We rejected this op-ed earlier in the week because it seemed, well, a tad unfair to run a piece from Sen. Jim DeMint praising his choice for president, with nothing similar favoring the other two (or nine, if you prefer) on the very day of the GOP debate.
But here it is for y’all:
Just kidding!
Seriously, it WAS here, but I took it down because colleague Mike Fitts sent me this:
Ryan Dawkins from DeMint’s office called to politely object to the posting of their op-ed piece on the blog. Since we turned it down for the paper, they had been trying to re-use it elsewhere, and she fears, understandably, that the Web posting will interfere with that.
So the op-ed’s gone bye-bye.
Anyway, it was about the virtues of the guy most likely to come in fifth in the South Carolina primary, Mitt "YouTube" Romney.
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Great article! The thing about Romney is that we don’t have to “hope” that he’ll be successful. The guy has been successful in EVERYTHING he’s ever done, whether turning around businesses, the olympics, or a liberal tax-crazy state. He’s definitely got my vote.
Phil
Los Angeles, CA
I’m simply astounded that the Republicans can talk so much about the various political issues, using expressions like: freedom, strength, low-taxes, legislating from the bench, entitlements, welfare and on and on about “liberal” spending. Yet they never, NEVER mention anything about energy issues. With an ever increasing dependency on foreign oil the U.S. is in deep trouble when it comes to our dependence from abroad. Further, there is growing evidence that oil production in places like Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait is beginning to decline. That means a staggering increase in prices. Why are the Republicans so afraid to discuss this crucial issue?
I love this from Demint:
After more than a decade of Republican rule in Washington, the American voter has been left with the wrong impression of conservatives.
No. Americans are beginning to understand the TRUTH about conservatives. They want to involve us in disasterous wars abroad and care little about the problems of common Americans. The modern conservative movement has left devastation in it’s wake. American finally woke up a bit in 2006.
Maybe Mr. DeMint could show some real strength of character and call out the worst offenders in his own party. Otherwise, it’s just election year political rhetoric. Somebody’s name is attached to all those earmarks. Name them, Senator. Tell us which Republicans should be thrown out of office.
You could have published this editorial with the same headline that was used (by mistake) on a Jimmy Carter piece by the Boston Globe back in 1980: “Mush From The Wimp”.
The rest of you will have to INFER what the senator wrote from the above comments, since at his office’s request, I took down the rejected column.
I’ll paraphrase the column for you:
“Republicans (I can’t tell you which ones) have demonstrated no ability to control government spending over the past ten years but we promise, really, we promise to do a better job if you give us another chance. Pinky swear! And if you think we’re bad, you ought to see those Democrats! They’re even bigger scumbags than we are! Anyway, Mitt Romney ran a business once and that makes him the best choice to be President. Unless he loses in South Carolina… then I’ll pick somebody else from my party”
Doug, you are absolutely correct. The nerve of Demint trying to suggest that the Republican party has not been conservative enough and that’s why they were defeated in November. But this is nothing new. During Reagan’s tenure spending was totally out of control and they tried to blame the Democrats. When will people finally learn that it’s the REPUBLICAN party in this country that’s the party of big spenders. They can rant and rave all they want that they are the party of fiscal restraint. But the facts show otherwise.