Jim DeMint: President Barack Obama Is Not The Nation's Leader

[ProSense]

Jim DeMint: President Barack Obama Is Not The Nation's Leader

Ryan J. Reilly

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) doesn't think President Barack Obama should be considered the leader of the United States of America.

During a speech covering the national debt, earmarks, the 2012 Presidential election and the repeal of the health care law on Thursday, DeMint told members of the D.C. chapter of the conservative Federalist Society, "This whole idea that the President is the leader of our country is a mistake."

DeMint added, "Leadership starts in the homes in the communities, in businesses, in churches. 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."

"A candidate who goes out and makes all these promises about what he's going to do in all areas of our society needs to be removed from consideration," DeMint said to applause from the audience.

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Rand Paul: "My Goal Is To Make DeMint Look Like a Moderate"

Just proves that Rand Paul is a kook!

[calimary]

1. We'll remember that next time a republi-CON is in the White House, jimmy-boy.

[damntexdem]

2. No, but he should be.

Unfortunately he is instead trying to be the country's compromiser with scum like DeMint.

[Raine1967]

3. Even if he WERE right, and he's not...

when he said this: "Leadership starts in the homes in the communities, in businesses, in churches. 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."

Did he forget that Obama was a community organizer?

as an aside, regarding his mention of churches, I am more than sure Glenn BEck is going to go all caliphate on Demint's arse tonite. Right? RIGHT? :sarcasm:

[Inuca]

4. Nonsensical ,idiotical statement

Yes, leadership of all kind starts at th bottom, and goes up from there. So what's his point (except still looking for that Waterloo)?

[Beaverhausen]

5. wait, I thought "community" was a bad thing to the repukes.

don't they use the term "community organizer" as an insult against Obama?

[tabatha]

6. Yep, the people in Wisconsin are leading !!!

[muntrv]

7. I'll remember that the next time a repub is pres.

[struggle4progress]

8. He's playing to his neoconfederate base. There's no point arguing

about what he says, because his audience will cheer whenever he denigrates the president, regardless of what he actually says

[Bluerthanblue]

9. geez, he's pretty good at talking out of both sides of his mouth-

he made this comment yesterday:

"DEMINT: Well, they're not willing to lead. They're trying to set us up to suggest how we're going to change programs so they can criticize it. But that's the president's job is to lead on these issues. And for him to just abdicate his responsibility and leave it in the hands of Congress makes no sense at all. But I'm proud of Republicans who've made a lot of great proposals of what we need to do, what Rand Paul has done here in the Senate to show how we can devolve things out of Washington. And Republicans have been very bold about it. But the fact is, we're not going to get anything done unless the president is willing to join us."
(i don't listen to fox- but read the transcript)
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/on-the-record/transcript/demint-obama039s-budget-proposal-039gimmick039-shows-no-leadership

He sounds like Archie Bunker to me- only he's not trying for comedy.

:shrug:

[RandomKoolzip]

10. He said the same thing about Reagan and both Bushes, right?

Oh...wait, no he didn't.

[name not needed]

11. Neither are you, asshole.

Fucking right-wing subhuman pile of shit.