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DeMint takes parting shot at Boehner
The Hill ^ | Thursday December 6, 2012

Posted on 12/06/2012 5:44:17 PM PST by Bigtigermike

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), who shocked Washington on Thursday with the announcement that he would resign his Senate seat in January to become president of the the Heritage Foundation, sent a parting shot at Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) over the “fiscal cliff” negotiations.

“I’m not with Boehner,” DeMint said on CNN’s "The Situation Room." “This government doesn’t need any more money, this country needs less government.”

“Speaker Boehner’s $800 billion tax hike will destroy American jobs and allow politicians in Washington to spend even more, while not reducing our $16 trillion debt by a single penny,” he said in a statement. “If neither party leadership is going to put forward a serious plan to balance the budget and pay down the debt, we should end this charade.”

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boehner; demint; fiscalcliff; obama
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1 posted on 12/06/2012 5:44:28 PM PST by Bigtigermike
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To: Bigtigermike

Boner needs to go as Speaker, even if if takes re-electing Pelosi in Jan.


2 posted on 12/06/2012 5:52:15 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Bigtigermike

Boner needs to go as Speaker, even if it takes re-electing Pelosi in Jan.


3 posted on 12/06/2012 5:52:39 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Bigtigermike
Boehner needs to go. Can a vote for Speaker be called at any time during the Congressional session, or once he is selected as Speaker does that entitle him to sit in the position for the entire two years?
4 posted on 12/06/2012 5:52:54 PM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Bigtigermike
It is time for the House to let Boners know he is not going to be re elected the Speaker...The house turned Republican in 2010 because of Tea Party Conservatives...
he better learn who butters his toast...because he could be burnt toast soon...
5 posted on 12/06/2012 5:53:55 PM PST by haircutter
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To: Bigtigermike

I wonder if the Orange Pussy’s little Stalinist purge was the last straw for DeMint. It wouldn’t surprise me.


6 posted on 12/06/2012 5:53:55 PM PST by jpl (The government spent another half a million bucks in the time it just took you to read this tagline.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Who is replacing DeMint?


7 posted on 12/06/2012 5:54:11 PM PST by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: Paladin2

Hell no with that. We need a conservative replacement who will stand up and run against boehner. Who is it? No one will do it. If conservatives don’t have someone in the house with the balls to do that then conservatives don’t deserve to run the house.


8 posted on 12/06/2012 6:00:33 PM PST by plain talk
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To: headstamp 2

Sounds like Tim Scott has a good shot at it - and would be a great choice:

http://www.businessinsider.com/tim-scott-senate-jim-demint-tea-party-heritage-foundation-black-2012-12


9 posted on 12/06/2012 6:01:09 PM PST by bigbob
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To: Paladin2

While I think it is certainly time for Boehner to go, you are stark raving mad to surest it’s worth getting Pelosi back.

Stop what you are doing, call 911 and asked them to send someone to take you in on a mental hold. They will keep you warm, dry, feed you and fill you full of drugs to help you get through this moment of insanity.


10 posted on 12/06/2012 6:06:48 PM PST by Gator113 (**WHO in the hell gave the damn order to NOT rescue our men in Benghazi?**)
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To: Bigtigermike

Good for DeMint


11 posted on 12/06/2012 6:10:10 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: headstamp 2

If only DeMint would replace Boehner.


12 posted on 12/06/2012 6:11:48 PM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: Gator113

while I don’t want speaker Pelosi..

If I PM you my address will you drop the quarter on me? what you say sounds better than living through Obama in a non-drug induced state.


13 posted on 12/06/2012 6:13:40 PM PST by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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To: mylife

Wait.. If Palin was a quitter for stepping down before the end of her term what does that make DeMint?

A quitter. Hope he likes he new job. I’ll never vote for him.


14 posted on 12/06/2012 6:15:02 PM PST by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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To: Bigtigermike

Now that he’s retired from the Senate, the House Republicans should make DeMint Speaker of The House. It’s my understanding that the Speaker doesn’t HAVE to be a sitting Congressman. I wonder if getting a non-Congressman would net them an extra vote as well.


15 posted on 12/06/2012 6:17:46 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: cableguymn
He is moving on to become president of the the Heritage Foundation and is sending the RINOE a message. I say good for him.
16 posted on 12/06/2012 6:20:46 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: cableguymn

DeMint has stated many times that he was not running for re-election again in 2014 - he has said that no senator should serve more than 2 terms, so he is practicing what he preaches.

He has very little power in the senate anyway, and Tim Scott would be huge bonus as senator.


17 posted on 12/06/2012 6:25:03 PM PST by PMAS (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing)
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To: Bigtigermike

Jim DeMint is the real thing.
May he have much success at Heritage.


18 posted on 12/06/2012 6:26:21 PM PST by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: Paladin2

Pelosi can only be speaker if the democRats had control of Congress


19 posted on 12/06/2012 6:27:40 PM PST by PMAS (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing)
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To: headstamp 2
Who is replacing DeMint?

Only Governor Nikki Haley knows.

20 posted on 12/06/2012 6:27:58 PM PST by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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