Today, President Obama went to Cincinnati and stood in front of the Brent Spence bridge, a.k.a. the "double-decker", which carries I-71/I-75 traffic back and forth over the river between Ohio and Kentucky. The bridge takes twice the volume it should, and it's in poor condition. Obama was there to tout his Jobs Plan and make the case that restoration of this critical artery was exactly what he was talkin' 'bout. The fact that the bridge connected John Boehner's Ohio with Mitch McConnell's Kentucky was, he said, mere coincidence.
Naturally, Boehner and McConnell were outraged and dismissed Obama's appearance as a "political stunt." McConnell was particularly critical of the President, saying, "Look, it's always been our agreement that our party would be the one to engage in political stunts and grandstanding -- the debt ceiling, unemployment benefits, disaster relief, tax cuts for the rich, every Paul Ryan appearance, and all kinds of shit I can't even remember. Our record on political stunts speaks for itself. The President has violated our trust with his Cincinnati bridge photo-op. It was the sort of opportunistic show-off thing that we invented, and we are deeply offended that he beat us to the punch."
And with that, Mitch turned a couple cartwheels, hopped on his unicycle, beeped his horn and pedaled out of the Senate chambers.
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