You're right Mr. Wright, screw the media and their attempts to divide Republicans.
If what Johnson was trying to say was that some groups (like the ones that pushed moron Sharron Angle over electable CONSERVATIVES and who constantly push for Paulbots losers) are 'tarded then he's RIGHT.
Ironically, if you want to see a GOP senator who "turned his back on the conservatives who helped him win", check out John Thune in South Dakota. He's pre-Tea Party, but he ran as Mr. Principled Conservative Values and never would have gotten the attention and money he did nationally if he hadn't been running against Tom Daschle. He then turned around the promptly stabbed conservatives in the back after arriving in the U.S. Senate (and UNLIKE Johnson, Thune represents an extremely conservative state).
The bizarro thing there is a bunch of freepers continued to gush over Thune and fantasize about giving him a promotion to a Presidential ticket. I'm still floored that its considered a deal breaker to offer "bipartisan" support for legislation that doesn't even pass, but a-okay to SUCCESSFULLY help the RATs destroy the only decent UN ambassador candidate in years. Gotta wonder about the priorities of some conservatives.
Of course, the Thune worship was back when Cantor and McConnell still had huge fan clubs on here, so maybe the tide has turned in the other direction and numerous freepers would now support a marxist RAT over Thune. I can't keep track of when a Senator is a conservative hero and when he's a liberal traitor anymore.