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Elizabeth Warren is not the left’s Ted Cruz. She is the left’s Jim DeMint.
The Washington Post ^ | December 16, 2014 | Dana Milbank

Posted on 12/17/2014 5:37:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

After Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz attacked the 2015 spending agreement in the Senate last week from opposite ends of the political spectrum, Washington engaged in a little parlor game: Is Warren the Cruz of the left?

Though there are superficial similarities between the Massachusetts Democrat and the Texas Republican, the question is actually easy to answer. Elizabeth Warren is not Ted Cruz. She cannot possibly be Ted Cruz — because she is Jim DeMint.

DeMint, the former Republican senator from South Carolina who now runs the conservative Heritage Foundation, is widely seen as the godfather of the tea-party movement. His fiery rebellions, first against the impure conservatism of President George W. Bush and then more forcefully against President Obama, turned him into a kingmaker among conservatives and the closest thing the tea party had to an ideological leader.

Warren, the populist former Harvard professor, now finds herself in a position very much like DeMint’s in 2006 after the Republicans’ midterm wipeout. After the Democrats’ 2014 midterm debacle, we are seeing the early signs of a left-wing analogue to the tea party emerging, and Warren is well positioned to be its godmother....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elizabethwarren; jimdemint; teaparty; tedcruz
Write this date down, because it's probably the last time you'll see the beltway compliment Jim DeMint. Of course, they did it to insult Ted Cruz and prop up Lieawatha, but still... And notice the name he never utters?
1 posted on 12/17/2014 5:37:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She’s the left’s Juan McCain wacko bird.


2 posted on 12/17/2014 5:39:37 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

If McShame was on the right to begin with. But that would put Fauxcahontas left of Stalin territory to be sure.


3 posted on 12/17/2014 5:40:53 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The author is really off.

Warren is the left’s Chris Matthews.

A total nutcase.

4 posted on 12/17/2014 5:46:04 PM PST by old curmudgeon
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To: Olog-hai
The picture I tired to draw was not a mirror image. I thought about that after completing the post.

They are both hypocritical leftists.

5 posted on 12/17/2014 5:47:30 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Always remember that Dana Milbank put a gun to his head to blow his brains out after the Berlin Wall fell and missed.


6 posted on 12/17/2014 5:47:42 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: Paladin2
The left needs a Ma Barker to get the money for their failed programs...

Elizabeth Warren will do, plus she's dumb as a bag of rocks which the Left always find appeals to their voters.

7 posted on 12/17/2014 5:54:59 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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Dizzy Lizzy is America’s brand new MOONBAT!


8 posted on 12/17/2014 6:04:31 PM PST by Sivad (NorCal red turf ;-))
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Bammy’s a White Collar Criminal with a pen and a phone.


9 posted on 12/17/2014 6:11:18 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Pale face got red in the face after about face.


10 posted on 12/17/2014 6:18:35 PM PST by Zman (Liberals: denying reality since Day One.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She’s the left’s Hiawatha


11 posted on 12/17/2014 6:44:00 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Garner, Martin & Brown . . . all hoisted by their own petards)
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To: mrsmith

Just an aside, did you know Alvin Karpis taught Charlie Manson to play the steel guitar?


12 posted on 12/17/2014 6:56:30 PM PST by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe..)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What an insult to two fine conservative men. First she insults native americans saying she looks like them and now the compost is saying she resembles Jim DeMint more than Ted Cruz. If anything she resembles Democrat Henry Waxman.


13 posted on 12/17/2014 7:03:12 PM PST by willk (everyone)
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DeMint is a good guy, but not as perfect as people think.

This is an old post of mine.

I understand the endorsement of Graham, but why did DeMint feel the desire to serve as the co-chairman of Graham’s campaign?

Jim DeMint, has taken a strong leadership role in creating Mitt Romney as a national leader, and our front running candidate for 2012.
DeMint started working on Romney when Romney was just a failing,liberal, Massachusetts Governor with 34% approval, and no hope of reelection, way back in 2006.

DeMint was one of the early promoters of Mitt Romney to run in 2006, he was senior advisor to his exploratory committee.

JANUARY 2007, NOT, JANUARY 2008-— Senator DeMint wrote, “We must elect a President in 2008 who is up to the task, and I need you to encourage Mitt to run. ...

Tuesday, Jan 09, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Boston, MA – Governor Mitt Romney announced today that Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) will serve as a senior adviser to the Romney for President Exploratory Committee.

MARCH 2007, Thompson asks to be released from his TV contract for possible Presidential run
JUNE 1,2007 Thompson forms his exploratory Committee.
OCTOBER, 2007
Boston, MA – Today, Governor Mitt Romney named Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO), Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) as National Co-Chairs of the Romney for President campaign. As National Co-Chairs, they will serve as key advisers to Governor Romney and his national campaign.

OCTOBER, 2007
Senator Jim DeMint said, “Governor Mitt Romney is the standard-bearer the Republican Party needs in 2008. His message of conservative change will bring our Party and Washington back to our most basic conservative values of fiscal discipline, smaller government and lower taxes. Governor Romney has the record and experience to bring true change to Washington.”

FEBRUARY 2007
Romney drops out of race.

Romney and he are still close,”WashingtonPost.com Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) will appear as the special guest at a fundraiser next week to benefit South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint’s 2010 re-election”


14 posted on 12/17/2014 8:45:36 PM PST by ansel12
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