Following his New York Times best seller, Saving Freedom, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint's The Great American Awakening chronicles two tumultuous years from the presidential election of 2008 through the mid-term elections of 2010. Untold insider views of the controversial stimulus bill passage, corporate takeovers, and lesser-known executive actions that epitomize political paybacks and moral decay will further motivate DeMint's fellow citizens to reclaim their government and country in 2012.
Just as fascinating, the South Carolina official talks openly about his seized upon high profile moments—from that "Waterloo" comment regarding health care reform to becoming known as "Senator Tea Party." He also addresses close-to-home disappointments such as the infidelity of Christian friends like Governor Mark Sanford and Senator John Ensign, and shares personal spiritual insights that came from being part of such public battles.
But more than anything, The Great American Awakening champions the American people who now feel a powerful stirring in their souls to take on Washington and realign politics in this nation. DeMint tracks grass-roots developments, and new movements like the Freedom Congress, fully expecting a fundamental sea change for the better to happen soon.
Acclaim for The Great American Awakening:
"I have Senator DeMint on my show often because Americans know he'll tell the truth about what's wrong in Washington. His latest book is a riveting account about the fight for fiscal sanity in Congress. It's essential reading for anyone who wants to understand why so many Americans clued in and got involved with the Tea Party Movement in the last election. Senator DeMint was a huge part of this and I only hope he is as involved in the 2012 race for the White House as he was this past election."
Sean Hannity, host of the nationally syndicated Sean Hannity Radio show and "Hannity" on Fox News
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Jim DeMint was elected senator of South Carolina in 2004 and then chairman of the Senate Steering Committee in 2006. For standing up against wasteful spending in Congress and saving Americans about $17 billion, Wall Street Journal editor Steve Moore called DeMint the "taxpayers' greatest ally." DeMint was also ranked as the Senate's most conservative member by National Journal and as the # 1 senator voting for responsible tax and spending policies by the National Taxpayers Union. The senator and his wife, Debbie, have four grown children, are doting new grandparents, and live in Greenville, South Carolina.
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This book gives a wonderful roller-coaster ride through the political changes over the last 2 years. DeMint, brutally honest as always, gives a great eyewitness account of the happenings.
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From the ultimate Tea Party insider, here is the definitive recap of the first two years of the new movement. Senator DeMint's tour-of-events is all the more riviting as he is castigated from both sides of the political isle, while simultaneously revered as the in-the-middle-of-it-all hero by millions of people just people like me. The man has guts, operating on principles, not politics. He has assembled a squad of five like-minded Senators from Florida, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Utah, and it's my bet the cadre will be twice the size come January 2013, largely due to DeMint's ongoing Senate Conservatives Fund effort. It's a powerful grass roots movement that is already a big part of our last chance to salvage fiscal sanity: The 2012 elections. Mandatory reading and a blueprint for grass roots organizing everywhere (including my own oh-so-blue state of Oregon). Buy this book.
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I love Jim Demint..He has so a no-nonsense, take no prisoners, it really isn't rocket science manner of speaking about issues in Washington and impact the country. This book is no different.
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Before I bought this enlightening book by Jim Demint, I wouldn't have known in what danger we are. I felt as Americans we were pretty safe. Read more
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