Talking About Political Reputations: Why do you think Mitch McConnell is so offended by the nickname Moscow Mitch instead of just laughing it off?
On the questions-and-answers site Quora, member Richard Lindhe asks: Why do you think Mitch McConnell is so offended by the nickname Moscow Mitch instead of just laughing it off? My reply: I do not - thank goodness - know Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) personally, but I can make an educated guess as to why he is so ticked off at being called “Moscow Mitch.” McConnell started out as a moderate Republican when he started his political career. His early political positions as a Kentucky politician were pragmatical and middle-of-the-road. He wasn’t an opponent of abortion rights, and he used to support public employee unions. But since his first election to the U.S. Senate in 1985, McConnell has become the poster boy for partisan obstructionism and a desire to grab as much power for the right-wing of the Republican Party as he can. One of the GOP’s tropes is that conservatives are allegedly more patriotic than the Democratic Party or liberals in general. Social media (F...