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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 04:08 PM
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Jim DeMint lies

DeMint Lies: ‘I Did Not Want’ Health Care ‘To Be The President’s Waterloo’

Last summer during the peak of the health care reform debate in Congress, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) claimed that if Republicans are “able to stop” President Obama’s push for health care reform, “it will be his Waterloo.” “It will break him,” DeMint said.

Today, during an interview with DeMint on ABC’s This Week, host Terry Moran aired audio of the quote and asked if it was appropriate to call for breaking the president. DeMint responded by lying, issuing an outright denial that he ever made the statement:

MORAN: So did you break him? And is that really how Americans want you to behave here in Washington, break the president? <…>

DEMINT: I did not want this to be the President’s Waterloo. But pushing through a massive government take over of our health care system was certainly not a good idea. … We’ve been as Republicans pushing health care reform for years.

Later in the segment, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) called DeMint out:

MENENDEZ: Well Terry, my good friend Jim DeMint did want to break Barack Obama and the Republican whole political strategy is for this president and this Congress to fail. The sad thing about that it’s not about Barack Obama failing or Democrats in Congress failing, it’s about the country failing at one of the most critical challenges the country has had.

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Republicans have been pushing health reform for years? You Lie!



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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 04:09 PM
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1. For a second, my old eyes thought this said
"Jim DeMint dies." Not to wish death on anyone, but I have to admit that my heart leaped a little bit. :evilgrin:
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secondwind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 04:15 PM
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4. MINE TOO!
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 04:34 PM
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6. You mean it's not a typo?
Aw, nuts.........
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 04:54 PM
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8. Damn, SAME thing Here
Me too Blue, me too.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 05:03 PM
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9. A lot of wishful thinking going on here, huh?
:rofl:
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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 05:28 PM
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10. Ha ha ha ha ha !!
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 04:09 PM
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2. And what was standing in their way when they controlled everything?
Hmmmmmm????
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Guilded Lilly Donating Member (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 04:14 PM
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3. Pavlovian Liar's Law
lie about what is blatantly evident often enough and every moron will convince themselves it if true.
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dtotire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 04:27 PM
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5. The Senate Has to Modify, or End the Fiibuster Rule n/t
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 04:46 PM
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7. Frank Luntz told the Repubs. to say they're for healthcare reform everytime they
say why they're against "Obamacare." He told them they have to act as if they're FOR something and not just against everything (which they are).
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 05:32 PM
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11. Kick &Recommended!
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