Posted on 06/06/2011 9:20:52 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
If Sarah Palin doesn’t run, DeMint better!
He’s most welcome to run regardless!
DeMint is a man who has the courage of his convictions - big time!
Looks like you have it in you that DeMint is a RINO based on endorsements and not policy. I can’t defend the Graham thing but I’m sure it’s an SC thing (like Santorum and Spector). I know where he was coming from with McCain and the script of the party post 2004 was well known that McCain was the guy to beat.
If you’re a Palin-bot than so be it. I guess in light of that you think no one can be as conservative as her anyway.
If he runs he gets my vote and cash based on his stated principles.
Don’t make up straw dog nonsense for me, just answer my real concerns, DeMint is about the only thing that could get Romney into the White House, and I am worried because I know that has been a years long goal of DeMint’s.
I understand the endorsement of Graham, but why did DeMint feel the desire to serve as the co-chairman of Graham’s campaign?
Jim DeMint, has taken a strong leadership role in creating Mitt Romney as a national leader, and our front running candidate for 2012.
DeMint started working on Romney when Romney was just a failing,liberal, Massachusetts Governor with 34% approval, and no hope of reelection, way back in 2006.
DeMint was one of the early promoters of Mitt Romney to run in 2006, he was senior advisor to his exploratory committee.
JANUARY 2007, NOT, JANUARY 2008-— Senator DeMint wrote, “We must elect a President in 2008 who is up to the task, and I need you to encourage Mitt to run. ...
Tuesday, Jan 09, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Boston, MA – Governor Mitt Romney announced today that Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) will serve as a senior adviser to the Romney for President Exploratory Committee.
MARCH 2007, Thompson asks to be released from his TV contract for possible Presidential run
JUNE 1,2007 Thompson forms his exploratory Committee.
OCTOBER, 2007
Boston, MA – Today, Governor Mitt Romney named Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO), Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) as National Co-Chairs of the Romney for President campaign. As National Co-Chairs, they will serve as key advisers to Governor Romney and his national campaign.
OCTOBER, 2007
Senator Jim DeMint said, “Governor Mitt Romney is the standard-bearer the Republican Party needs in 2008. His message of conservative change will bring our Party and Washington back to our most basic conservative values of fiscal discipline, smaller government and lower taxes. Governor Romney has the record and experience to bring true change to Washington.”
FEBRUARY 2007
Romney drops out of race.
Romney and he are still close,”WashingtonPost.com Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) will appear as the special guest at a fundraiser next week to benefit South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint’s 2010 re-election”
Just like the Immigration Reform & Control Act of 1986 - one of Reagan's worst promotions. Try dismissing him on the topic of immigration because of that one flaw.
So should we dismiss the Heritage Foundation for a fluke endorsement? Is Santorum any less of a conservative for endorsing and actively stumping for Spector (before and after his time in office)? Do we question his pro-life credentials because he campaigned for a pro-choicer?
You are placing the political world of 2006/2007 into 2011 and it doesn't work.
If DeMint comes out now and supports Romney and justifies RomneyCare then I'll concede your assertion. But he hasn't and I don't think he will.
There are conservatives other than Palin and all, including her, have some fleas.
Your defense of Mitt Romney is growing a life now, and you left out 2008, and 2009 for him and DeMint, and you continue to skip over Lindsey Graham,
DeMint was still co-chair for Romney in 2008, Romney and he are still close,2009, "WashingtonPost.com Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) will appear as the special guest at a fundraiser next week to benefit South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint’s 2010 re-election"
In 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and all the years before, Mitt Romney was known as a liberal, pro-gay power, anti-gun, liberal judges, pro-abortion, leaving the party to protest Reagan, supporting and fund raising only for Democrats, fund raising for planned parenthood, and more, your switching to health care ignorance as an excuse for DeMint is as nonsensical as trying to switch to 2004 to explain DeMints seeking out Romney in 2006.
No idea how you have me defending Romney but we’ll move past that.
I addressed the Graham thing as an SC thing. In fact I don’t know of any Senator who would NOT endorse another of the same party in their state. Again I’ll cite Santorum/Spector.
It’s a cash business and Romney raises cash - I think it’s that simple. Having someone in for a fund raiser and saying I agree with every single thing this guy stands for is a bit of a reach, but I can’t get you to think outside of this ‘DeMint is a RINO’ box so it is what it is.
One more time, if he comes out full bore for Romney this cycle then you are the victor and my opinion of him will change.
But I know DeMint’s platform and RomneyCare is not on it and he’s on the right side of all other plank issues. I’m behind him until he gives me reason not to be.
I didn't ask you about DeMint endorsing Graham.
I asked you this "I understand the endorsement of Graham, but why did DeMint feel the desire to serve as the co-chairman of Graham’s campaign?"
