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• Quit being lazy and get on the hustle

  —Wesley Donehue

  

  Don’t even try McDonald’s for a strawberry milkshake. They are having a string of mechanical errors. Or they’re just lazy as all get out.

  Check out [www.scsenategop.com] Version 2.

  Sign Senator Jim DeMint’s term limits petition at www.jimdemint.com.

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:21pm EST
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• The New White People's Manifesto, or Jim DeMint's 30 Senator Strategy Refined.

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  RNC member James Bopp, who's busy litigating against marriage equality when not busy purifying the Republican Party, has a new draft catechism out:
  
  
  "THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Republican National Committee identifies ten (10) key public policy positions for the 2010 election cycle, which the'" [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:43pm EST
  

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• Twenty senators would be even purer. DeMint and Olympia Snowe would reach the magical 99 & 44/100%

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  
  
  
  SC Senator Jim DeMint is muscling his way into a vacuum created by the National Republican Senate Committee's decision not to pick sides in GOP Senate primaries, Politico reports.
  
  DeMint's thirty senator GOP caucus strategy seems to be building steam under the aegis [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:24pm EST
  

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• Graham and DeMint: scared to debate health care reform on the merits

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  This is the sort of stuff Senators Jim DeMint and Lindsey Graham are so afraid of you finding out that they will vote later today to prevent even debating health care reform (h/t Micah Snead):
  
  
  
  Speaking of Page Numbers...Posted by Dan Pfeiffer on November 20, 2009 at 11:30 [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:23am EST
  

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• Jim DeMint's welcome to Boeing: I want to bug your cockpits.

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  Wall Street Journal:
  
  
  Sen. Jim DeMint, a Republican from South Carolina, plans to introduce a bill that would break a taboo in the airline industry: allowing airlines to use information from cockpit voice recorders in cases against pilots they want to discipline or fire.Current labor contracts effectively [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:37pm EST
  

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• DeMint: term limits for thee, but not for me till way later

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  Senator Jim DeMint has a Facebook page for his term limits brainwave, which wouldn't apply to him for at least seven more years. The photo of the Capitol features the House side (subliminal message: "Pelosi, liberal, San Francisco, gays, taxes...").
  
  Senator DeMint already has term limits available:
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:01pm EST
  

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• "O, God, guide and strengthen your servant Jim as he leads his party to such a level of purity and density that they become as a black hole in deepest space. Amen"

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  Palmetto Morning:
  
  CUTTING OFF THE NOSE — “GOP voters are more likely to agree with Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) than with those who say they want to broaden the party, according to a new poll.  The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey shows 51% of GOP voters would prefer a candidate [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:20pm EST
  

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• Start hoarding gold

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  SC Senator Jim DeMint has linked up with Congressman Ron Paul to go on about Paul's Federal Reserve fantasies. Of course, when you sign on with Paul you also get his more subterranean racist and homophobic urges as well, and all the racists and Birchers who trail in his [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:19am EST
  

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• DeMint's little elves tell a broader story about what his pink slips mean

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  SC Senator Jim DeMint's been on Fox News explaining the "pink slip" campaign he's managed to catch up to and claim to head:
  
  
  
  VAN SUSTEREN: Senator, nice to see you, sir.SEN. JIM DEMINT, R - S.C.: Greta, welcome to my place.VAN SUSTEREN: Indeed. I see you have some pink slips. [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:14am EST
  

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• More on Jim DeMint's fellow haters

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  The other day Waldo noted the massively crowd-unsupported hate rally in front of the Department of Justice by the leaders of many of the nation's leading gay-haters (no Daniel J. Cassidy; no Fred Phelps, though), and how many have ties to SC Senator Jim DeMint.
  
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:23am EST
  

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• Life tenure: not just for federal judges

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  Earl Capps finds a state legislator who's not on board with Jim DeMint's "stop me before I run again" pledge. [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:38am EST
  

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• The Hill:Could Illinois ...

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  The Hill:
  
  
  Could Illinois Senate candidate Patrick Hughes be the next insurgent Republican candidate to get the backing of Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)?
  Hughes is slated for his second meeting with DeMint on Thursday (the two also met in September), and DeMint’s Senate Conservative Fund website is [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:28pm EST
  

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• Somewhere, Senator Jim DeMint is smiling

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  Next time you read another hysterical article by a conservative about how marriage equality will cause civilization to collapse overnight, consider this:
  
  For Gay Couples, ‘Traditional’ Divorce Isn’t Always an OptionBy TARA SIEGEL BERNARDIt’s divorce week here on the Bucks [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:13pm EST
  

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• DeMint: federal court jurisdiction subject to case by case popular vote

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  Jim DeMint, who's all over "defending the Constitution," apparently hasn't read the bits about the judiciary, and particularly congression legislation defining- as per the Constitution- jurisdiction:
  
  
  Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican, said in an interview that New Yorkers are being forced by the Obama administration to' [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:52pm EST
  

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• Sen. Hutto: McGowan Is the Right Man For U.S. Senate

  —Indigo Journal

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  For five years I have witnessed Jim DeMint march further and further out of the mainstream of South Carolina values and American values.

  I've seen his stance against life-saving health care research and science. I've been frustrated by his blissful ignorance of the real health care challenges South [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:33pm EST
  

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• DeMint: my litmus test for the GOP is...me!

