Two Republican Party chairmen from South Carolina, in trying to defend Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-SC) practice of not using earmarks, said DeMint "is watching our nation's pennies," just like "the Jews who are wealthy."Wait...it gets better when viewed in context of the full quote. In an op-ed the two men wrote for a South Carolina newspaper, they wrote:
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.
This is the same Senator who identified Obama's health insurance reform efforts as "his Waterloo," a project that can bring him down politically so as to ensure Republican victories in the next two elections.
That's gonna be a little hard to do when the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll shows that only 20 percent of Americans identify as Republicans.
Only 20 percent of Americans now identify themselves as Republicans, the fewest in 26 years. Just 19 percent, similarly, trust the Republicans in Congress to make the right decisions for the country's future; even among Republicans themselves just four in 10 are confident in their own party. For comparison, 49 percent overall express this confidence in Obama, steady since August albeit well below its peak.
My italics. Just 40% of Republicans actually have confidence in their own party. That's quite a fall from grace.
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