Right-Wing Alternate Universe Alert: Jim DeMint flabbergasted by the Republicans' move to the left

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via AlterNet's PEEK:



Sen. Jim DeMint Outraged at GOP's Shift to the Left?

Posted by Steve Benen, Washington Monthly at 9:00 AM on December 10, 2009.

There are still some Republican officials who are outraged by their party's moderation. Amazing.



THE ALTERNATE REALITY.... By most measures, congressional Republicans have spent 2009 executing a scorched-earth strategy. The GOP has moved sharply to the right, has abandoned even the pretense of bipartisan cooperation, has embraced and elevated some of the more radical elements of the party's coalition, and recommended policy proposals that even some conservatives described as "insane."

And yet, there are still some Republican officials who are outraged by their party's moderation.



DeMint's comments coincide with Rush Limbaugh lashing out at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for -- I hope you're sitting down -- the lack of obstructionism among Senate Republicans.

What's more, the Gun Owners of America said the GOP leadership is helping advance the "ObamaCare legislation." The Tea Party and the conservative Social Security Institute sent out 1.5 million email messages earlier this week that read, "Shame on Republican Senators! They are paving the way for ObamaCare to be enacted into law this year because they want to go on Christmas Vacation." The email added that the GOP is "collaborating with the enemy."

I wonder what the weather is like in their reality.


http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/144485/sen._jim_demint_outraged_at_gop%27s_shift_to_the_left/

But he's definitely got his directions backwards. They went to the extreme far right. As opposed to the slightly less extreme far right which is where the DLC and the BlueBalled Cowards are.

what???????????????? Left of who? Genghis Khan?

When you hear a right-winger using terms like "flabbergasted", "shocked", "astounded", etc. you can be sure it's BS - manufactured outrage. This particular bit of "outrage" is probably designed to make us on the left believe that we've actually achieved something and actually managed to push the Republicans to the left. Don't believe it.

staffers. He also has turned out to be a nutball! I knew this kid since he was 2 yo and his family & ours were very close friends. I don't remember any of them (there were 4) who were this crazy when we palled around together. We moved, the father passed away a few years ago but I'm still good friends with the mother, and occasionally speak to the 2 sons. I was sooo disappointed when the youngest joined the DiMint camp!