youtube.com— Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) discusses the many flaws of the National Service Act being considered on the Senate floor, calling it "a well-intentioned mistake" (Mar. 24, 2009).
Mar 24, 2009View in Crawl 4
"That's why we take the oath to the constitution. To protect and defend a very limited form of government. We need to focus on what we were set up to do, and do it much better. This is a huge well intended mistake that we're making. This government needs to stop spending, stop borrowing, stop taxing, and let America work."
Before the flood of comments about DeMint's voting record on military spending and defense policies drowns out this good idea, let me say that an idea's validity is independent of the speaker and other arguments he may have. Contradictions between multiple ideas doesn't mean each idea is invalid.
Closed AccountMar 25, 2009
"That's why we take the oath to the constitution. To protect and defend a very limited form of government. We need to focus on what we were set up to do, and do it much better. This is a huge well intended mistake that we're making. This government needs to stop spending, stop borrowing, stop taxing, and let America work."
kaelyiestaMar 25, 2009
Before the flood of comments about DeMint's voting record on military spending and defense policies drowns out this good idea, let me say that an idea's validity is independent of the speaker and other arguments he may have. Contradictions between multiple ideas doesn't mean each idea is invalid.