You also went back to Romney care, ignoring what I said about Romney being known by DeMint as a dedicated liberal before DeMint sought him out in 2006 to run for President.
"In 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and all the years before, Mitt Romney was known as a liberal, pro-gay power, anti-gun, liberal judges, pro-abortion, leaving the party to protest Reagan, supporting and fund raising only for Democrats, fund raising for planned parenthood, and more, your switching to health care ignorance as an excuse for DeMint is as nonsensical as trying to switch to 2004 to explain DeMints seeking out Romney in 2006."
You also cheerfully announce that if DeMint does support Romney in this primary that I am "the victor", and your "opinion of him will change", you left out the part that Jim DeMint is probably the one thing that could put Mitt Romney into the White House, which has been a long term goal of Jim DeMint, this is a serious concern.
What’s the defference between actively endorsing and being a campaign chair? Either way you are trying to raise money for the guy and supporting him by lending your name to the effort. Are there degrees of support?
I will say again I view his endorsement of Romney as a strike against McCain who was the party guy. DeMint and McCain have been at odds since he got into the Senate so makes perfect sense to attempt to derail one bad adversary with a bad ally. This is politics, not military science.
And I doubt DeMint would have been the main driver behind Romney back then. the party would have fallen in line had he got the nomination.
That was then and this is now. If my idea that DeMint was really working against McCain and not for Romney is false then DeMint will come out strong for Romney again and you will be vindicated.
I’m willing to wait for that moment than try to piece in past statements and bring them forward.
Thank you for answering my unasked question as to what the numbers were.
LOL, what is the difference between the necessity of endorsing the candidate (Graham), versus the personal committment of wanting to serve as the candidates campaign chairman (Graham’s)?
Like I said you are trying to be slippery, you even described DeMints support of Romney as an “endorsement” again.
DeMint was one of the early promoters of Mitt Romney to run in 2006, he was senior advisor to his exploratory committee.
JANUARY 2007, NOT, NOT, NOT, JANUARY 2008-— Senator DeMint wrote, “We must elect a President in 2008 who is up to the task, and I need you to encourage Mitt to run. ...
Tuesday, Jan 09, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Boston, MA – Governor Mitt Romney announced today that Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) will serve as a senior adviser to the Romney for President Exploratory Committee.
MARCH 2007, Thompson asks to be released from his TV contract for possible Presidential run
JUNE 1,2007 Thompson forms his exploratory Committee.
OCTOBER, 2007
Boston, MA – Today, Governor Mitt Romney named Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO), Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) as National Co-Chairs of the Romney for President campaign. As National Co-Chairs, they will serve as key advisers to Governor Romney and his national campaign.
OCTOBER, 2007
Senator Jim DeMint said, “Governor Mitt Romney is the standard-bearer the Republican Party needs in 2008. His message of conservative change will bring our Party and Washington back to our most basic conservative values of fiscal discipline, smaller government and lower taxes. Governor Romney has the record and experience to bring true change to Washington.”
FEBRUARY 2008
Romney drops out of race.
I’m not sure how any further discussion helps. You keep passing over the political environment in 2006/07 and dismiss how McCain was the party establishment guy and DeMint did not want him so he picked the next bad choice from a conservative standpoint.
And you ignore the fact that there was no real conservative with any shot back then - it was a choice between McCain/Romney/Giuliani. Gross/Yuck/Awful.
No need to post the timeline again, I can go to the rest of your posts to view it.
You vote for Palin (or whoever you support) and if he runs I’ll vote for DeMint.
And whoever gets the nod for the general, I will vote for because there’s no way I want BO for four more years.
Hm. Maybe. I think there’s a better match out there, but it’s considered fanboyish to say so.
So your dream candidate was Mitt Romney in 2006? It wasn’t mine, it probably wasn’t yours, but it sure was Jim Demints.
Do you think that when he was researching for someone to represent conservatism 2 years or more before the election that he did not discover how radical Mitt Romney was, or how bad a campaigner, or how bad a Governor, or how unpopular he was as a failed Governor of Massachusetts, or anything else about the man?
How did DeMint become motivated to search and find, and promote, and serve, the worst of the worst and escort him to the national stage?
Mitt is not just a moderate, or a rino, he has lived and worked as a dedicated liberal, literally campaigning for, and fund raising for, democrat candidates and Planned Parenthood, as Governor when DeMint sought him out, Mitt had appointed 75% of judges that were not even Republicans, much less conservatives, Mitt had run to the LEFT of Ted Kennedy on some issues, Mitt had said that we wanted our AR type rifles to “hunt down and kill people”, and much, much, more.
DeMint chose him and commited to him, and now Jim DeMint could put Romney into the White House if he hasn’t had a deep, religious conversion on Mitt, including willingness to reject a Romney offer of veep, and so far, the evidence of that is slim.
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