The Heritage Foundation has been the premiere Republican think tank for many years. From now on, however, it will no longer be a think tank, because it devolved into a stink tank with the appointment of Jim DeMint (R-InsaniTEA) at it’s head.
Jim DeMint was on the verge of being where every senator longs to be — holding a top position on an influential committee with oversight of industries critical to his state.
But, as is so often the case with the maverick from South Carolina, DeMint turned his back on convention. Instead he announced Thursday that he would resign to become president of the Heritage Foundation. The move puts DeMint at the head of the most prominent conservative nonprofit organization in Washington and in a position he hopes will afford more power to move the Republican Party in an ever-rightward direction.
“I’m leaving the Senate now, but I’m not leaving the fight. I’ve decided to join The Heritage Foundation at a time when the conservative movement needs strong leadership in the battle of ideas,” DeMint, 61, said in a statement.
DeMint’s decision marks a monumental change from a not-so-long-ago era when abandoning a prime perch in the Senate to head a think tank would have been unthinkable… [emphasis added]
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The thought has crossed my mind, that perhaps, he is being pushed out by establishment Republicans. Helping recruit and supporting such notables as Todd Akin, Sharon Angle, Richard Mourdock and Christine O’Donnell certainly hurt Republican standing in the Senate.
Here’s a scary thought. The AEI, dominated by Neocons, will become the premiere Republican think tank.
Ezra Klein talked about the heritage Foundation and how inappropriate it is to put DeMint at its head.
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One thing is certain, the Heritage Foundation no longer has a full tank. The stink tank is EmpTEA.
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Money talks and bullshit walks—$i mil – bought a Ho-
Hos are about to sue you for defamation .
Republican Criminals… sigh
Amen, Richard.
RepubliCON Think Tank is an Oxymoron.. I suppose RepubliCONs prefer Think Tanks to Nursing Homes for their terminally insane.
That's a good one Yvonne! Amen!!!!!
I meant Think in the sense it is used in 1984.
I've read that there's a Tea Party 2.0 in the works. Just another cheerleading squad for the rich as far as I"m concerned.
So I've heard. It's Astroturf time again.
Jim DeMint is a tabacky-chawin' redneck from the backwoods of some best forgotten hell on earth – and he was one of the bright intellectual lights of the republican party?!? OMG!
The title, Republican Intellectual, requires an IQ of 15.
There were a couple more segments with Ezra highlighting DeMint. In one, he basically said that DeMint is not a legislator, but a legislator maker — he will pit one Republican against another, DeMint backing the most conservative. He is out to make the Republican/Teabaggers even more conservative, if that is possible, and therefore even more fractious. To me, that sounds nothing short of seditious.
The more successful he is, the faster the Republican Party will follow the Whig Party into oblivion.
Jim DeMint said he's somewhat of "a policy nerd". I don't know about that but if he's going to the Heritage Foundation, they are going to be a few brains short of a full tank.
The tank is empTEA.
I forgot to ask — does this mean a by-election for his seat? Or is it filled by a state appointee as I've heard some states do? It certainly is going to give the Dems one more seat advantage in the short term.
Read all about it!
http://guardianlv.com/2012/12/jim-demint-leaves-senate-will-gov-nikki-haley-appoint-tim-scott/ Jim DeMint Leaves Senate –
Will Gov. Nikki Haley Appoint Tim Scott?
That's right Lynn. Gov. Nikki Haley, a Bagger herself, gets to appoint a replacement for the remainder of his term (2014).