Dispatch:
....In an email to supporters, DeMint said his organization - the Senate Conservatives Fund - hopes to raise $100,000 by the end of the week for Mandel. DeMint, a South Carolina Republican, urged his backers to contribute so Mandel can defeat Brown, an Ohio Democrat whom DeMint called "the most liberal politician in the Senate."
DeMint wrote that, if Mandel wins the Republican primary against state Sen. Kevin Coughlin, the November 2012 race "will pit a young conservative leader with the principles and determination to restore America's greatness against a liberal career politician who is responsible for near double-digit unemployment and over $14 trillion in debt."
Does anyone want to explain to DeMint that the debt was delivered to President Obama from the Bush administration? Obviously, DeMint must have been attracted to Mandel because of his racist propaganda he used against his Democratic opponent in the last general election. (Do you remember the Mandel campaign accusing Kevin Boyce of being a Muslim, when he is actually a Christian (WKRG)?)
DeMint is clearly putting the blame in the wrong place when it comes to the debt. Is it possible that DeMint hasn't seen this chart from Politisite?
Someone needs to tell DeMint that he cannot make up his own facts.
DailyKos:
• OH-Sen: That's odd. Jim DeMint, prince of the conservacrazies, is awarding his first endorsement of the cycle to… a dude who isn't actually even running yet, Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, who has only gone as far as forming an exploratory committee. Perhaps this is DeMint delivering an exploratory kick in the pants?
There is definitely something scary about someone like DeMint supporting any Ohioan. By the way, has Josh Mandel explained his position on SB 5? Does he support it?
Is Josh Mandel so anxious to become a Senator that he'll take money from someone who has made racist and bigoted statements? (see CrooksandLiars, ModerateVoice, etc.)
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Today's reminder: On April 15, 2011, Republican Rep. Steve Stivers (OH-15) voted for Paul Ryan's budget plan which kills Medicare. Why does Stivers want to throw your grandmother off Medicare coverage and at the mercy of corporate health insurers who are more interested in profit than care?