If Jim DeMint lived in your state and was running for Senate election/reelection.....
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Yes.
I vote yes.
He is a lot better than the typical neocon. He believes our politicians and reckless spending are the biggest threat to our country, a bigger threat than Islam or terrorism. He is not perfect on every issue, but he focuses on the right things.
I think he will be a great ally of Rand Paul.
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I voted yes.
Of course DeMint is NOT in the same league with Ron Paul but, again, no politician in Washington is.
Basically I agree a lot with his domestic policies and totally disagree with his foreign policies.
So I'd love to have a better choice than DeMint but if other options are 'all out neocon' OR 'typical dems', then I'd go for DeMint.
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He is better on the economy than most neo-cons, but his foreign policy beliefs are the same. He still gets involved in pointless party politics.
QUOTE=Wikipedia Entry on DeMint]Following an attempted terrorist attack on December 25, 2009, DeMint criticized President Barack Obama for lacking focus on terrorism since taking office and for failing to appoint a head of the Transportation Security Administration. Demint has also had a singular role in blocking a vote on Obama's nominee for the position, Erroll Southers.[/QUOTE]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_DeMint
He also voted for the PATRIOT Act twice.
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I'd just abstain from voting or vote for the libertarian candidate if he was good.
That is one way of looking at it. We shouldn't take our eye off the ball is all I am suggesting. Sure, is DeMint better than virtually all current Senators? Yes, but he is against liberty on enough issues to make me question voting for him. Luckily, I am not in South Carolina, so I don't have to make that decision.
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Although I voted yes, your concern is a valid one and I disagree with DeMint on foreign policy issue.
He promotes relatively sensible domestic policies but his approach to the Middle East is very troubling, to be honest.
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One isn't a conservative if they push an imperial foreign policy.
Some of his quotes on gays and single women are also troubling:
http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/jim_demint.htm
He is entitled to his opinion, but ouch on some of those.
Not if his Democrat opponent is also pro-war, which was the case when he got elected in 2004.
I don't think he "pushes" an imperial foreign policy any more than a typical liberal Democrat. He's more mild on foreign policy than most mainstream Republicans.
In most Senate races, at least one Third Party gets on the ballot. I would vote for the Third Party candidate if I liked them. In your latter post, you are essentially calling him the lesser of two evils candidate. If the question is, "if you HAD to vote for either a Generic Democrat or DeMint, would you vote for DeMint?" Then yes, I would, but if I had a principled Third Party candidate, then that is where my vote would go.
Pretty much. I would not call him a liberty candidate or trust him anywhere near as much as Ron Paul or other libertarians, but I think DeMint can bring the Republican party in a good direction and I think he truly wants the government to stop being so intrusive and spendthrift.
I can't say the same about slimeballs like Lindsay Graham, Dick Cheney, or Trey Grayson.
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