Kentucky Kickback: McConnell sells out for 2 BILLION for a dam in KY

[Sallow]

Democrats didn't win. Republicans lost.

And not for lack of trying on the part of the good and honest men and women who tried to live up to their election promises to try to defund or delay Obamacare.

Republicans lost because one more time a powerful RINO sold his soul again for pork.

And sold honorable R's down the river again. At least the old whore charged a high price for being a slut for Reid.

McConnell faced new criticism after the bill's full text was released at dinnertime Wednesday. A little-noticed earmark, in the legislation will increase federal funding for the Olmsted Lock, a dam in his home state of Kentucky, from $775 million to nearly $3 billion.

'In exchange for funding Obamacare and raising the debt limit, Mitch McConnell has secured a $2 billion earmark,' the Senate Conservatives Fund griped, calling it the 'Kentucky kickback.'



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That was an incredibly well played move on McConnell's part.

 

[Sallow]

A dam= infrastructure = energy = good. Oh' did I forget that it means jobs?
I don't see the problem?

You don't see the problem of our political leaders being bribed to sell out the American people? Personally, I have alot of problems with corruption. I dont care what party. I don't care if they can justify it being for a good cause.

There's was nothing "corrupt" about McConnell's move, unless, he personally profits from it.

What he did, was what senators do.

Advocated for his state.

 

[Avatar4321]

Wow you mean money corrupts politicians?

Really?
.
Amazing, now tell me how you support citizens united again so I can point and laugh.

Money doesn't corrupt politicians. Corrupt politicians corrupt money.

Money in and of itself is not good or evil. Money is a tool. It reveals true character. But it doesn't corrupt people. A rich corrupt man would be just as corrupt if he was poor.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

A dam= infrastructure = energy = good. Oh' did I forget that it means jobs?
I don't see the problem?

You don't see the problem of our political leaders being bribed to sell out the American people? Personally, I have alot of problems with corruption. I dont care what party. I don't care if they can justify it being for a good cause.

There's was nothing "corrupt" about McConnell's move, unless, he personally profits from it.

What he did, was what senators do.

Advocated for his state.

Which is called pork.

 

[Avatar4321]

A dam= infrastructure = energy = good. Oh' did I forget that it means jobs?
I don't see the problem?

You don't see the problem of our political leaders being bribed to sell out the American people? Personally, I have alot of problems with corruption. I dont care what party. I don't care if they can justify it being for a good cause.

There's was nothing "corrupt" about McConnell's move, unless, he personally profits from it.

What he did, was what senators do.

Advocated for his state.

He does profit from it. He has a primary next year.

 

[ClosedCaption]

Doesn't look like Mitch had anything to do with it.

Conservatives accuse Mitch McConnell of 'Kentucky kickback' in spending deal - Kevin Robillard - POLITICO.com

The provision, which is supported by the White House and doesn’t actually spend any money, would raise the amount authorized for the Olmsted Lock and Dam project to $2.9 billion from $775 million. McConnell’s office said he had no role in securing the language, which was authored by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). Versions of the water project measure passed both the House and Senate earlier this year.

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The Olmsted project is located about 20 miles from the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers near where the borders of Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri meet. It was originally authorized a quarter-century ago and was only expected to cost $775 million. After decades of delays, engineering mistakes and cost overruns, the Army Corps of Engineers now expects to spend $2.9 billion on the project.
But Alexander, the ranking member of the appropriations subcommittee that funds water projects, said he and Feinstein, the committee’s chair, were responsible for the provision.

“According to the Army Corps of Engineers, 160 million taxpayer dollars will be wasted because of canceled contracts if this language is not included,” Alexander said in a statement. “Sen. Feinstein and I, as chairman and ranking member of the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, requested this provision. It has already been approved this year by the House and Senate.”​

Yeah. It's purely coincidental. Mitch had nothing to do with it *wink*

You have to excuse Dave. He'll swallow any bullshit excuse a republican gives him. Thinking is hard for Dave

 

[ClosedCaption]

Wow you mean money corrupts politicians?

Really?
.
Amazing, now tell me how you support citizens united again so I can point and laugh.

Money doesn't corrupt politicians. Corrupt politicians corrupt money.

Money in and of itself is not good or evil. Money is a tool. It reveals true character. But it doesn't corrupt people. A rich corrupt man would be just as corrupt if he was poor.

Thanks for that circular bullshit.

Money is power. If you chose to believe it isn't that's on you and while you're at it write up that Christmas list for Santa

 

[Votto]

Explain to me how McConnell made money for Kentucky?

Please.

The project has been put off for too long as it is and the last I checked, all navigable waterways in the United States are Federal Property.

