard Oct 2020 #65
Good! SunSeeker Oct 2020 #67
Fear tactic to get more donations!?! Brainfodder Oct 2020 #69
"We're losing? UNFAIR!!" Grokenstein Oct 2020 #70
That's the price of #GOPsurrender Mitch! BadGimp Oct 2020 #71
Got to make some more contributions to DEM candidates tonight -- before NCjack Oct 2020 #72
Curses! Foiled again! The Genealogist Oct 2020 #73
That is excellent news. warmfeet Oct 2020 #74
Call that man a WAHmbulance!!! A Wah-WAH-WAHmbulance! Right away! nilram Oct 2020 #75
I heard this story at lunch. It caused me to make another contribution to Act Blue. TomSlick Oct 2020 #76
The reaper is coming, Mitch Blue Owl Oct 2020 #77
Mitch is only NOW starting to realize this? Aussie105 Oct 2020 #78
Think I will have beer and pop corn................ turbinetree Oct 2020 #79
Overwhelmed because #reality. n/t Beartracks Oct 2020 #80
Three Cheers for Act Blue!!! SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2020 #81
who says mitch mcconnel gets to decide how my life is spent disalitervisum Oct 2020 #82
Sad ailsagirl Oct 2020 #83
Wouldn't it be nice if the default would be to belief what what a GOP politician says to Americans.. usaf-vet Oct 2020 #85
First of all... Xolodno Oct 2020 #86

Arthur_Frain

(1,849 posts)
47. Oh my.
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 12:06 PM
Oct 2020

Will Ferrell is either a comedy god or an absolute yawner for me. Talladega Nights and Blades of Glory are him as a god, IMHO.

deurbano

(2,895 posts)
37. I showed my kids that commercial on YouTube, so now we all use it as a catchphrase!
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 11:24 AM
Oct 2020

Like you, I have also been donating via Act Blue, especially targeting those close Senate races. I hope we crush them!

Vogon_Glory

(9,118 posts)
3. Hey, Mitch! Could it be that the little guys are fed up
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 09:54 AM
Oct 2020

with what passes as Republican governance these days?

denbot

(9,899 posts)
4. A Kick and a tip of the hat to OmahaSteve!
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 09:57 AM
Oct 2020
He’s DU’s conduit to $2 million or so in order to defeat these assholes.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
6. that sounds so good...
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:01 AM
Oct 2020

as they sit on all their ill-gotten gains. Makes me wonder about the NRA's money laundering business with Russia.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
39. NRA + while dems celebrate donations, at $1000/hr rw radio is worth $90MIL/week
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 11:33 AM
Oct 2020

1000 x 15 hrs/day x 1200 stations x 5 days = about $5BIL/yr FREE for republicans, to go along with all their other shit - and rw radio is a major reason NRA still exists

James48

(4,436 posts)
8. In honor of "Moscow Mitch"
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:01 AM
Oct 2020

I think I will go donate another $20 to a candidate who could use it.

Thanks, Act Blue, for making it so easy, with PayPal and a quick click of a button.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
11. Well BOO f-ing HOO! Just maybe your Pubs have lost popularity with their former supporters! People
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:10 AM
Oct 2020

who contribute to Act Blue don't have a lot of money to give to politicians. Hell, they have less now because of the virus, but they're SICK of this creature who thinks he's Prez, & even more angry with the people in Congress who always support him, no matter what! They want you all GONE!

Wicked Blue

(5,832 posts)
14. Thank you for this, Omaha Steve
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:29 AM
Oct 2020

Just donated to Theresa Greenfield and Sarah Gideon. And to Joe again, of course.

You deserve some kind of award for all this effort!

gohuskies

(1,156 posts)
16. This is truly a grassroots success
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:32 AM
Oct 2020

Power to people still exists, it just took extreme times to push the nation to the breaking point. Repugs have dinosaur brains with a 19th century set of values with their greed and graft. They managed to usher in a new era of corporate robber barons mixing in an unhealthy dose of naked racism, misogyny and homophobic hate. They are getting what they deserve now and hopefully Nov 3rd will see many of them kicked to the curb.

