Don't Let the Screendoor Hit Ya...

[Howey]

...on the way out, asswipe!

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is leaving Congress in January to lead the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

DeMint, a staunch conservative who often clashes with party leadership, was reelected to a second term in 2010. He will depart before the new Congress is sworn in next month.  “I’ve decided to join The Heritage Foundation at a time when the conservative movement needs strong leadership in the battle of ideas,” DeMint said in a statement. “My constituents know that being a Senator was never going to be my career.”

The senator, a vocal advocate for term limits, had already pledged not to seek a third term.

[ekg]

That kinda surprised me..

but I guess when you're offered that kind of money.. you take it..

word was he wasn't one of the wealthy congressmen and was getting the standard $174,000 a year, while the last guy who had the job he's taking at Heritage made like $1 million a year.. so I'd go too..

[FooFa]

Oh thank god! Another fucking think tank. Can't have enough of those. How about keeping basic fucking infrastructure reliable.

[uselesslegs]

Jim DeMint, in any high ranking role, of an organization that purports itself to be a Think Tank/Scholarly Group, just told the whole world..."Ok, we're obliterating any pretense that we're a group of academics or that we aren't ideological...BOO-YA!  Bring on the tin foil hats...it's party time!"