C-J on McConnell

Here are the C-J editorialists in this AM's paper...

Sen. Mitch McConnell...called the GOP a party of "equality and opportunity." This will be news to most Americans, who consider it the party of the well-heeled and well-connected...

Nice rhetoric, but not true any more. Many if not a majority of the wealthy are Democrats. And Dems are comprised of and supported by a higher proportion of well-connected special interest groups.

...the party whose assaults on government and government regulation have helped give us all an opportunity to experience what our relatives endured in the 1930s.

Nice rhetoric, but the party's assault on us has been a function of much more govt spending and regulation. It's always funny hearing people describe Bush and his (Democratic and Republican) Congresses as small-govt. And of course, for the C-J, the Dems apparently get no blame.

...urged bipartisanship by, among other things, scolding Democrats for not recognizing the mandate won by George W. Bush in 2004 and the Republican Congress and putting "Social Security reform on the agenda."

Here, McConnell is in error. It was the Republican Congress that most notably lacked the passion, heart, and intellect to carry SS reform forward. That said, it's a shame to see the C-J get in the way of a progressive agenda. Some day...