Senator (Jim DeMint) calls Obama 'world’s best salesman of socialism'

[sabra]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Another prominent Republican told the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday that the president’s spending plans are pushing the country to the brink of socialism.

Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, the only member of the senate to earn a perfect rating from the American Conservative Union, called President Obama “the world’s best salesman of socialism” on Friday in describing his prime time speech earlier this week.

DeMint, a fierce opponent of government expansion, told the CPAC crowd that conservatives might have to “take to the streets to stop America’s slide into socialism.”

His remarks comes a day after Mike Huckabee told the conference of conservative activists that “the Union of American Socialist Republics is being born” with the president’s stimulus package.

“Lenin and Stalin would love this stuff,” Huckabee said of the government bailing out financial institutions.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/27/senator-calls-obama-world%E2%80%99s-best-salesman-of-socialism/

[phantom power]

1. Wrong Jim. Your epic GOP fail was the best argument for socialism.

Be a man and own your own failure. It used to be a GOP value.

[saigon68]

5. Raving from another Chimpanzee enabler

[Beavker]

28. EXACTLY

This point they just seem to continue to ignore.

Obama says it best in his speeches. Americans rejected the failed policies of the last Administration. Sometimes it's overkill, and quite frankly should go without saying. But the GOP and it's constituency (most of my co-workers unfortunately) completely fail to recognize this point.

[No Elephants]

49. It still is, but in lip service only. In practice, not a one of them accept responsibility for ANY

thing. NO thing. nada.

[Myrina]

2. Look how well the GOP's unbridled capitalism has worked!!

... the GOP doesn't even ascribe to true free market capitalism because if it did, there would be no bailouts or protections or no-bid contracts giving certain conglomerates a better foot-in-the-door than any other.

So, shall be dance, Senator DeMint?

[subsuelo]

31. What the GOP wants is socialism for themselves and their rich buddies

It's the rest of us that are supposed to be rugged capitalists

[Art_from_Ark]

54. Absolutely

It's only "socialism" if it doesn't involve rich fat cats sucking on the public teat

[jobycom]

3. Shhhh. Jim, be quiet. The grownups are talking.

Little children with no understanding of the words they use should stay out of the way.

[opihimoimoi]

4. Runaway Capitalism is the MOTHER of PLANETARY ABUSE

Is the Senator proud of our Pollution Record...?

[Jackpine Radical]

6. Ah, if only!

We need some good salesmen for socialism. On his best days, Obama's only about 2 degrees left of center.

[DBoon]

7. DeMint wants a government just big enough ...

.. to protect him from his slaves

[mwb970]

8. Oh, for God's sake.

When will we be delivered from these fools?

[florida08]

9. too late

we've decided we want our taxes to give us something back for a change. This coming from the 2 states that rank 14th and 16th as getting back more federal money than they pay.

[indepat]

10. Tens of trillions of dollars in losses rung up by reckless, incompetent capitalists

operating largely without government interference/regulation and making patently unsound loans, then bundling them up for sale as patently fraudulent securities have done far more to push this country to the brink of socialism than the president's spending plans ever could. :P

[gauguin57]

11. Can someone tell me what's wrong with "Western European-style socialism"?

The wingers make it sound like the end of the world. Doesn't seem like such a bad thing to me.

[harun]

37. It isn't perfect but I will take it over the crap we have been going through any day.

[RDANGELO]

12. Do you know why they are using the word "socialism" all the time?

"Liberal" doesn't work anymore. It used to be that all they had to do to in win elections, was scream "liberal". Now they are using socialist, even though what the administration is doing isn't anything close to the real definition of the word. They are giving it their own meaning. Socialism is the government controlling almost all the means of production. If Obama was advocating socialism, he would be pushing for the nationalization of industries such as auto, oil and energy.

[bigworld]

14. And since that's not really taking, I'm noticing

that more and more are calling Obama a fascist. Really!

At least that's what I'm seeing in my local (Lancaster PA) Letters-to-the-editor.

[CitizenPatriot]

13. Desperate Fear Monger Jim DeMint, soon to be Ex Senator of SC,

whined today at CRAP about how the Obama plans might actually work. "It's not fair!" he wailed from his podium., waving revised history in his hands like a flag, tears falling down his irrelephant face.

"United States of Better Quality of Living!!!! It's not fair! People might vote for him! he's got to be stopped" Etc.

The soon to be Ex Senator from SC was very nervous about losing the welfare his state begs from the feds, now controlled by a black man, whom the senator feared could be harboring some justifiable resentments. In an effort to distract the President from reality, Jim DeMint made a lot of accusations and tossed a lot of fear into the air.

Seemed to be few takers.

Only two more days of CRAP; Nation of Whiners.

(alternative and perhaps more accurate press release)

[acmavm]

15. Amazing how all of a sudden all these fucking clowns are worried

about the state of our nation and 'democracy'.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

16. Wait...isn't this the guy who thought that single mothers shouldn't be teaching in schools

if they were living with their boyfriends and that openly gay people shouldn't be teaching at public schools?

