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Jim DeMint
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 2
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Former United States Senator
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Greenville
South Carolina
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Cash-for-Clunkers program was a stupid idea.
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As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable.
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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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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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Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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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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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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Vouchers lead to competition, not re-segregation.
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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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Social Security mess is another failed progressive policy.
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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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Eliminating business taxes makes US best at manufacturing.
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Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world's religions.
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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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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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I think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean, they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came together concerned about our debt and our spending. And they're interested in constitutional, limited government. And so they're not one group of people. They're thousands of small groups all over the country.
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What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator.
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I don't even like playing a contentious role.
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Marriage is a religious and state issue.
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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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