If a DEMOCRATIC Senator said "I'm not interested in Bush's speech," REPUBS would DEMAND resignation

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Jim DeMint Blasts Obama Jobs Plan: 'I'm Not Interested In His Speech'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/04/jim-demint-obama-jobs-speech_n_948387.html

WASHINGTON -- Tea Party leader Sen. Jim DeMint on Sunday dismissed President Barack Obama's jobs speech four days ahead of its scheduled delivery.

"I'm, frankly, very tired of speeches. I don't want to be disrespectful to the president, but what I want to see is something in writing," the South Carolina Republican told ABC's "This Week." "If he'll send a written proposal, I'll give it every chance. But I'm not interested in his speech right now."

Obama's address to a joint session of Congress, in which he will shift his attention to job creation, is anticipated to be one of the most important speeches of his presidency. But Republicans are less than eager to hear it. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) rejected Obama's request to deliver the speech Wednesday, citing scheduling issues, and insisted he come Thursday instead. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), an outspoken House freshman, announced that he is skipping Obama's speech altogether.

DeMint's resistance to Obama's jobs plan goes so far as to include opposition to tax cuts and business tax credits, a remarkable turnaround for a political party that has for decades pushed for exactly that. "The things that have been leaking out of the White House, none of them are like what I've been hearing from businesses all over the country," DeMint said. "You know, extending unemployment , cutting payroll taxes, offering tax credits when you hire someone, I haven't heard one business say things like this."

[mucifer]

1. I wouldn't be surprised if Kucinich or Grayson have said similar things. nt

[villager]

4. Kucinich: "Americans are ready for a second New Deal"

http://www.thestatecolumn.com/ohio/kucinich-unemployment-report-shows-urgent-need-for-bold-action/


Not quite DeMint-ish, eh?

[LWolf]

7. What are the chances

that Obama is interested in listening to Kucinich?

[villager]

8. Well, there's the rub. He's much likelier to listen to Republicans.

n/t

[LWolf]

11. You're right. So...

why are WE supposed to be so damned eager to listen to him?

I want off this one-way street.

[blogslut]

2. "I don't want to be disrespectful to the president, but..."

You are correct, Jim. You are a butt.

[jefferson_dem]

3. Meh. Demint is simply echoing what i've seen several of our DU friends say in the past couple days.

Speech smeech...

Strange bedfellows, once again.

[BlueCaliDem]

5. + 1000 eom

[LWolf]

6. I'm a Democrat and I'm not much interested in his speech.

I'm interested in what he DOES, and with most of his first term behind him, I'm appalled.

Strong words or suddenly giving a few sops for campaign purposes aren't going move me.

[TwilightGardener]

9. Speech is pretty much what he's got from now until 2012. Nothing is

going to be passed of consequence through Congress.

[LWolf]

10. It's a shame he wasted most of his term, then. nt

[TwilightGardener]

12. I don't believe he did. I think he did quite a lot in his first two years.

Most of it, I agreed with.

[LWolf]

13. I have to disagree.

I think he took the party, and the nation, rapidly backwards. I don't expect to see us recover in my lifetime.

[spanone]

14. he doesn't want to be disrepectful....BUT YOU FUCKING ARE ASSHOLE

[emulatorloo]

15. They are moving the goal posts again. first "He has no plan"

now "I don't want to listen to his plan."

[TwilightGardener]

16. Then it's "we don't need to bother trying his plan". Yep.

[subterranean]

17. Union busting and deregulation...that's what creates jobs.

According to DeMent.