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Posted on 09/19/2010 5:17:49 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), who has bucked the establishment to support tea party candidates, said Sunday that his party is “dead” if it wins a majority this fall and doesn’t stick to conservative principles.
Republicans held majorities in both chambers, and George W. Bush was in the White House when DeMint moved from the House to the Senate in 2005. But he said the party didn’t live up to its promises.
“Republicans didn’t do what we said we were going to do,” he said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We spent too much, we borrowed too much. And frankly, if we get the majority again, even if it’s just in the House, and we don’t do what we say, I think the Republican Party is dead.”
When asked about his declaration last week that electing conservative candidates is more important than winning a majority, he said the important thing is spending. “Let me clarify what I mean by conservative,” he said. “I’m just talking about common-sense people who don’t think balancing a checkbook is a radical idea. That’s what we’re looking for now, because the people in Washington have clearly gotten out of control in both parties.
“The quickest way to a majority, the quickest way to 60 votes in the Senate, is to have Republicans who stand on principle,” he added. “Nothing right wing; what I’m talking about is where mainstream America is, and it’s just common sense.”
He conceded that the chances of winning a majority in the Senate in 2010 “may not be that great,” but he deflected the criticism that his support for primary challengers against GOP incumbents was hurting the party’s chances in November.
“The only reason we have a chance at a majority now is a large part for the candidates I’ve been supporting. ... If the Republican Party in the Senate was now symbolized by Arlen Specter and Charlie Crist, we would not have the energy behind our candidates anywhere in the country.”
Hear,hear
No one in the whole wide world agrees with you more than me. But it can't happen until 2014. Which is a bitch!
Oh, I agree. But how do can you trust a man who will change with "the reality of polics' and doesn't stand on principles?
I don't trust him, he'll say what he "has" to say.
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Not the exact place for this, but it did tickle my fancy...
OBAMA ADVISERS WEIGH AD ASSAULT AGAINST ‘TEA PARTY’
Heh... Bring in on you idiotic Progressives!
Sorry, I should have added Drudge Report!
Oh I agree on the principles. But we wouldn’t have any conservatives left if we kicked those to the curb who endorsed a RINO at one time or another.
This is a great line. The secret of course is that commonsense is "right wing."
Yes, that is a problem but he can be put on notice and will either respond or be thrown out on 2012. His time is short and I think he know it! Actually, even if he tried to change his ways, I would not believe him - throw him out!
And therein lies the problem.
These "Representatives" of ours take what ever position is popular at the time. DeMint is being an opportunist, sorry but I've had enough of that.
I want someone who is true to their convictions...is it too much to ask for? Maybe, but I'll strive for it.
That's what Newt said after the republican landslide of '94. "The president is irrelevant" he crowed. It didn't turn out to be quite so simple. But it beats hell out of any alternative outcomes.
He does really have limited options if both houses pass nothing... I understand you complaint but only if he tries to go even more unconstitutional can he continue his destructive ways. Not sure what that would gain him, but with this creep, who knows.
Obama will not sit still and let his dream of obliterating America just slip away. His hardcore leftists and gangster cronies will not go down without a fight. They didn't come this far just to let an election stand in the way.
Very true...but it would stop any of his actions. I have no problem with the Congress and Senate being inactive - hell, I would like all of Federal Government shut down for months at a time.
From the Boyz... Telling like it is...
“Let’s get this straight. Christine O’Donnell actually won her primary. But Karl Rove began actively campaigning for the Democrat in Delaware the day after O’Donnell won, when there was no other GOP candidate to back, when the voters had already decided, and blaming her for supposedly squandering a GOP Senate majority.”
http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/15876.html
Demint is very smart to jump in front of this parade. More power to him. I’ve given at his site. (Take America Back). Everyone should!
And during the next ten minutes he saved the country by undoing all the PC Crap done by the last ten presidents.
Pound sand, Senator.
I'll think about starting to trust you when you quit saying things like that and thereby insulting conservatives, and when you publicly apologize for supporting Mitt Romney, instead of continuing to praise him.
Can you say, “Common Sense” party........
Once again, DeMint gets it!
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