Stink Tank is EmpTEA

 Posted by at 6:41 am  Politics
Dec 072012
 

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.

7DeMint-HatJim 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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  18 Responses to “Stink Tank is EmpTEA”

  1. Money talks and bullshit walks—$i mil – bought a Ho-

  2. 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.

    Republican Criminals… sigh

  3. RepubliCON Think Tank is an Oxymoron.. I suppose RepubliCONs prefer Think Tanks to Nursing Homes for their terminally insane.

  4. 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.
     

  5. 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! 

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

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