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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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First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote.
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From a policy standpoint, the Judeo-Christian principles are important.
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Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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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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Marriage is a religious and state issue.
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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis.
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American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
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We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.
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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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Democrats have chosen not to defend the Marine Corps, but to pander to anti-war protesters and Berkeley officials that are actively trying to impede military recruitment.
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Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world's religions.
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Eliminating business taxes makes US best at manufacturing.
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Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.
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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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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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