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blogs.abcnews.com — On Friday, on a "Conservatives for Patients Rights" conference call with conservative activists dealing with health care reform, Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., said, as Ben Smith at Politico reported, "If we're able to stop Obama on this,
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Beltway Blips
http://beltway.blips.com/story/white_house_plans_to_use_demint_s_waterloo_quote_to/
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President Obama used a Republican senator’s criticism to rally supporters for healthcare reform and to challenge the GOP not to play political games with the issue.
Speaking to a group at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington on Monday,
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The Hill
http://thehill.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84324&Itemid=70
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www.politico.com — Conservative leaders will push delay any vote on health care reform until after the August recess to capitalize on what they say is a growing tide of opposition to reform measures, they said on a conference call with "tea party"
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Beltway Blips
http://beltway.blips.com/story/health_reform_foes_plan_obama_s_waterloo/
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DEMINT DOES IT AGAIN.... Gearing up for his re-election campaign next year, Sen. Jim DeMint (R) of South Carolina, arguably the chamber's single most conservative member, is doing what all candidates in his position are doing: raising money and ...
“He’
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Beltway Blips
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Sen. Jim DeMint is mad as hell and isn't going to take it anymore. AP Photo/Susan Walsh
In his first decade in Congress, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) sought to convert his colleagues to his conservative beliefs through "gentle persuasion" and the sort of
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The Fix
http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=f786c3c48a72446f3e35d81884d56f32
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...to comment. Not a subscriber? Click here to get a digital or print and digital subscription to The New Republic! Jim Demint is the gold medalist of stupidity. Like George Constanza discovering that his instincts are invariably wrong, Obama should plan his...
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The New Republic
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2009/07/09/jim-demint-hates-america.aspx
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Jim DeMint is taking the lead on getting an audit of the Federal Reserve in the Senate. Ron Paul’s smile tonight is measured by the fact that the Senate Democratic leadership has seen fit to block a vote on Jim DeMint adding an amendment to a spending
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Liberty Maven
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http://libertymaven.com/2009/07/06/jim-demint-audit-the-fed-senate-warrior-ally/6364/
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President Obama has decried it. The Organization of American States and countries throughout Latin America have condemned it. The European Union has protested loudly. The majority of world leaders have raised their voices in opposition, confirmed by
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Counterpunch
http://www.counterpunch.org/kozloff07032009.html
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To get a better sense of what this guy all about, consider DeMint's interview with Human Events, a right-wing magazine, to talk about his worldview, which included his belief that "most members of Congress lean socialist."
"I regret to say that there
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Political Animal
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_07/018914.php
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WASHINGTON
- South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is defending the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and says the rule of law is working in Honduras.
Zelaya was ousted in a military coup after he ignored a Supreme Court order to halt a
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/politics/49773052.html
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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) recently used this talking point himself in arguing against a public option for the National Review. Yesterday, however, DeMint appeared to inadvertently offer an example that demonstrates that the notion that the public plan
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Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/02/demint-public-option/
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Here are the odds that Republicans are up against with this healthcare fight. The media have stacked the deck against any GOP idea or plan weighing heavily in favor of Obama’s plaintiveness over our healthcare system. The media gives him all the air
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Stop The ACLU
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/stoptheaclu/cxLr/~3/Y9GxR3ySi1c/
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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), demanding debate over handful of GOP-sponsored amendments, prevented the Senate from moving forward on the legislative branch appropriations bill Tuesday night.
In a five-minute floor exchange after Majority Leader Harry
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Roll Call
http://www.rollcall.com/news/36206-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
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Sen. DeMint, on the right, is backing Marco Rubio, on the left, in the upcoming Republican primary for Florida's open Senate seat in 2010.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sen. Jim DeMint said Tuesday he is "convinced" Marco Rubio can defeat Charlie Crist in the GOP'
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CNN
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/MEYhCzNG7Bc/
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Opening Statement
Q&A Session
It's a closed primary, so independents and Dems, who seem to love Crist, won't have a say in the matter.
Today, the leader of conservatives in the Senate, Jim DeMint, endorsed Marco Rubio over Charlie Crist in the
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Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views)
http://rightwingnews.com/mt331/2009/06/a_teleconference_with_jim_demi_1.php
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The Buzz: Florida Politics
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tampabaycom/blogs/buzz/~3/mhSBqtuYY7o/jim-demint-endorsing-marco-rubio.html
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...level. In this State, it will crash and burn. The only thing Charlie has to worry about is hurricanes, not Marco. Senator Jim DeMint is one of the strongest and most reliable Republican voices in Washington. Good for him for demonstrating true leadership in...
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The Buzz: Florida Politics
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tampabaycom/blogs/buzz/~3/mhSBqtuYY7o/jim-demint-endorsing-marco-rubio.html
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Other senators have come away from their meetings with Sotomayor concerned about her position on gun rights.
Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., said Tuesday that he was disappointed that the judge refused to say during their visit that the Second Amendment
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Daily Kos
http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/KkhVH4B-y10/-A-Brief-Lesson-on-the-Judicial-Role-for-Sen.-DeMint
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With the economy showing signs of recovery, fiscally conservative economists and Republican lawmakers are suggesting that the large unspent portion of the nearly $800 billion stimulus fund should be redirected to slash this year's nearly $2 trillion
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Political Animal
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_06/018526.php
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...WASHINGTON -- In politics, few bridges stay burned forever -- and five years is a lifetime. Sen. Jim DeMint and Inez Tenenbaum, once formidable foes in a nationally watched campaign, had a friendly visit Wednesday to discuss her pending nomination to chair...
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1058019.html
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Hello again. I’m Senator Jim DeMint, and this is Freedomcast for May 14th, 2009.
Last month, Senator Ted Kennedy wrote an op-ed in the Boston Globe calling for the creation an optional, “public health insurance plan, where coverage is provided in the
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Minority Report
http://www.theminorityreportblog.com/story/steve_foley/2009/05/16/senator_jim_demint_on_health_care_reform
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For weeks and weeks, something has bothered me to no end. Something I just can’t figure out. And it’s left me a mental mess.
Occasionally I find myself staring blankly into the TV screen; it’s off and I’ve lost all sense of time and oh my God, am I
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Charleston City Paper
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/HaireoftheDog/archives/2009/05/07/a-challenge-to-jim-demint-from-the-slumber-party
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...and California. That’s a good federalist, or libertarian, or traditional American conservative vision. But is it really Jim DeMint’s vision? DeMint says “that centralized government infringes on individual liberty and that problems are best solved by the people...
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Cato@Liberty
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/hJKyEy9FHS4/
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According to the Washington Times, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Saturday that it’s time for the Republican Party to give up its “nostalgia” for the heyday of the Reagan era and look forward, even if it means stealing the winning strategy deployed
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Patterico's Pontifications Comments
http://patterico.com/2009/05/04/you-talkin-to-me-jeb/
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'WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN?'.... In general, CNN's Rick Sanchez is not my cup of tea, but I have to admit, he has his moments.
This afternoon, Sanchez was interviewing Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), arguably the chamber's most conservative member, about
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Political Animal
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_04/017948.php
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As I walked among the crowd of 2,500 or so that had gathered last night at the U.S. Custom House on East Bay, I kept asking myself two questions.
One, is that the smell of booze all around me or is it cheap perfume? My first thought was that it was
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Charleston City Paper
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/HaireoftheDog/archives/2009/04/16/jim-demint-has-seen-the-enemy-and-it-is-himself
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A little bit of agitporn is making its way around the interwaves, highlighting the fact that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce failed to honor that new bastion of conservativism Sen. Jim DeMint with one of its Spirit of Enterprise Awards.
This is a travesty
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Charleston City Paper
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/HaireoftheDog/archives/2009/04/09/demint-paul-rated-lower-by-us-chamber-than-obama-biden-clinton
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(CNSNews.com) - The U.S. Senate is poised to approve a dramatic expansion of the AmeriCorps national community service program. Conservatives who oppose the measure say it is an attempt to greatly expand government’s role in providing community
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CNSNews.com
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=45644
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Civil society is the only institution in America that still works because it is free from government interference. This bill distorts the motivation for vounteerism and will inevitably corrupt private charity.
Essentially, the measure is an
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Charleston City Paper
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/HaireoftheDog/archives/2009/03/25/jim-demint-disses-americorps
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But it's not just funny because it's an "English Only" plea in support of a Latin motto.
And it's not just funny because that Latin motto isn't actually our national motto.
Sen. Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican, had threatened to delay Tuesday's
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Daily Kos
http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/qx1PpRNC_L4/-Selective-GOP-Outrage-Alert!
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Yesterday, South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint (R) ignited a firestorm of controversy by claiming that most kids in Washington, D.C.'s public schools end up as gang members. But maybe before speaking out about education failures in our nation's capitol the
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Facing South
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FacingSouth/~3/AHNMIDiVims/sen-demint-focus-on-schools-in-south-carolina.html
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Is it safe assuming DeMint is one of the 44%ers?
It is awesome how the Red State almost invariably perform BELOW the national averages in education, the health of their citizens, etc. and then take the MOST money in federal aid and are represented by
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Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/06/demint-dc-gangs/
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Over 450 people are employed by the airport and by the 25 aviation-related businesses on the airport.
The total payroll is in excess of $13 million.
The total economic output, both direct and indirect, from the airport to our community is in excess
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GreenvilleOnline.com
http://greenvilleonline.com/article/20090306/OPINION/903060318/1008/rss03
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In today's slide show, below, Katie singles out South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint for being one of Congress' most inane twitterers (twits?).
Well, Katie, I beg to disagree. If DeMint were so inane, how come he just signed a big ol' book deal? From
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The New Republic
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2009/03/04/jim-demint-s-honkin-big-book-deal.aspx
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bring ‘em on .. please ….
