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SC senator defends ouster of Honduran president

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is defending the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and says the rule of law is working in Honduras.

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To the left of...the John Birch Society?
Source: Daily Kos

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) thinks Republicans are too liberal: The problem in the Republican Party is that the leadership has gone to the left."

Term Limits Will Fix Washington
Source: http://jimdemint.com

The GOP's Jewish Slur
Source: the daily beast

Columnist Peter Beinart sees the characterization of Jews as being good with money by South Carolina Republican operatives as excusable. Edwin O. Merwin Jr. and James S.

State Dept. lawyer Koh Was Likely Behind Obama's Illegal Demands of Honduras
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This is exactly what one would expect of Koh upon examining his record and views. Interestingly, the Obama administration refuses to release Koh's critical opinion.

DeMint's Sedition: Flying Off To Fight Against The U.S.
Source: Firedoglake

The right wing has added another twist to its efforts to bring down the legally elected government of the U.S., with Sen. DeMint jetting off to Honduras to encourage the illegal government there to continue in its coup.

HONDURAS - who is right?

NEW: The trip to Honduras is over Link OLD: What Illinois representative is attempting: U.S. Rep. Roskam's Honduras stance reinforced OLD: UPDATE Report On Visit Music: The Tide Is High LINK No connection to Honduras The situation in Honduras is heating up.

DeMint violates US law
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DeMint wants to break the law? Then he should face the consequences. I hope this is prosecutable and that Holder puts the full measure of the law against DeMint for this.

An undemocratic tide in the Americas :: Newt Gingrich
Source: washingtonexaminer.com

What is the Obama administration thinking?

"President Palin?" Republicans "Banking up" for 2012
Source: Politico

While hundreds of millions of dollars are spent in battles over President Barack Obama's ambitious legislative agenda in Washington, underneath the radar some of the Republican Party's next best hopes are laying the groundwork for the bid to replace him — or at least secure …

S.C. Senators, Graham and Demint, on the way Out ???

"We Must Remember Those That Vote" No" Against Voters And Say "No" For Our Votes" The question is, are they, at the very least, attempting to try to be constructive with the solutions to : 1) How do we keep our kids from inheriting an America like President Obama inherit …

Old School Vs. New School: Who's the True Voice of the Republican Party?
Source: BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash

No strangers to controversy and news headlines this summer, the Republicans have once again put themselves front and center for their strange patterns of behavior.

The Ghoulish Old Party
Source: Firedoglake

Hey, did you know that we don't really have a healthcare crisis? Boy howdy, is Jane gonna be pissed about all that time she wasted!

DeMinted Republicans
Source: The New York Times

It's no secret that the reaction of a significant number of Republicans to the presidency of Barack Obama has been a bit, well, insane.

GOP leaders fear anti-Obama tone
Source: Politico

Senate GOP leaders worry that some of their colleagues are misplaying their hand on health care reform by suggesting that they want to kill the plan in order to hurt the president. Sen.

C Street's Waterloo
Source: Firedoglake

"If we're able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo. It will break him. And we will show that we can--along with the American people--begin to push those freedom solutions at work in every area of our society."

Jim DeMint has a Health Care Hissy Fit on the Senate Floor
Source: Firedoglake

Looks like someone's got a case of the grumpies after getting smacked by the President yesterday. Always amusing when Republicans tout about their innovative plans for reforming health care: tax cuts and "getting out of the way of the market." Never been tried!

Obama: Healthcare battle 'isn't about me'
Source: breitbart.com

President Barack Obama on Monday shot back at Republicans who have suggested they can win political ground by opposing his healthcare reform proposals.

Demented DeMint: Screwing Obama MUCH More Important than Americans' Lives and Wallets
Source: Firedoglake

Here's what the supremely amoral Jim DeMint has to say about health care reform, as spoken to a group of well-funded industry astroturfers pretending to be "grass-roots" activists:

Mike Ross Brags About Delaying Health Care Reform
Source: Firedoglake

Look at this man, Rep. Mike Ross, who's proud of himself for defying President Obama and working to kill health care reform in the Energy and Commerce Committee mark-up today.

Dems Defend the Fed, America's Big Government Enabler
Source: The American Spectator

Why are Democratic lawmakers so eager to shield the Federal Reserve Board from public scrutiny?

DeMint on Honduran coup: It was 'no more a coup than…Al Franken's election to the Senate.'
Source: Think Progress

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) today defended Honduran President Manuel Zelaya's recent removal from office by the Honduran military.

DeMint Inadvertently Concedes That Public Health Insurance Option Won't Take Over The Market
Source: Think Progress

A leading right-wing argument against offering a public health insurance option as part of any health reform initiative is that such a plan would drive private health insurance companies out of the market.

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