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Jim DeMint

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Jim DeMint
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 2
Business Executive
Former United States Senator
Politician
Greenville
South Carolina
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I've developed a lot of reform proposals myself and been accused of trying to destroy Social Security, when the whole point was to try to save it. I think most people know that Social Security is bankrupt.
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American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
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I don't even like playing a contentious role.
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Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.
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Cash-for-Clunkers program was a stupid idea.
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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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NCLB should be called More Children Left behind.
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The hope and change the Democrats had in mind was nothing more than a retread of the failed and discredited socialist policies that have been the enemy of freedom for centuries all over the world. I fear America is teetering towards tyranny.
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Not federal government's job to do good deeds.
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If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.
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One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.
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Democrats are making it clear that they intend to use our economic crisis to rush through their longtime liberal goals without public scrutiny or debate. ... This will increase burdens on taxpayers and take a significant step toward socialized medicine.
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Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.
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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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Frankly, if independents and Democrats want to work with us on conservative ideas, I can do that better at Heritage than as a partisan inside.
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No funding for Planned Parenthood protect the unborn.
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We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.
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Eliminating business taxes makes US best at manufacturing.
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