I wouldn’t underestimate the rage in that room. Have you read that gun sales are up 500% since the election? Survivalist thinking is running rampant.
DeMint will soon be on Beck’s show, I’d bet. The particular episode will be
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Firedoglake
http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/27/at-cpac-jim-demint-urges-conservatives-to-take-to-the-streets-to-stop-obamas-socialism/
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Today, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) unveiled legislation meant to “guarantee workers’ rights to secret ballot elections and create a firewall” against the Employee Free Choice Act. As a preview, DeMint took to Fox News to describe why he thinks his firewall
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Think Progress
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/02/25/demint-small-business/
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DASCHLE'S PROSPECTS.... Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, one of the chamber's most far-right members, told George Stephanopoulos this morning that Tom Daschle's tax difficulties "may be" a disqualifying revelation for the HHS position.
The question,
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Political Animal
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_02/016701.php
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...Sen. Jim DeMint told reporters today that he intends to be "one of the leaders" in the effort to stop an economic stimulus bill in the Senate, and that he has more allies at the outset than he did in a bitter and ultimately successful effort to defeat 2007...
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GreenvilleOnline.com
http://greenvilleonline.com/article/20090129/NEWS03/90129020/-1/rss
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What motivated Politico to take a two month-old story about South Carolina GOP Senator Jim DeMint (picture at right is from that story) out of mothballs and put it out there right now?
So why is that news now? Well, it's not hard to believe that it's
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Newsbusters
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2009/01/29/demeaned-demint-politicos-piece-70-days-after-events-involved-oddly-time
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The Politico reported last week that “GOP Pressures Bunning to Quit” and named two “GOP sources” as authority for a story full of false accusations and rumors. These sources implied that Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) had not made clear his intentions to
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RedState
http://www.redstate.com/blog/2009/01/27/senate-republicans-throw-another-conservative-under-the-bus-jim-demint/
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...throw the best parties The no votes were Vitter, who tangled with her at the hearing over the Clinton Foundation, and Jim DeMint. I wonder what his problem was. Vitter was upset because he needed his diaper changed, and DeMint is just a d-bag. Is it wrong...
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Hot Air
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/01/21/special-special-lady-confirmed-as-secretary-of-state/
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...a consortium to defeat the flying sea monsters. People who don't live in objective reality should not have power. "Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina is the kind of uncompromising conservative who can make the leaders' life difficult." How? If the minority...
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Political Animal
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_01/016541.php
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...past time for a do-over on this party. Maybe not. If we can find some more people like Jim DeMint to take the place of some of the wusses we have in there we can take the party back. I see both Senators from Maine are a part of this fiasco. Maine was sank...
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Michelle Malkin
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/12/roll-call-vote-the-first-vote-of-the-111th-congress/
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...last month on Capitol Hill. Some religious right activists and far-right lawmakers, led in large part by South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint (R), are outraged that the visitor center is largely secular. For example, near the center's entrance, there's an engraving:...
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Political Animal
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_01/016380.php
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...Amendment and dealing with a runoff. The Millionaires' Amendment increased contribution limits for candidates like Jim DeMint who were running against wealthy opponents who donated a certain amount of their own money to their campaign. The law was complex...
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GreenvilleOnline.com
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http://greenvilleonline.com/article/20090110/OPINION/901100329/1008/rss03
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...Act of 2009 on Wednesday together with Congressman Greg Walden (R-Ore.), chairman of the House Republican Conference; Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), chairman of the Senate Steering Committee; and Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), vice chairman of the Senate Republican...
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Dakota Voice
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DakotaVoice/~3/507596731/167-republicans-introduce-bill-to-block-fairness-doctrine.html
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...of 2009 on Wednesday together with Congressman Greg Walden (R-Ore.), chairman of the House Republican Conference; Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), chairman of the Senate Steering Committee; and Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), vice chairman of the Senate Republican...
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Dakota Voice
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DakotaVoice/~3/508656957/
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...said would all but eliminate the talk-radio industry. [...] "Freedom of speech is under attack in this country," said Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican and co-sponsor of the Broadcaster Freedom Act. "I am just committing today to use every rule, every...
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Political Animal
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_01/016347.php
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...defends nation's history A recent letter to the editor took a partisan shot at Sen. Jim DeMint's objections to the historical inaccuracies of the new Congressional Visitor's Center (CVC), accusing him of wasting his time and salary. However, Sen. DeMint was...
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GreenvilleOnline.com
http://greenvilleonline.com/article/20090106/OPINION/901060305/1008/rss03
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...that no one in the world has found an acceptable way of storing or rendering inert. At least two of your recent editorials (Sen. Jim DeMint and Mr. Clint Wolfe) contend that nuclear power is "clean." Until Sen. DeMint and Mr. Wolfe volunteer to live next to...
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GreenvilleOnline.com
http://greenvilleonline.com/article/20081223/OPINION02/812230319/1008/rss03
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