NJCher

(35,675 posts)
46. the battle continues because
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 12:02 PM
Oct 2020

we're dealing with sociopaths. Here is how power works, and because Democrats aren't normally sociopaths, it has to be memorized:



Now, I know Bill Maher is unpopular with many, but on this topic he speaks the truth: power begets power.

If the Democrats regain it, this needs to be emblazoned on their foreheads.

niyad

(113,306 posts)
24. I just love calling their offices (all their state offices, too). Can't understand why one of
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:48 AM
Oct 2020

chinless mcturtle's aides keeps hanging up on me!!

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
20. So who's the REAL populist choice for leadership?
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:40 AM
Oct 2020

That's right, as it always was, before the GOP had to break all the rules to twist and distort the scales of justice and the will of the people.

turbinetree

(24,701 posts)
21. Hey #Moscow Mitch..................go pound sand your going to be looking for another job
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:42 AM
Oct 2020

right along with your 7 vulnerable senate enablers this election go around, at least our candidates know where the money is coming from .....................people that pay taxes for starters to keep this democracy running, because we believe in the Rule of Law, you know what that is THE CONSTITION.............and when a former president nominates someone to sit on the US Supreme Court they deserve hearings instead of fucking rubber stamps lackeys from the Federalist Society, who hates the Rule of Law...................

Think I will donate to Act Blue again..........

intheflow

(28,473 posts)
32. Yeah, Mitch. Free market capitalism is a bitch.
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 11:09 AM
Oct 2020

But this is the way you wanted it, so suck it up! Republicans have no product We the People want.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
36. no, you're being overwhelmed with our disgust for your vile corrupt party
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 11:13 AM
Oct 2020

We are tired of your lies, selfishness, and depraved indifference to our families.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
40. small dollar contributions from voters vs. large dirty money payments from oligarchs...
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 11:34 AM
Oct 2020

... SUCK IT! #MoscowMitch

BumRushDaShow

(129,000 posts)
50. Here is an excerpt the NYT article referenced at Political Wire
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 12:10 PM
Oct 2020
Trump’s Struggles Ripple Across the Sun Belt, Endangering G.O.P. Stronghold


By Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns

Oct. 9, 2020 Updated 10:55 a.m. ET

PHOENIX — Cindy Bishop is the sort of voter who has some Republicans bracing for a wipeout next month. Standing inside her garage, shielded from the 102-degree desert heat, Ms. Bishop, a 61-year-old medical professional, said she voted for Mr. Trump four years ago because “he wasn’t a politician.” But then, she said, “I got a taste of him and I’m like, ‘God, he’s disrespectful’ — there’s so much about him I don’t like.” She is now leaning toward Joseph R. Biden Jr.

The inflammatory behavior that has alienated voters beyond his base has long posed the most significant impediment to Mr. Trump’s re-election. But one week after he rampaged through the first presidential debate and then was hospitalized with the coronavirus, only to keep minimizing the disease as it spread through his White House, the president’s conduct is not only undermining his own campaign but threatening his entire party.

New polls show Mr. Trump’s support is collapsing nationally, as he alienates women, seniors and suburbanites. He is trailing not just in must-win battlegrounds but according to private G.O.P. surveys, he is repelling independents to the point where Mr. Biden has drawn closer in solidly red states, including Montana, Kansas and Missouri, people briefed on the data said.

Nowhere has Mr. Trump harmed himself and his party more than across the Sun Belt, where the electoral coalition that secured a generation of Republican dominance is in danger of coming apart. “There are limits to what people can take with the irresponsibility, the untruthfulness, just the whole persona,” said Jeff Flake, the former Republican senator from Arizona. Mr. Flake is crossing party lines to support Mr. Biden, who made his first visit of the general election here Thursday.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/us/politics/trump-biden-sun-belt.html


And this from the above -

Mr. Flake is crossing party lines to support Mr. Biden, who made his first visit of the general election here Thursday.


Wait wut?

And as a note - ANYONE who is on the east coast had more of an opportunity to "know about" this man BEFORE his TV shows, so they knew his reputation, and weren't fooled. But if you are sitting in AZ and only know the "bombastic and brusque reality show host", then they were soon to be in for a rude awakening, and have now been schooled on what it means to elect a "personality" rather than a "President".

barbtries

(28,795 posts)
52. that's good news.
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 12:20 PM
Oct 2020

i've spent a rather large amount of time on ActBlue over the past 4 years...good to know it makes a difference.

progree

(10,908 posts)
54. They weren't all small dollar. I gave $2,000 to Theresa Greenfield for U.S. Senate, Iowa,
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 12:23 PM
Oct 2020

because the times call for it, and it was time to up my game. This could be our last election other than Russia-style ones. It was through ActBlue, "the online liberal fund-raising hub", which I gave a $50 tip to, nah nah nah nah nah. Tired of living in a right-wing hellhole.

