Blue Herald
07
Apr
GOP Hypocrite of the Week
by QuestionGirl • 10:19 am

H/T Patriot for this post! He thought you’d appreciate this one Buck!

From BuzzFlash:

ThinkProgress.org reports: “Here’s what McConnell said on June 16, 1996: I think the testimony [from Clinton staffers] obviously ought to be sworn testimony. And we ought to go all the way into this and take as much time as we can to reassure the American people that this sort of thing’s not going to happen again in the future.”

Here’s the incriminating exchange on, of all places, FOX News:

CHRIS WALLACE: Senator McConnell, my point is that back in 1996, you were saying those White House aides should testify in open hearing. These were White House aides of Bill Clinton, in open hearing under oath. Why shouldn’t the same rules apply for the Bush White House and people like Karl Rove?

MCCONNELL: And what I’m telling you is the president’s going to make that decision. I was a senator. I was talking about an administration. The president made the decision in 1996, President Clinton, as to how that would be done, and this president’s going to make the same decision and we’ll see how it all works out.

WALLACE: Well, you’re still a senator. So the question is do you call on this president to do the same thing?

Ah yes, unfortunately for America, McConnell is still a senator and still in the pantheon of GOP hypocrisy.


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