Anybody wanna explain why the Federal gubmint doing its job is so newsworthy? I wanna know

Oh dear, someone can't read.

I could maybe get you a voucher for a private education where reading is encouraged.

And that someone is you.

Explain to me how this makes money for Kentucky....

Explain it.

Who's doing the Construction?

Since you're too stupid to breathe without help, I'll tell you.....

The United States Army.

Who will run it? I suspect the Federal Government. In fact, I'm 99.9% sure it's the Feds (Army Corps of Engineers) who will run it.

Tell me, how does the Federal gubmint getting off their asses and doing their job for a fucking change qualify as 'pork'?

Tell me that. The Corps of Engineers is going to do the work, they're in charge of it, they'll run it....

Here, stop being a mouth-breather and THINK for a fucking change..

From two years ago....

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/2011310220080

OLMSTED, ILL. — Everything about construction of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Olmsted Dam 360 miles down the Ohio River from Louisville is massive — including a years-long delay getting it done and a price tag that critics say is making it impossible to get other inland waterway projects going.

You're a liar. And a douchebag.

Know why? Because you don't care whether something is true or not. You only care if you can make the lie stick. You just follow the leader, spread the lie without ever checking to see if there's a word of truth...

I hate dimocraps. scum of the earth. ALL of them

Where is the billions coming from to build the dams in Kentucky? I got news for ya, most of it is not coming from the citizens of the state. It is all Bernanke money, yet they are enjoying the fruits of it.

I could care less who owns the dam in name. All I care about is where the money is coming from. I could even care less what you call it. Call it a stimulus or a McConnell Happy meal for all I care.

So why was the dam funding put in the legislation dolt? It's an obvious pay off towards a damned and lost soul named Mitch McConnell.

 

[Katzndogz]

Ben Nelson was so afraid of being voted out of office for negotiating the cornhusker kickback to get obamacare passed in the first place he didn't bother running for another term. McConnell should have remembered that. Nelson was a democrat. McConnell will be slaughtered in the next election.

 

[bitterlyclingin]

Remember the scene from the movie "The Right Stuff" when LBJ was introducing the seven Mercury astronauts to the crowd in the Astrodome "Look what I brought you". McConnell tried doing the same thing as LBJ, selling out the Constitution for some f@#$ing locks on the Ohio River and bringing the country one step closer to a dictatorship while getting himself in position to fend off a primary challenegr.
Mitch, any self respecting Japanese who betrayed Japan in the manner you betrayed the United States, its people, and its Constitution would be preparing to fall on his sword at this very moment. Be a patriot for once in your life, instead of Democrat lite.

 

[Votto]

Ben Nelson was so afraid of being voted out of office for negotiating the cornhusker kickback to get obamacare passed in the first place he didn't bother running for another term. McConnell should have remembered that. Nelson was a democrat. McConnell will be slaughtered in the next election.

Just remember that Mitch has powerful friends in Washington. Harry Reid only had a 9% approval rating in Nevada before winning.

Can't you see they are all laughing at us?

 

[Sallow]

You guys really should pick up a book before posting.

This is politics 101.

It's been going on in this country since the revolution..and before.

 

[ScreamingEagle]

so Demrats will pay $2 Billion to 'fix the dam' for three months......wonder what the next deal will be....?

 

[Rambunctious]

Yep, the old snapping turtle made about 3 billion dollars for Kentucky off of the Teabagger idiocy.

No he made it off of the Obamabot idiocy

 

[whitehall]

Nothing is ever "hidden in the legislation". It's old news that the radical left throws out to its slobbering minions for their daily dose of hatred.

 

[Rambunctious]

You guys really should pick up a book before posting.

This is politics 101.

It's been going on in this country since the revolution..and before.

It's wrong unjust and crooked as hell but! it's been this way for so long we must accept it as....the way it is....spoken like a true ObamaBot...

 

[Edgetho]

Oh dear, someone can't read.

I could maybe get you a voucher for a private education where reading is encouraged.

And that someone is you.

Explain to me how this makes money for Kentucky....

Explain it.

Who's doing the Construction?

Since you're too stupid to breathe without help, I'll tell you.....

The United States Army.

Who will run it? I suspect the Federal Government. In fact, I'm 99.9% sure it's the Feds (Army Corps of Engineers) who will run it.

Tell me, how does the Federal gubmint getting off their asses and doing their job for a fucking change qualify as 'pork'?

Tell me that. The Corps of Engineers is going to do the work, they're in charge of it, they'll run it....

Here, stop being a mouth-breather and THINK for a fucking change..

From two years ago....

