The conservative blogosphere is still buzzing over the news of Sen. Jim DeMint retiring to head the Heritage Foundation. Lefties predictably chimed in with giddy DeMint hate, but they weren’t alone. The Washington Post’s resident “conservative” columnist, Jennifer Rubin, pitched in with a gleeful hit piece on the departing senator, branding him an extremist and blaming him for the current political turmoil:
Cause for Cheer: DeMint leaves the Senate http://t.co/QbC9wKYS
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) December 6, 2012
Now for the U.S. Senate, I am sure many senators on both sides are clicking their heels. DeMint has been a destructive force, threatening to primary colleagues, resisting all deals and offering very little in the way of attainable legislation. He has contributed more than any current senator to the dysfunction of that body. He has worsened relations between the House and Senate, as he did in the budget fights in recent years, by meddling and pressuring his home state representative. His departure leaves other senators who seemed impressed with his brand of politics free to find their way to a more constructive position in the body.
@JillDLawrence I really don't like his brand of all-or-nothing conservatism as I've written many times in regard to him and more generally
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) December 6, 2012
Rubin received support from a handful of conservatives:
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/276754119669186560
@RichardGrenell @JRubinBlogger I don't like DeMint. Cannot tell you why, but have never trusted him. So I am sort of on Rubin's side.
— Christa Cooper (@MissMarple2) December 6, 2012
But most weren’t remotely interested in bestowing praise upon her. Talk radio host Mark Levin pulled no punches in his response to Rubin’s piece, telling her to “go to hell.”
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Go to hell, Jennifer Rubin… http://t.co/SNqm1eUR
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) December 6, 2012
Levin’s sentiments were echoed by several people:
https://twitter.com/AtomicJacket/status/276772117733847041
@JRubinBlogger …. INSANITY meet STUPIDITY and Beltway DELUSION… RT @marklevinshow: Go to hell, Jennifer Rubin… http://t.co/1NJxweDu
— God Bless Texas (@GHalv) December 6, 2012
https://twitter.com/jrr000/status/276775453904224258
And Rubin quickly found herself the object of fierce derision:
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/276753616352718848
Dear @JRubinBlogger, I was "diminished" by reading your "non-scholarly" screed about Sen. DeMint – Shame on u – http://t.co/I15dnDQo
— Brian Darling (@BrianHDarling) December 6, 2012
Now that the election is over and her moderate candidate lost, @JRubinBlogger returns to trashing conservatives like during the primary
— Kyle Raccio (@kyleraccio) December 6, 2012
@JRubinBlogger Hope your having fun with your MSNBC audition #CauseForUnfollow
— Jason D (@iamjasond) December 6, 2012
Someone remind me of @JRubinBlogger’s conservative bona fides… And what, exactly, is this Washington Compost thing? #tcot #ocra #teaparty
— (((WitCoHE))) (@E__Strobel) December 6, 2012
https://twitter.com/AlexDestino/status/276756392222793728
Wow, @JRubinBlogger, you say @JimDeMint ruined senate, not @SenatorReid and his power grabs? So stopping bad legislation is bad?
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) December 6, 2012
@JRubinBlogger I don't think that's being honest. You don't like his basic conservatism at all.
— -theYeti (@TheSmokingYeti) December 6, 2012
@seanmdav @JRubinBlogger Give it up Jen. No one on the right takes you seriously. You are of the left, for the left and by the left. #tcot
— The 12th Fan (@Josh_Painter) December 6, 2012
She's a faux conservative, what do you expect? @jtinfo @JRubinBlogger
— Jennifer "The Lollipop Guild" O'Connell (@asthegirlturns) December 6, 2012
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/276761674860601344
https://twitter.com/cummingsamerica/status/276763418562809856
https://twitter.com/JasonColemann/status/276757863546884096
It's almost like @JRubinBlogger doesn't just disagree with — but actually can't comprehend — devotion to principle. http://t.co/rC959Z6d
— Colin Duffy (@TheRightDuff) December 6, 2012
https://twitter.com/adamsbaldwin/status/276767084141232128
Poll: If @JRubinBlogger's work didn't trash conservatives would Wapo have any interest in it?
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) December 6, 2012
@JRubinBlogger Is WaPo ever going to change the false header "from a conservative perspective"? Another reason WaPo and you are frauds.
— Wylde Rhoads (@WyldeRhoads) December 6, 2012
https://twitter.com/conncarroll/status/276763292263936001
@DrewMTips But @jrubinblogger's idea of good, moderate conservatism is the only way we're going to win ele…oh, wait.
— Peter Cook (@_Peter_Cook) December 6, 2012
@JRubinBlogger I've had all I can take of your supposed Conservative comments. Good luck with your future, I won't be reading you anymore.
— Ann (@Evilpa) December 6, 2012
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