THE PLANK JULY 23, 2009
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Senator Jim DeMint accuses Barack Obama of "lower[ing] the discourse" in the health care debate and "respond[ing] to a policy debate with political attack ads."
Yes, this would be the same Jim DeMint who recently achieved notoriety by declaring, "If we’re able to stop Obama on this it will be his Waterloo. It will break him." Now, I would have interpreted that as a political attack. But I suppose "breaking Obama" is about as close as today's GOP comes to having an actual policy platform.
--Christopher Orr
6 comments
Not a DeMint fan but I am sympathetic to his apparent belief that all the opposition has to do is boo and hiss and it counts as a policy discussion. It's still pretty embarrassing when it becomes so obvious, though, like here or in Steele's latest comedy routine:
www.youtube.com/watch
- Simon Greenwood
July 23, 2009 at 10:41am
Yes, breaking one's opponents is what the Newt Gingrich-era Republicans have learned from the KGB. Who knew they were so open-minded?
- rozenson
July 23, 2009 at 10:53am
Somehow, I doubt that circulating photo manipulations of Barack Obama dressed as an African witch doctor
- Anonymous
July 23, 2009 at 11:02am
Typical -- he doesn't even try to defend the Waterloo comment, choosing instead to berate Obama. You see, when a GOPer can't win a debate they try instead to muddy the waters by taking the spotlight off the comment by giving some vague generalization. Pathetic.
- kevincollins
July 23, 2009 at 11:12am
THE DEFENDER OF OUR DISCOURSE.... A whole lot of people have exploited Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-S.C.) "Waterloo" remarks this week, and had a fair amount of success. The right-wing senator's remarks were callous and craven, and his rivals have taken...
- Anonymous
July 23, 2009 at 11:19am
Is Jim DeMint a Pol Pot?
- ironyroad
July 23, 2009 at 2:18pm