[pissant]

OK. So here’s the deal. If you are going to characterize someone who has alot of fans here in unflattering terms, like he’s some kind of hick instead of the intellectual he is, then expect to take flack. DeMint has alot of fans here, myself included. And just as Palin fans will swarm down hard on those who characterize her as an airhead or worse, as they should, you should expect the same on DeMint.

I know you are supporting Palin, as are scads of folks here. I say good for you. And I know you are a conservative. But DeMint a used car salesman? That’s the equivalent of Palin being called a welfare queen or Hunter being called a petty crook.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Listen, in my original response, I meant to say that DeMint comes across as a (reputable) insurance salesman and not a used car salesman (that's Romney). It was literally a slip of the keyboard, based on my usual response to the Romneyites. I actually like DeMint, and could vote for him since I think he does have much integrity (even though he's got very close ties to Romney).

However, the point here is that DeMint's got the presence and charisma of an oak tree, and as a white male southern politician (like Barbour), he will have virtually NO chance against the Obama thug machine in a 2012 campaign. Race and gender are POTUS issues now, like it or not.

And do you really believe DeMint has the capacity to draw the same energetic crowds of GOP voters as Sarah Palin is doing, most notably in Louisville the other night, when 16,000 turned out to see her?

It just won't happen. Maybe in a perfect world, but not in ours.

With that said, I have no interest in brawling with you over this, so let's leave it alone.

Truce?