NEOBuckeye

(2,781 posts)
55. Game Over, Moscow Mitch
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 12:48 PM
Oct 2020

You started this mess. And now, we, the people are going to finish it, and finish you.

jorgevlorgan

(8,294 posts)
56. I hope he's talking about himself
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 01:57 PM
Oct 2020

I can't imagine McGrath's numbers haven't improved in the latest internal polls.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
63. I guess Hissolini will now demand that Worst-AG-Ever-Barr-None
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 02:52 PM
Oct 2020

arrests those who run Act Blue. Then maybe, depending on his roid rage level, each Aneeucan who donates through ActBlue.

murielm99

(30,741 posts)
64. I don't usually give through Act Blue.
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 02:55 PM
Oct 2020

I give directly to the candidates. This time, I gave to Swalwell through Act Blue. I could not resist, after the picture of him with his little girl, paying their respects to RBG.

Grokenstein

(5,723 posts)
70. "We're losing? UNFAIR!!"
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 03:31 PM
Oct 2020

"Change the Constitution! Send in the Marines! Or at least the Boogaloo Bois! I can't go to jail, I'm too pretty!!"

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
72. Got to make some more contributions to DEM candidates tonight -- before
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 04:13 PM
Oct 2020

Moscow Mitch makes small contributions illegal.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
73. Curses! Foiled again!
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 05:39 PM
Oct 2020

They'd be winning if it weren't for those meddling kids! (insert your favorite Scooby Doo villain here)

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
74. That is excellent news.
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 06:46 PM
Oct 2020

Hope the gop goes away in my lifetime. Haven't we had enough of this extreme bullshit?

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)
76. I heard this story at lunch. It caused me to make another contribution to Act Blue.
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 09:28 PM
Oct 2020

BTW: If you're looking for somewhere to send some money, Joyce Elliot is tied in the polls with the GOP incumbent, French Hill for Arkansas 2d Congressional District. Hill is getting a lot of money from the GOP Congressional Committee which he is using to run dishonest ads - photo-shopped pictures, dog-whistles for the rural part of the district, etc.

Elliot has a real shot at turning one of Arkansas Congressional seats blue. She would be the first female AA Representative from Arkansas and the first AA Representative from Arkansas since reconstruction.

With some money for a get out the vote effort, French could be toast.

We need some DU love.

Aussie105

(5,397 posts)
78. Mitch is only NOW starting to realize this?
Sat Oct 10, 2020, 12:38 AM
Oct 2020

I know turtles have hard shells, but Mitch must have one so reality proof, he could walk unscathed through a nuclear explosion.

The GOP has been on a path of self destruction for a long time. Wake up and smell the napalm, Mitch!

 

disalitervisum

(470 posts)
82. who says mitch mcconnel gets to decide how my life is spent
Sat Oct 10, 2020, 04:44 AM
Oct 2020

for the next fifty years? i mean, who decided that? who figured out that Mitch McConnell is the arbiter of human truth? fuck you all.

usaf-vet

(6,186 posts)
85. Wouldn't it be nice if the default would be to belief what what a GOP politician says to Americans..
Sat Oct 10, 2020, 09:11 AM
Oct 2020

.... but this seems like a McTurtle stunt to drag in more GOP dollars.

AND MAKE US DEMOCRATIC VOTERS COMPLACENT!
Not happening here our absentee votes are in. Hand-delivered to the city hall.


I doubt in the future I will ever trust a GOP politician at his word.

Having said that time for another round of $$$ to ActBlue

Xolodno

(6,395 posts)
86. First of all...
Sat Oct 10, 2020, 10:47 PM
Oct 2020

Corporate special interests can't donate if they use their tax breaks on stock buy backs.

Second, he's admitting that to lobbyists? He basically told them to start lobbying and schmoozing to Democrats.

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