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/2011310220080

OLMSTED, ILL. — Everything about construction of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Olmsted Dam 360 miles down the Ohio River from Louisville is massive — including a years-long delay getting it done and a price tag that critics say is making it impossible to get other inland waterway projects going.

You're a liar. And a douchebag.

Know why? Because you don't care whether something is true or not. You only care if you can make the lie stick. You just follow the leader, spread the lie without ever checking to see if there's a word of truth...

I hate dimocraps. scum of the earth. ALL of them

And this post should put to rest, for all to see, that you really have no idea what you are talking about in regards to the government, politics or life in general.

I don't even like Mitch McConnell, but this was done so well that I really am taken aback.

It's a "stimulus" in terms of building infrastructure..so the President will sign on.
He mapped it to opening the government, so Reid makes the deal.
And it's a huge gift to Kentucky's economy and will boost his chances of getting re-elected by a huge factor.

He took a shit situation and turned it in to gold.

Literally.

Stupid bitch. Know why it's called the "Olmstead Dam"?

Because its location is in Olmstead ILLINOIS!!!! And we all know how 'Republican' Illinois is, right?

Not only does the dam help Olmstead Il, and Paducah Kentucky, it helps St Louis Missouri, Lousiville, Cincinnati Ohio, Pittsburgh PA and dozens of smaller towns in between. Not to mention the entire Mississippi River basin and all the States therein.

It needed to be done and McConnell got it done. It not only benefits Kentucky, it benefits EVERY STATE on the Ohio River.

Nobody has told me yet how this qualifies as 'pork'. Especially since they're rebuilding locks and a dam that needed rebuilding 20 years ago.

liars

 

[Dot Com]

Mitch saw the House in tea party gridlock at the 11th hour so he took the gift & got 'er done.

 

[daveman]

Doesn't look like Mitch had anything to do with it.

Conservatives accuse Mitch McConnell of 'Kentucky kickback' in spending deal - Kevin Robillard - POLITICO.com

The provision, which is supported by the White House and doesn’t actually spend any money, would raise the amount authorized for the Olmsted Lock and Dam project to $2.9 billion from $775 million. McConnell’s office said he had no role in securing the language, which was authored by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). Versions of the water project measure passed both the House and Senate earlier this year.

--

The Olmsted project is located about 20 miles from the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers near where the borders of Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri meet. It was originally authorized a quarter-century ago and was only expected to cost $775 million. After decades of delays, engineering mistakes and cost overruns, the Army Corps of Engineers now expects to spend $2.9 billion on the project.
But Alexander, the ranking member of the appropriations subcommittee that funds water projects, said he and Feinstein, the committee’s chair, were responsible for the provision.

“According to the Army Corps of Engineers, 160 million taxpayer dollars will be wasted because of canceled contracts if this language is not included,” Alexander said in a statement. “Sen. Feinstein and I, as chairman and ranking member of the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, requested this provision. It has already been approved this year by the House and Senate.”​

Yeah. It's purely coincidental. Mitch had nothing to do with it *wink*

It sure did sweeten the pot.

Nevertheless, it's time for Mitch to go back to the Commonwealth for good.

 

[daveman]

Doesn't look like Mitch had anything to do with it.

Conservatives accuse Mitch McConnell of 'Kentucky kickback' in spending deal - Kevin Robillard - POLITICO.com

The provision, which is supported by the White House and doesn’t actually spend any money, would raise the amount authorized for the Olmsted Lock and Dam project to $2.9 billion from $775 million. McConnell’s office said he had no role in securing the language, which was authored by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). Versions of the water project measure passed both the House and Senate earlier this year.

--

The Olmsted project is located about 20 miles from the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers near where the borders of Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri meet. It was originally authorized a quarter-century ago and was only expected to cost $775 million. After decades of delays, engineering mistakes and cost overruns, the Army Corps of Engineers now expects to spend $2.9 billion on the project.
But Alexander, the ranking member of the appropriations subcommittee that funds water projects, said he and Feinstein, the committee’s chair, were responsible for the provision.

“According to the Army Corps of Engineers, 160 million taxpayer dollars will be wasted because of canceled contracts if this language is not included,” Alexander said in a statement. “Sen. Feinstein and I, as chairman and ranking member of the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, requested this provision. It has already been approved this year by the House and Senate.”​

Yeah. It's purely coincidental. Mitch had nothing to do with it *wink*

You have to excuse Dave. He'll swallow any bullshit excuse a republican gives him. Thinking is hard for Dave

Is that what MSNBC told you to say?

I guess you've deliberately missed all the posts in this thread where I said it's time for Mitch to go home. Why would you ignore those? Oh, yes -- because they don't reinforce your irrational bigotry against conservatives.

Try thinking for yourself for a change, if you're capable. I have my doubts.