The Anchorage Daily News published a piece by former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint in which he shares his great and unmatched wisdom about the Alaska recall effort.

A couple of points for Alaskans to remember.

In 2008, DeMint called on Sen. Mitch McConnell to expel Sen. Ted Stevens from the Senate following his felony convictions.

That same year he shared his expertise on Alaska by saying that Gov. Sarah Palin “killed the infamous Bridge to Nowhere in her own state. Yes, she once supported the project: But after witnessing the problems created by earmarks for her state and for the nation's budget, she did what others like me have done: She changed her position and saved taxpayers millions.”

In 2010, he cast his lot with Senate candidate Joe Miller against Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

After Miller won the GOP Senate primary, DeMint told the Wall Street Journal: "It should be a wake-up call to Republicans that politicians who go to Washington to bring home the bacon aren't wanted—even in a state like Alaska that has gotten so much pork under senators like Ted Stevens. Voters are saying 'We're not willing to bankrupt the country to benefit ourselves.'"

DeMint tried to get Murkowski removed from a key Senate committee because of her write-in campaign., but failed.

Later, he raised money for Miller to fight Murkowski’s write-in victory, saying the state was wrong to count misspelled Murkowski votes in which the voter’s intention was clear.

“I am not a lawyer, but the law is pretty clear. And I hope they will follow the Alaska law.”

He was correct in saying that he was not a lawyer, but he was wrong about the rest of it.

Now he says the recall is the work of “Alaska partisans” who want to use “budget reductions to inflame and co-opt public opinion in support of their politically motivated attempt to nullify the results of the 2018 election.”

It’s not about nullifying the election and it was Dunleavy who inflamed public opinion with his ill-advised budget cuts.

DeMint praises Dunleavy for his rule-by-veto regime, but whoever wrote this column for him did not mention that Dunleavy reversed himself on a majority of the vetoes to state operations because of public pressure, signified by the recall movement that drew nearly 50,000 supporters in a month.

Dunleavy backtracked on $150 million in state operations spending, largely consisting of money for the University of Alaska, monthly cash payments to poor old people and a variety of education, arts and social service programs.