Jim DeMint shows the level of his nuttiness

Let DeMint's words speak for himself.



"Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said Republicans should continue demanding steep spending cuts as part of a debt ceiling deal, even if it means the government will default.

[With brains like these, who needs assholes?]

“What I'm advocating here is let's use this as a point of leverage, give the president an increase, but don't come away without real cuts from real caps and spending, and without a balanced budget,” DeMint said on Fox Business News Wednesday night.

[Senator Mitch McConnell's office said that the debt ceiling negotiations should not be tied to calls for a Constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget.]

“We're at the point where there would have to be some, you know, some serious disruptions in order not to raise [the debt ceiling],” he said. “I'm willing to do that.”

[Maybe the rest of us don't want the country to commit economic seppuku, Senator Demented. Oh, I'm sorry is your name DeMint? So easy to mess that up.]

A major player in the Tea Party movement, DeMint's statements are likely to broaden the divide between the far-right and mainstream Republicans over the debt ceiling as negotiations with President Barack Obama continue."

[Ya think?]