START is the new nuclear weapons reduction treaty signed by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Here is what Senate Minority leader, Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had to say about trying to put it to vote in the Senate:
“No senator should be forced to make decisions like this so we can tick off another item on someone's political check list before the end of the year”
I'm sorry, but this takes the cake. Political check list?!?!? I'm sorry, wasn't it you and your party that was checking off its "political checklist" when it made a policy to oppose everything the administration offered? Wasn't it your party who opposed unemployment benefits, an energy bill, healthcare bill, independent contract oversight, rape prevention clauses in contractor agreements, financial overhaul in the worst recession and a whole host of other issues so you could score political points for November?
When was this treaty signed? I think it was....APRIL! So your party has had over 8 months to read over this treaty. You could have offered amendments, points of contention, concerns or any other comment you wanted. But...you chose to wait, filibuster, block, obfuscate, dilly-dally, kick-the-can and sit back on your laurels until the last minute. Then, without taking responsibility for being an obstructionist imbecile, you complain that it is fact...the last minute. Arms reductions treaties have always been bipartisan ideas. Wasn't it your party that has daily prayer sessions to the almighty Ronald Reagan? Yah...that same Reagan who went to Iceland to have arms reductions talks with Russian Premiere Gorbachev? Where do you get the idea that arms reductions are political posturing?!?!
These weapons are tools of a bygone era. This was an era of gunboat diplomacy, brinkmanship, secrecy, containment and war by proxy. Now, we strive for transparency and negotiation over saber rattling. But, this kind of political posturing gets us nowhere. And, I've had enough of the retrogressive politics of the last 2 years.
This should be your new quote, Mitch McConnell. It would make much more sense:
"No senator should be forced to make decisions"
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