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  What a busy fellow Jim DeMint is: in addition to his taxpayer-funded website, and his campaign website, he also has the Senate Conservatives Fund website, for a PAC he founded last year. It was mentioned in a NYT story (posted below) about how DeMint wants to handpick senators from other [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:43am EST
  

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• The purge rages on, always needing fresh meat to feed the rabble

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  Now Jim DeMint's going after Florida governor Charlie Crist's Senate campaign:
  
  
  “Some of the Republicans who’ve been around a long time, they’re the big spenders, they’re the big government people,” said Senator Jim DeMint, Republican of South Carolina, who as chairman of [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:29am EST
  

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• In Jim DeMint's GOP, apologies when necessary, but consequences? Never.

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  So the chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party gave an interview to a radio host. The party chair is gay. Towleroad picks up the narrative:
  
  
  
  RADIO HOST TO GAY NH DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR RAY BUCKLEY: 'YEAH YOU FAGGOT. THAT'S RIGHT I SAID IT AND I [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:16am EST
  

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• DeMint: government can't redefine marriage so government must define marriage.

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  Senator Jim DeMint has been raving- unfiltered by his media handlers- on the Faith 2 Action radio show hosted by Christianist Janet Porter. For an illuminating glimpse into what DeMint's really doing on the public dime every day, click here and then click the "Most Recent Program" tab.
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 10:09am EST
  

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• Jim DeMint to Logic: Drop Dead.

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  One of SC Senator Jim DeMint's media guys says DeMint's now the most popular pol in the state.
  
  Which may explain why he cares so little for actually doing anything for his constituency: DeMint is called by God to greater things:
  DeMint asked supporters to remember "Senate seats" [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 1:25am EST
  

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• SCDP Chair scolds DeMint for 'do nothing' attitude

  —The Politics of Jamie Sanderson

  
  South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler released the following statement today in response to U.S. Senator Jim DeMint’s interview with Fox News on Tuesday. DeMint (SC-R) told Fox News Host Neil Cavuto that he hopes that Senate Republicans "do nothing" to pass a [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:52pm EST
  

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• Graham/DeMint feud appears to be growing

  —Wolfe Reports

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  The elections to the U.S. Senate of Lindsey Graham in 2002 and Jim DeMint in 2004 sent men with decidedly different styles and base constituencies to Washington. Graham, his power play as a House manager in President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial notwithstanding, has an [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 12:36pm EST
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• Jim DeMint's Party

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  Andrew Sullivan, considering a BBC broadcast of a debate over whether the Catholic Church is a force for good in the world, summed up the Republican Party's problem while trying to assess the out-of-it-ness of the Church:
  The problem with the theoconservative take-over in the Catholic priesthood is not [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 2:06am EST
  

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• DeMint: People who get fast access to my campaign website need to pay for it.

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  For Jim DeMint, Internet access is like health care: if you are rich you get more of it. [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 12:52am EST
  

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• DeMint to Spartanburg County conservatives wanting faster download speeds: Drop dead. I'm gonna get re-elected no matter what so I can enact laws to keep myself from getting re-elected.

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  Back in July Gary Coates at The Conservativist (that's Spartanburg) complained:
  And one last thing.  DSL 6.0 in Spartanburg SUCKS!  What has taken me several hours to upload at home I was able to upload in 20 minutes here in Indianapolis.Get used to the suck, Gar- it's all Jim DeMint [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:21pm EST
  

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• 97-1

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  That was the vote today on extending unemployment benefits. Senator Jim DeMint was the one.
  
  The unemployment rate in South Carolina  is 11.6%.
  
  Fifth highest in the nation, Senator.
  
  Feel like tweeting an explanation? [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:47pm EST
  

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• Apparently, pretty damn stupid

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  Senator Jim DeMint (R-Corporations) can't go two weeks without shilling for the cable companies who are in tizzy about net neutrality. 
  
  
  According to one of his campaign minions, "Sen. Jim DeMint has so thoroughly embraced this facet that he’s frequently lauded for his adaptation to'" [...]

  Posted: November 03, 2009, 12:48am EST
  

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• This week with Senator Jim DeMint

  —Waldo Lydecker's Journal.

  Senator Jim DeMint (R-Corporations) was a busy fellow this past week. His Senate website blog says he and his 39 fellow refuseniks have demanded that Majority Leader Harry Reid let the public see the health care bill that has been sent to the Congressional Budget Office for analysis.
  
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 1:29pm EST
  

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• Halloween Scare: Jim DeMint

  —The Politics of Jamie Sanderson

  
  BOO!
  
  If you see Jim DeMint this Halloween, you'd better have lots of candy. He'll take plenty. And please, don't leave a "just take one" sign out with your candy bucket. He won't like that.
  
  This ghoul of a senator has already [...]

  Posted: October 30, 2009, 2:44pm EDT
  

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• Two new widgets for readers

  —The Politics of Jamie Sanderson

  If you haven't noticed, I have added two new widgets to this blog. One is from GovTrack.us that shows how Henry Brown, Jim DeMint and Lindsey Graham vote on every bill that comes by them. It is towards the bottom, located on the left side.
  
  The other is' [...]

  Posted: October 30, 2009, 1:07pm EDT
  

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