Turtles that look like Mitch McConnell

November 16, 2011 8:17 AM

Turtles that look like Mitch McConnell
posted by garlic (30 comments total)

I bet he got made fun of a lot as a kid. Who's laughing now?
posted by Renoroc at 8:19 AM on November 16, 2011

As someone who lives in Kentucky, I thank you for this. It's the only time I've smiled when thinking about that horrible man.
posted by deezil at 8:21 AM on November 16, 2011 [7 favorites]

I bet he got made fun of a lot as a kid. Who's laughing now?

That would be me.
posted by Tomorrowful at 8:24 AM on November 16, 2011 [6 favorites]

Knee-slappin' hilarious.
posted by kinnakeet at 8:26 AM on November 16, 2011

Yeah, what deezil said.
posted by dilettante at 8:27 AM on November 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

Wow, I hate to say it, but this is probably the funniest thing I've seen all week. I love it when people look like turtles! (Am I the only one who keeps track of this in their daily life? OK, then.)
posted by phunniemee at 8:28 AM on November 16, 2011

On one hand, he doesn't look anything like a turtle. But on the other hand, he looks exactly like a turtle.
posted by mullacc at 8:36 AM on November 16, 2011

He looks like the senator guy in the X-Men movie just before he dissolved into a puddle of slime. Fitting.
posted by 0xFCAF at 8:40 AM on November 16, 2011 [2 favorites]

Is there some kind of master list of "X that look like Y" sites? So far, I can think of the following:
Cats that look like Ron Swanson
Cats that look like Wilford Brimley
Cats that look like Hitler
Lesbians who look like Justin Bieber
Stuff that looks like Jesus
posted by Madamina at 8:45 AM on November 16, 2011 [5 favorites]

Yes, that is indeed very funny.
posted by gaspode at 8:50 AM on November 16, 2011

Cats that look like Ron Swanson

BWAH HA HA HAA!
posted by villanelles at dawn at 8:55 AM on November 16, 2011

Yeah, another Kentuckian here. He lives in my neighborhood, I see him at Kroger on occasion. He does indeed look like a turtle in real life too.

He looks like the senator guy in the X-Men movie just before he dissolved into a puddle of slime.

Mitch dissolved into a puddle of slime a long time ago.
posted by Mcable at 8:55 AM on November 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

Is this turtle mocking or is McConnell a mock turtle?
posted by Cold Lurkey at 9:04 AM on November 16, 2011

Madamina: "Cats that look like Wilford Brimley"

Yes.
posted by brundlefly at 9:06 AM on November 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

This is the only reason I have ever sent a link to anything on The Daily Caller to friends and likely is the only reason I ever will.

Even this doesn't justify giving them traffic.
posted by T.D. Strange at 9:08 AM on November 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

Villains that look like Gloria Allred.
Girls that look like Skrillex.
Trees that look like genitals.
Cats that look like demons.
Things that look like faces.
Things that look like Hitler.
Things that look like ducks.
Things that look like other things.
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 9:27 AM on November 16, 2011 [3 favorites]

I love turtles. How unfair to compare these ancient noble beasts to a slimy politician!
But yeah, he does look like a turtle, but not in a good way.
posted by mermayd at 9:30 AM on November 16, 2011

Turtles look friendlier and smarter and happier in general. Still, I'm pro-mocking so there's that.
posted by Lesser Shrew at 9:45 AM on November 16, 2011

'nother Kentuckian here. We have the two worst senators in the land, which wouldn't hurt so bad if the state (i mean, commonwealth) weren't already so generally bitched up. Though, come to think of it, that's exactly why we have the two worst senators. Mitch has no redeeming values.
posted by Zerowensboring at 9:49 AM on November 16, 2011

Considering the life-span on some of these turtles, wouldn't it be more accurate to say "Here are some turtles that Mitch McConnell looks like"?

Because, after all, they were here, rocking the turtle look, way before he was.
posted by quin at 9:50 AM on November 16, 2011

Yet another Kentuckian here who is ashamed to be associated with this guy. But making fun of the way someone looks, and the fact that they probably got picked on as a kid, just because we don't like them? Thumbs down.
posted by jbickers at 9:57 AM on November 16, 2011 [2 favorites]

jbickers, I'd find it just as funny even if I liked him.
posted by tippiedog at 10:47 AM on November 16, 2011

Better a turtle, I suppose, than being one of the ‘Creationists That Look Like Apes’.
posted by LeLiLo at 11:28 AM on November 16, 2011

Sorry to go Godwin but here's a house that looks like Hitler.
posted by mr.ersatz at 12:01 PM on November 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

My question is what does the Daily Caller have against McConnell? You'd think they'd worship him.
posted by blucevalo at 12:29 PM on November 16, 2011

My first thought was, "All of them."
posted by yoga at 1:06 PM on November 16, 2011

Dogs that look like Matt Haughey.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 4:31 PM on November 16, 2011 [2 favorites]

The mere thought of comparing the looks of even the ugliest of turtles to Mitch McConnell is abhorrent to all turtles everywhere.
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 6:16 PM on November 16, 2011

Funny, when I think of Mitch McConnell I think of Cupcake Dog.
posted by hangashore at 7:18 PM on November 16, 2011

This reminds me of ESPN's comparison of Jorge Posada and Cecil the Turtle. Perhaps more interesting is how dated some of those lookalikes are.

(Ghostbusters that look like Eric Cantor. Currently the count is at one.)
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 12:49 AM on November 17, 2011