Hear ye, Here ye, the GOP civil war has begun.

[sufrommich]

Conservative Leaders Rally Around Jim DeMint: We Have ‘No Patience’ For Moderate Republicans


Some of the country’s most powerful conservative leaders emerged from a five-hour long strategy session on Friday with an unequivocal message of support for South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, who is facing partial blame for the GOP's failure to take control of the Senate.

DeMint has become a human punching bag in some corners of the party for forcefully backing a handful of anti-establishment primary candidates like Delaware’s Christine O’Donnell and Colorado’s Ken Buck, who ended up losing their general election contests.

It’s a line of attack that Brent Bozell, the president of the conservative Media Research Center and a lead organizer of Friday's gathering, rejected.

“The big winners of 2010 are Jim DeMint and Sarah Palin and liberal and moderate Republicans can’t stand it,” Bozell said in an interview with ABC News. “The Republican Party owes Jim DeMint a massive debt of gratitude and a standing ovation for what he did.”

But prominent Republicans, including DeMint’s South Carolina colleague, Sen. Lindsey Graham, and former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott have suggested that endorsing insurgent candidates was a mistake.

“If the moderates in the Republican Party want war, they’re going to lose,” Bozell said, holding up Graham as an example. “I guarantee you we will see their political carcasses when they come up for re-election.”

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2010/11/jim-demint-conservative-leaders-republican-party.html



:smoke:

[AC_Mem]

1. Boy they sure do sound puffed up with "power"

Please Creator, let them destroy themselves before they destroy our country.

[barbtries]

7. amen

[Historic NY]

2. Lets stoke the flames .

[JitterbugPerfume]

3. Pride comes before a fall

and after that the judgment

If the tea party idjuts read the Bible that they revere above the Constitution, they would know that!

I know--I know! An Athiest quoting the Bible sounds weird, but there is some good stuff to be found in that book!

[Paulie]

12. Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall

Sorry, gotta quote closer or the fundies get their Puritan undies in a square knot. :-)

[JitterbugPerfume]

14. I knew that wasn't exactly right

my sunday school days are long since past

[Jackpine Radical]

13. Pssst...

"atheist."

How ya doin, Jitterbug? I don't think I've seen a lot of posts from you lately.

[JitterbugPerfume]

15. I am fine Jackpine

thanks for asking:loveya:

spell check is my friend LOL

[coalition_unwilling]

17. I was actually thinking Ecclesiastes: "Vanity, vanity, all is vanity."

But your paraphrase also rings true.

Thanks for that

[DCKit]

4. This is going to be fun.

:beer::popcorn:

[sufrommich]

5. It sure is. The look on the teabaggers faces with they realize

it's GOP business as usual will be priceless.

[barbtries]

6. well

i agree with bozell. i don't believe that most people in this country really want to go back to the dark ages.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. Backing "insurgent" candidates does carry its share of risks

that we need to be mindful of ourselves IMHO when criticizing President Obama for not supporting primary challengers over incumbents. I'm not saying that some Dems (like Lincoln in Arkansas for instance) shouldn't be primaried but their challengers may have their own share of challenges in the GE, particularly more progressive candidates in conservative districts/states, and, in some cases, supporting the "devil you know" or, more accurately, the "devil-that-will-be-more-likely-to-be-elected" could ultimately be the better strategy.

Candidates like Angle in Nevada and O'Donnell almost certainly bear the most responsibility for ensuring our continued majority status in the Senate.

[Arkana]

9. Good. DeMint's a goatfucker.

[SpiralHawk]

10. DeMint deserves a Standing O? Diaper Dave Vitter (R) got the last ovation

Who can forget the Republicon Senators giving a standing O to Vitter after it was revealed that he was having adulterous 'diaper sex' (whatever the hell that is) with hookers.

Now the RepubliCronies want to give a standing O to DeMint? What the Hell did he do to merit that kind of, um, republicon approval?

[political_Dem]

11. The first shot has been fired.

It seems that the Teabaggers are getting a little bit too big for their britches.

[MrScorpio]

16. I call this stuff "Political Distillation"

What they'll get is 191 proof of crazy

[DonCoquixote]

18. Ok folks

For those who know their history, this is where the Blue Collar thugs (bronwnshirts) rumble with the sneaky ruthless fascists (The SS), this time, my money is not on the Shutzstaffel, for we now live in a culture where being dumb is a virtue.