DeMint: One too many mint juleps?

[babylonsister]

:wtf: southern motherland??

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/04/demint-we-lost-pennsylvania-because-forced-unionization-caused-republicans-to-flee.php

DeMint: We Lost Pennsylvania Because 'Forced Unionization' Caused Republicans To Flee
By Brian Beutler - April 29, 2009, 9:18AM


There are two competing interpretations of Arlen Specter's move into the Democratic party. It's not clear why they're competing, because they're not by any means mutually exclusive. In fact, they're deeply connected. But that's how it's playing out: Either Specter became a Democrat because the Republicans moved too far to the right or Specter became a Democrat because he was facing a career ending primary in 2010. Strangely enough, even though Specter himself insists both factors contributed to his decision, very few people seem to have absorbed this.

One of those people is Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), who says the Republican party's hitting the sweet spot. He attributes the non-viability of the Republican party in state's like Pennsylvania to the fact that voters have fled "forced unionization" in the northeast for the safety and comfort of the southern motherland.

Seriously.

But don't mistake DeMint for a crank. He's actually a consummate optimist. He says "Pat Toomey, who is running in Pennsylvania, is one of the most maintream Americans I know." And surely all those diaspora northerners will repatriate Pennsylvania when they realize that the "mainstream" is on the rise and "forced unionization" will no longer beleaguer the tea-loving masses.

[H2O Man]

1. He sounds deminted.

[babylonsister]

2. Ha! Perfect!

:D

:fistbump:

[Barack_America]

3. Republicans, like children, say the darnedest things.

With the edge on "intelligence" going to children, of course.

[Are_grits_groceries]

4. He's an idiot.

I think he opens his mouth and whatever words are near come rushing out. He only has a set number rambling around. He and his partner in crime, Mark Sanford, are of the same ilk.
They both are trying to take the state of SC back to the 19th century. Skip the 20th.

[life_long_dem]

5. DeMint means the safety and comfort of lower wages in the southern motherland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States

State Rank Median household income (2007 dollars)

Maryland 1 68,080
New Jersey 2 67,035
Connecticut 3 65,967
Alaska 4 64,333
Hawaii 5 63,746
New Hampshire 6 62,369
Massachusetts 7 62,365
California 8 59,948
Virginia 9 59,562
Minnesota 10 55,802
Washington 11 55,591
Colorado 12 55,212
Utah 13 55,109
Nevada 14 55,062
Delaware 15 54,610
District of Columbia 16 54,317
Illinois 17 54,124
Rhode Island 18 53,568
New York 19 53,514
Wyoming 20 51,731
United States national median ($ 50,740)
Wisconsin 21 50,578
Vermont 22 49,907
Arizona 23 49,889
Georgia 24 49,136
Oregon 25 48,730
Pennsylvania 26 48,576
Michigan 27 47,950
Florida 28 47,804
Texas 29 47,548
Kansas 30 47,451
Indiana 31 47,448
Iowa 32 47,292
Nebraska 33 47,085
Ohio 34 46,597
Idaho 35 46,253
Maine 36 45,888
Missouri 37 45,114
North Carolina 38 44,670
North Dakota 39 43,753
Montana 40 43,531
South Dakota 41 43,424
South Carolina 42 43,329
Tennessee 43 42,367
Oklahoma 44 41,567
New Mexico 45 41,452
Louisiana 46 40,926
Alabama 47 40,554
Kentucky 48 40,267
Arkansas 49 38,134
West Virginia 50 37,060
Mississippi 51 36,338

[JVS]

6. I've seen a lot of people bitch about union dues, but never have I seen one person quit because of..

them, let alone flee a geographical area. Businesses on the other hand have pulled up root and left and I've seen plenty who had to follow the jobs.

[life_long_dem]

8. If a non-union construction worker, for example,

makes $20 an hour less in wages and benefits compared to a union construction worker, the non-union worker is essentially paying dues, approximately $40,000 a year.

[dgibby]

7. Jim DeMint

Larry, Curley, or Mo? You decide. Sanford, DeMint, Graham-SC's very own 3 Stooges. It ain't easy living in this state.