Did Mitch McConnell really call the taping of his campaign strategy meeting "Nixonian"? And with a straight face? We cats are doing a big eye-roll on this one. After all, last year, McConnell said of Chuck Colson — the man who famously declared he would have walked over his own grandmother to re-elect Nixon in 1972 — "Our thoughts are with....all who have been touched by the life and service of this extraordinary man."
Hm. So Turtle Face has gone from praising one of Nixon's biggest thugs to getting all faux-umbrage-y about Mother Jones's latest "47 percent" sensation. (Who taped the unpalatable strategy meeting in the first place, by the way, is still not known. We suggest that McConnell frisk his own staffers and advisers.)
Sorry, Mitch. We know it was 40 years ago, but the rule still stands: Republicans don't get to accuse others of Watergate-like tactics. Ever. And yes, that includes your hissy fit over the nonexistent Obama "enemies list." That's because no one on the Democratic side will ever rise to the crooked perfection of Nixon and his gang. Republicans have the corner on that stuff — for now and for always.
Which means that even though he's trying to dodge sticky questions, Mitch McConnell still doesn't get to turn this story into the new Watergate. (And Alison Lundergan Grimes, prepare thyself.)
IMAGE: Rose Mary Woods does her best to convince people she accidentally erased 18 minutes of Nixon's "smoking gun" tape. Ah, memories.
UPDATE: Did we say the GOP had Nixonian tactics down to a science? Given what happened to Willard with the 47 percent, and the fact that no respectable campaign would ever conduct another meeting without sweeping the room for bugs first, why wouldn't the McConnell campaign have recorded itself and slipped the tape to Mother Jones? Nothing like being able to play the martyr to the evil lefties (and getting to whine about the Elaine Chao tweet again). Just a thought.
UPDATE #2: McConnell's campaign manager is channeling Abe Ribicoff! Now we know it's a set-up. Next topic.
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