Our elected officials behave as though they should only represent those that elected them. DeMint is a S.C. senator. I need him to listen to my point of view, and give me the time and respect as a citizen of this state. Agree or not, he is OUR senator, and should act like OUR senator, not just his base's. Semper Fi

Does Jim DeMint represent YOU?
Short answer yes he represents me and does a great job.

How do you feel his recent comments reflect upon the state of South Carolina?
Just fine. Obama and the liberal media are threatened by him. Rather than narrowly focusing in on the few comments above, why not do a little more research? Say for instance visit Demint's
Website or interview him.

Demint for President!

Actually, yes. Sen. DeMint represents me better than any in the United States. He is one of the only ones that actually tells the truth.

Jim DeMint does not speak for me. Neither does Mark Sanford.

yes, he represents me just fine.

answering this question puts me in a similar frame of mind as another question that pops up on my computer screen from time as I move about in cyberspace: "Do you feel that Washington is out of touch with the rest of America?" Most people probably answer "Yes" to that question, but I always answer "No," because I think that while our congressmen and women might by their actions SEEM to be out of touch with America, I believe they know exactly what they are doing. I maynot like what they do, but I don't believe they do it because they think that's what I want them to do. But this question is a bit different. In my young, naive days, I used to believe that people such as Mr. DeMint did not represent his constituents; however, as I got older and gained a good bit more experience, I made the sad discovery that he probably DOES represent the views of most South Carolinians. I grew up in Indiana and have lived all over the country and in parts of the rest of the world, but I have found this to be the second most conservative stte I have ever lived in. My home state, birthplace of the John Birch society, a place where as late as my teens still had KKK cross burnings reported in the local newspaper, actually surpasses South Carolina in its conservative bent, but not by much. Some of the silly stuff I see coming out ou the state legislature, I read and think, "No way, no one will tolerate this, but guess what. the next day or two will see dozen upon dozen letters to the editor in the local newspapers, from people who indicate in o uncertain terms their pleasure at the legislation. Being allowed to take loaded guns into bars is just insane, but "the people" are going, "Hey, that's muh boy, up in Columbia." And a lot of the hatred toward other human beings has its origins in the many Christian ministers who preach their hatred based, so they say, on biblical teachings. therefore, when any legislation against gay rights or freedom of speech is introduced. the "good ole boys" are right there to support it, although they'll deny to the death that doing so had anything with their anti-gay beliefs or their evangelical attitudes. I came to expect that sort of thing in my homestate, but I was a bit disappointed to discover the practices live and well here in South Carolina.

Someone above says that "He (DeMint) is one of the only ones that actually tells the truth"; I suppose that sort of answer strongly depends upon what one takes to be "TRUE"

Oh, My God! DeMint for president? Saints preserve us. There are just enough moderate liberals in the state to counter at the ballot box anyone who gets too carried away. There are quite enough bible-thumping, gun-toting, gay-hating idiots already; let's not encourage another term to see how far DeMint can erode our individual rights. South Carolina already looks like a state full of backward, scripture spouting, hate-filled individuals, without DeMint there to give them a boost and our state yet another feature to make it even m ore of a laughing stock of the rest of the country.

Heck yeah! I like the man and I like his hard core conservative values. He may not vote the way I like all the time, but for the most part, I can see why he does.

No politician represents me in this insane state. South Carolina politicians basically range from "batshit-crazy right-wing nutball" to "not-quite-so-batshit-crazy right-wing nutball." And even being a "not-quite-so-batshit-crazy right-wing nutball" inevitably leads to a politician being labeled a "commie liberal" and booted out of office (as is probably about to happen with Lindsey Graham--the only SC politician who isn't actually rabidly foaming at the mouth). Basically, SC voters go to the polls and vote based on who they think is most evil, who will be the most likely to brandish a gun on the floor of Congress and shoot a Democrat, and who will be most likely to advocate a return to slavery.

So no, no politician will likely ever speak for me in this god-forsaken nightmare of a madhouse state.

I feel that he represents my conservative values. I don't know a lot about hate crimes legislation to have an opinion on it. Your conclusion on the radio program is true, SC is a conservative state and he represents the majority opinion. However,

"There are quite enough bible-thumping, gun-toting, gay-hating idiots already; let's not encourage another term to see how far DeMint can erode our individual rights."

ignorant statements (like the one above) always fail to persuade the public.

DeMint is closest to the natural law Revolution of 1776 that many seem to forget is the BASIS of our country. You may have read about that one in school. Remember, England had what we'd describe today as a "police-state" today and we rebelled against it and won our independence at great personal sacrifice by many of our ancestors.

There is very little I can argue about with him and he represents my views very well overall.

He's feisty and he should be! He understands the anger of common working folks who make this country function.

My only complaint against him, if anything, is that he's not combative enough. We should all be revolutionaries. It has been the complacence of the people that has allowed the robber barons and mega-corporate fascists to take over and grind their heels into our faces, waging endless wars and stomping on our liberties.

Finally, more people are waking up from their consumer-zombie existence. It's about time is what I say!

Hear that, DeMint! GET TO WORK!!!!

He represents me if he is a Ron Paul guy.

DeMint? He only represents his extreme right-wing cronies in the Upstate, he sure doesn't represent us here in Columbia or anyone with a brain in the rest of South Carolina.

Typical media - take quotes out of context and spin it. Too bad most American's don't care enough to do their own research and find out the rest of the story to form truly educated opinions. Of course, this just reflects the 'entitlement society' we live in today.

DeMint would make a great President and Nikki Halely will make a great Governor.

No way does Demint represent me and he is increasingly getting on my nerves. He acts as if he is listening to lobbyists and doesn't think for himself, just spits out the party line. At least Lindsey Graham has the guts to go against the party line on occasion and do what's in the best interest of all.