Jim DeMint Scuttlebutt? Anything Behind Resignation?

Darth Rotor said:
hgc, analysis of DeMint rings true.

As to the Barbecue guy for Senator, I can get behind that. Then again, as I am not from South Carolina, I don't get to say.
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Anybody responsible for Carolina-style barbecue has no business... well... doing anything.
 
Tricky said:
Anybody responsible for Carolina-style barbecue has no business... well... doing anything.
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You are a terrible human being. And I say that with the highest respect.

S. Carolina has conjured magic in its midlands mustard-based bbq sauce. And I say that as a N. Carolinian.
 
He sees himself as the next Gover Norquist, in other words, the next unelected master of legal bribery and extortion.
 
Tricky said:
Anybody responsible for Carolina-style barbecue has no business... well... doing anything.
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hgc said:
You are a terrible human being. And I say that with the highest respect.

S. Carolina has conjured magic in its midlands mustard-based bbq sauce. And I say that as a N. Carolinian.
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Hmm? Well, the big tick comes from 'Bama, and as I recall, there's a whole lot of barbecue gestalt going on down there. They take what they like from Georgia style, South Carolina style and even dreaded western styles.

If, per chance, he's speaking of that abomination that they refer to as barbecue in Texas? Well, lynching would be too good for him. I believe the farthest point west for barbecue, as a proper southern boy, is Memphis.

Okay, seriously? It's hard for folks from the old south, but Texas barbecue (which isn't a single style anyway) is pretty damned terrific. You just need to consider it as a different treatment of beef instead of an attempt to imitate pork. (I'm very partial to South Carolina and Georgia barbecue, but I've had some wonderfully delicious barbecued beef in Dallas and a barbecued whole lamb in McAllen that was one of the best pieces of meat I've ever eaten.)

I'm with Scrut, by the way. (Who else has ever said that other than trying to get into a speakeasy, I wonder?) I've had barbecue all over the world, and have never met one that was unworthy of my attention.
 
Here's a story (kinda gossipy and snarky) about the guy DeMint himself favors to replace him:

An African-American gentleman, who is a 46-year-old bachelor who preaches or used to preach abstinence until marriage.

http://wonkette.com/491603/jim-demi...-sex-outside-of-marriage-burn-him#more-491603

As a 30-year-old, Scott would speak at schools about the importance of abstinence until marriage. He didn’t hesitate to tell the story of his own virginity as an unmarried man. “Talking to teens and college students about sexual purity is a hot ticket for me because I’m single,” he told The Post and Courier in Charleston in 1995. “I know what it means to struggle on the issue of sex. But it’s worth the wait.”

Scott laughed when asked recently about whether as a 46-year-old bachelor he adheres to the same virtues that he did at 30. “Yeah.… Not as well as I did then,” he said in his Capitol Hill office. “At the end of the day, the Bible is very clear: abstinence until marriage. Not to do so is a sin.” Scott said he would still go to schools to preach the importance of abstinence but would no longer use his own story. “I wouldn’t talk about that anymore,” he said with a smile. “The Bible’s right—you’re better off to wait. I just wish we all had more patience.”
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ETA: don't forget that DeMint was one of the Christine O'Donnell backers. He threw his support behind her in the primary against a heavily favored establishment Republican. Somehow this back story of Scott kind of reminds me of O'Donnell.
 
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Did somebody say Senate seat? South Carolina?

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I understand why DeMint may have taken this step. I'd much rather be paid more for talking about what I should do then to actually have to do it.
 
I certainly hope Stephen Colbert isn't in consideration. He'd be a horrible senator. I love his show and he's doing far more good keeping tabs on politicians than he'd do on the inside if he were a politician himself.
 
DavidJames said:
I understand why DeMint may have taken this step. I'd much rather be paid more for talking about what I should do then to actually have to do it.
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I think you nailed it. DeMint will be paid more writing books and giving speeches and have more fun doing it than he will in the slog of public service.
 
ravdin said:
I certainly hope Stephen Colbert isn't in consideration. He'd be a horrible senator. I love his show and he's doing far more good keeping tabs on politicians than he'd do on the inside if he were a politician himself.
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Not to mention the hit to his pay and prestige.

You don't go from candidate to be the President of South Carolina to Senator, that's just demeaning. Ask McCain.
 
Tricky said:
Anybody responsible for Carolina-style barbecue has no business... well... doing anything.
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Other than washing it down with beer, yes. On the other hand, it's the principle of the thing. How can you not like barbecue?
hgc said:
You are a terrible human being. And I say that with the highest respect. S. Carolina has conjured magic in its midlands mustard-based bbq sauce. And I say that as a N. Carolinian.
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I'll put Rudy's up against that any day. (And then there's a whole host of glory coming out of Kansas City ... )
ravdin said:
I certainly hope Stephen Colbert isn't in consideration. He'd be a horrible senator. I love his show and he's doing far more good keeping tabs on politicians than he'd do on the inside if he were a politician himself.
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Good point.
fuelair said:
On this we firmly agree!!!:):)
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Pistols at dawn. :p
Brainster said:
He had gay sex with Obama and that limo driver.
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That's what I call crossing the aisle ... :eek:
 
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