Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
James Warren "Jim" DeMintis an American politician who was a United States Senator from South Carolina from 2005 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and a leading figure in the Tea Party movement. He previously served as the United States Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1999 to 2005. DeMint resigned from the Senate on January 1, 2013, to become president of The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 September 1951
children states left-behind
Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
competition segregation vouchers
Vouchers lead to competition, not re-segregation.
goal world compromise
Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.
wall winning firsts
First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote.
block men civilization
Since the dawn of time, traditional marriage - the union between one man and one woman - has been the building block of civilization, and at no point in our nation's history has that foundation been under more severe attack than now.
party tea politician
The Tea Party doesn't like politicians.
teaching school gay
If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools.
party dark years
I went through two pretty dark years being fed up with the system and frustrated with my own party after two disastrous elections in 2006 and 2008.
strong car want
I drive Fords, and I've driven American cars all my life, and I want to have a strong American manufacturing sector, especially in automobiles.
islamic iraq light
A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
party needs libertarian
The debate in the Republican Party needs to be between libertarians and conservatives.
government rose people
I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.
order make-sense wrong-things
It doesn't make sense to have to do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing.
facts republican has-beens
Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren't looking at the facts.