Excuse me if I don't pay any attention to this bloviating bigot

[960]

17. What a joke.

Obama is a great salesman. Too bad he's not pushing something closer to socialism.

[kestrel91316]

25. ROFL. My sentiments exactly. He's only slightly left of center.

[malletgirl02]

DeMint

DeMint and other pushing the socialism meme should be thanking Obama. Obama is not pushing socialism he is pulling out all the stops trying to save capitalsm.

[dkofos]

18. That is quite a compliment coming from a clueless twit that probably

couldn't give an actual definition of Socialism.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

19. SomeGuyinEagan calls Jim DeMint "salesman of douchebaggery" (eom)

[KamaAina]

43. Not exactly.

DeMented is giving his douchebaggery away.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

51. You are right ... I bow to your more accurate appraisal.

[SOS]

20. Trillions of tax dollars for War 'n Wall Street = free market capitalism

Billions for education, health care, energy development, unemployment extensions = socialism.

Gotcha.

[kestrel91316]

21. My response to the neanderthals who throw the word "socialism" around,

hoping it will stick to Democrats:

Read the Constitution. Our charge is right there in the Preamble. "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE. That covers a hell of a lot of ground. And if it was good enough for the Founding Fathers, it's good enough for me. There's nothing in there about "every man for himself, and tough shit if you are down on your luck - I got mine and you can rot".

[radfringe]

22. I'll take "Obama Socialism" over a NOPer theocracy any day

[Politicalboi]

23. And if we are on the brink of

"Socilaism" who brought us to this point? 8 years of failure somebody has to take charge.

[Doctor_J]

24. The GOP is trying to spark a civil war, folks

Please be ready

[Beavker]

29. With the help of CNBC

Per Larry Kudlow, the Admnistration is starting a "Class Warfare". Yes, 90% of the poeple are wrong, 10% are right. Good work Larry. He should be charged with Terroristic threats or something. Inciting violence.

Can't the Administration search Kudlow's (and other mouthpieces) taxes with a fine toothed comb and find 'something' to get him on. Can't tell me these guys (other GOP Senaters, etc.) don't have a Tax blip somewhere. I say, FIND IT.

[Doctor_J]

32. A caller to hartmann just said that Fox News is taking polls on

"What type of rebellion should we wage", with "Armed" being the big winner. Soon another Tim McVeigh will come along. Be ready

[eilen]

46. They will fail or lose. Or it will just amount to a lot of noise. nt

[Dappleganger]

26. Republicans=Lemon Socialists

[TheModernTerrorist]

27. HAH

Jim DeMint is the world's best salesman of stupid. :-P

[Maeve]

30. "Socialism" like this group practiced? They never claimed anything as their own

Rather, they held everything in common. Nor was there anyone needy among them, for all who owned property or houses sold them and donated the proceeds.

Dirty Commies, huh? Oh, wait...that's from the Book of Acts, about early Christians....

[fascisthunter]

33. Oh noooo... the Socialist word. Run everybody

time to wear it proudly and shove back down their throats. If they think this is socialism, they are in big trouble, then again fascists usually are in trouble when it comes to nuance.

[damntexdem]

34. And DeMint is the world's best salesman of demented rhetoric.

But, then, many Republicans seem to be suffering from DeMintia. ;-)

[LynnTheDem]

35. Sen. Jim DeMint; Failed Salesman of Republic Party Mantra

Or just plain FAIL.

[Odin2005]

36. Senator Demented Doesn;t know what socialism is even if it bit him in the ass.

[scytherius]

38. After GOP rule America would welcome socialism. n/t

nt

[Vogon_Glory]

39. Is He Getting Ready to Run For President?

Is DeMint getting ready to run for President? I'm beginning to think that he might be.

[LeftishBrit]

40. Jesse Helms is alive and well and living in Senator DeMented.

[Zynx]

41. Lenin and Stalin would support large banks?

Hmmmm....I think I know what Stalin would actually do in these circumstances.

[badgervan]

42. De Mint : "Take it to the Streets"......

.... Please do, fool. We did this in 1861, and if we have to we can sure do it again.

[area51]

44. "Oh noes, socialism."

So can we assume that DeMented DeMint advocates disbanding all police and fire departments, as they're socialist since they're paid for out of general taxes? Or perhaps you'd like us to buy insurance in order to use them, right, DeMint? :eyes:

[Frank Booth]

45. Chavez must be fuming.

[Vinca]

47. The GOP has nothing but wisecracks. They should be ashamed. nt

[Onlooker]

48. Thank God!

There are so many aspects to socialism that are good -- just look at nations like Sweden, Norway, France, and Spain, for example, where socialism has done far more good than bad. It's about time we had someone in the White House who can sell the good things about socialism.

[No Elephants]

50. Socialism means bailing out banks and investment companies? Who knew?

[Zhade]

52. You know what? I hope they keep trying to paint Obama as a socialist.

Even though he isn't, maybe it will take the sting out of that word.

I think it'll backfire on these fools.

[BreweryYardRat]

53. Embittered college student calls Jim deMint...

...the world's best salesman for safer sex. We'd all be better off if Jim deMint had been a puddle at the bottom of a condom.