Jim DeMint thinks unions are the most powerful political group in the country. Really?
By R.K. Barry
(Let's make DeMint our Craziest Republican of the Day! -- MJWS)
Though I am quite used to Republican politicians saying spectacularly
stupid things, there is the occasional comment that strikes me as
particularly dim. In this case, it was something recently said by South Carolina Republican Senator Jim DeMint in reference to attempts to bust public-sector unions in Wisconsin. He stated the following:
The unions are the most powerful political group in the country today... Their power in politics is unprecedented. And without the unions, the Democrat Party fades away. The president is completely dependent for his reelection on the unions, and so are the Democrats.
It's
hard to know which part of this statement is more absurd, that unions
are the most powerful political group in the country today or that the
Democratic Party would fade away without them.
In a post-Citizens United
world where corporate interests can throw piles of money at election
campaigns, does anyone think that unions are actually the most powerful
player on the partisan stage. Seriously?
That's the only way his comment can make sense to me. It's bullshit, of course, but not an uncommon view amongst conservatives.
Labels: campaign finance, corporations, Craziest Republican of the Day, Democratic Party, Jim DeMint, labor unions, Republicans
2 Comments:
Does Jim DeMint think?
By Colin Day, at 10:15 PM
Sure, in a DeMented sort of way.
By Capt. Fogg, at 11:21 AM
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