When Stereotypes Go Wrong @2:00 PM
"There is a saying that the Jews who are wealthy got that way not by watching dollars, but instead by taking care of the pennies and the dollars taking care of themselves. By not using earmarks to fund projects for South Carolina and instead using actual bills, DeMint is watching our nation's pennies and trying to preserve our country's wealth and our economy's viability to give all an opportunity to succeed."
—Two South Carolina GOP Chairmen in an op-ed praising Senator Jim DeMint. DeMint subsequently denounced the piece, because, you know, who wants to be compared to a Jew? 15
How Obama's America And Nazi Germany Are Alike @3:55 PM
South Carolina Republican Senator Jim DeMint is taking some heat for remarks he made last evening at the National Press Club in Washington. Promoting his book Saving Freedom, DeMint told the audience that, "Part of what we're trying to do in "Saving Freedom" is just show that where we are, we're about where Germany was before World War II where they became a social democracy." While DeMint, whose fellow Republican Jim Inhofe is the one colleague standing in the way of the coveted "Dumbest Senator" designation, may not be the brightest bulb in the chamber, he is, at least on this point, not necessarily incorrect. There are actually several eerie parallels between the current-day United States and Germany during the rise of Hitler. READ MORE 12
