Jim DeMint: Obama is not ‘the leader of our country’

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Jim DeMint: Obama is not ‘the leader of our country’

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/17/jim-demint-obama-is-not-the-leader-of-our-country/



WASHINGTON – Arch-conservative Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) said Thursday that President Barack Obama should not be considered the leader of the United States.

"This whole idea that the President is the leader of our country is a mistake," DeMint said during a speech to the Washington, DC chapter of the Federalist Society, according to Talking Points Memo.

Described by some as the most conservative member of the Senate, DeMint came to fame in 2009 when he said in a leaked private conversation that defeat on health care will be Obama's "Waterloo." He insisted Thursday that leadership should occur at the local level, not the national level.

"Leadership starts in the homes in the communities, in businesses, in churches," he said. "I've lived in a community and I know where the leaders are and it's not in Washington. And this pretense that he's our nation's leader... I'm not just talking about Obama, I'm talking about any President."

[Skidmore]

1. So, Senator Teabagger, who is?

Ugh.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. DeMinted.

[theaocp]

3. Were you aware?

BIZNESSES are our leaders! WTF? Better get my secession boots on, 'cause it's gettin' ugly out there. Woof! K&R

[bdamomma]

4. oh crap, bitch and moan that is all they do

and no work.

[hobbit709]

5. Jim DeMint is nowhere near as important as he thinks he is.

[niyad]

6. did he ever say that about der chimpenfuhrer?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. Well

then who is, exactly???? :shrug: :crazy:

[Erose999]

10. Goldman Sachs? The Koch Bros? nt

[opihimoimoi]

8. A TRUE GOPer ASSHOLE......the dude is full of shit

[trotsky]

9. Imagine, if you will, the nation-wide FUROR that would have erupted...

had a Democrat said this at any time under Dubya.

[gratuitous]

11. Imagine saying such a thing about the commander-in-chief while the nation is at war

I'm so old, I remember a time when such a traitor would be properly vilified in wall-to-wall coverage on every major news outlet. Will Mr. DeMint be taken to task at all?

[no_hypocrisy]

12. Constitution and Separation of Powers say otherwise.

[Octafish]

13. Who's the Grand Wizard?

I thought DeMint was only a Grand Dragon? WTF?

[HughBeaumont]

14. The real "leaders" have been going out of their way to torch the lower 80% of us since 1963.

What these "leaders" have done to the middle/working/poor classes is nothing short of legalized crime; ones for which they should be severely punished, but instead will be rewarded for and allowed to continue unhindered.

That being said, Jim DeMint is still an asshole. His Batshit Insane party (since "Democrats" are now "Republicans") jumps with full force when the "leaders" say so.

[malaise]

15. I got it

NO black man can lead America even if he won the Presidential election by a wide margin.

Fuck you demented one.

[n2doc]

16. Uhh, what about that 8 years of Bushco?

Somehow you never bothered to say this during "Fearless Leader's" reign. Asshat.

[moondust]

17. Hey, Mr. Spaceman.

Won't you please take me along for a ride.

[eShirl]

18. not only is he the leader of our country, he's our head of state and commander in chief

and you can run 'n' tell THAT.

[Lindsay]

19. And DeMint is not even human,

but nobody's mentioning that.

:evilgrin:

[Angry Dragon]

20. For years the radical right republicans have claimed that

the President was the leader of this country and the leader of the free world
It would seem that they do not know what they really believe ...... strange people

[Brewman_Jax]

21. I guess that is reserved for

white repub presidents that ignore the rule of law when inconvenient. Damned freeper teabaggers! :eyes:

[Fuzz]

22. "I'm talking about any President." Bullshit.

[City Lights]

23. I'll quote you next time a republican is in office.

Asshole.

[wtmusic]

24. Did I need another reason to detest that arrogant prick? nt

[warrior1]

25. No matter

how many times you say this demint, will not make it so.

[white_wolf]

26. Oh goodie

he thinks businesses and churches should lead us. Wonderful we get both Oligarch and Theocracy. Now if we can just get Nazism we can have all three of the most oppressive forms of government in history,

[Marr]

27. Give him a few years. As soon as there's another Republican in the WH,

he'll be back to thinking the President is essentially a king with a term limit.

[spanone]

28. racist

[Dawson Leery]

29. Grand Wizard DeMint is propping himself up.

Perhaps he will run for President next year.
Also, Republicans believe elections to be legitimate only when they win.

[WinkyDink]

30. Wait! So Bush was NOT a leader, and Obama the Community Organizer WAS!

Okay!