Discussion: Reports: Jim DeMint On His Way Out As President Of Heritage Foundation

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Reports: Jim DeMint On His Way Out As President Of Heritage Foundation Reports: Jim DeMint On His Way Out As President Of Heritage Foundation Back to article
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Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy! Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

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“Reports: Jim DeMint On His Way Out As President Of Heritage Foundation.”

He can be found at his new place of employment, Bullshit Inc.

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Perhaps the HF will replace him with Steve King. Wouldn’t that be a hoot?

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Too ideological for them?

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Rabid ideologue Republicans not only have lousy ideas about everything, they are impossible to work with!

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He can be found at his new place of employment, Bullshit Inc.

How does that differ from his old job?

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Same work; different organizational name.

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Having Black Sabbath piped into the elevators probably didn’t help his cause.

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Let’s see if he leaves with the same dignity and decorum as Dick Armey left FreedomWorks with.

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Many memories of the Heritage Foundation reeking havoc on the Republican Party. :smile:

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:joy_cat:

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Hey, I’m in for Pete King–let’s get the questionable associates and bigotry component he brings to the table. Gohmert!

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Nicely done Jim! Four years with a 1st yr at a $million and now you’re retired. How to game the system.

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Now why would the Koch brothers be against destroying the entire American fricking economy?

Don’t they plan on catastrophic global disruption? Or are they just reluctant to admit that Trump is a better businessman?

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In March, Heritage Action opposed Republicans’ bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, saying it did not go far enough to get rid of the underlying infrastructure of the current law.

You mean the healthcare bill that was based on Heritage’s own plan? The one that they insisted we had to have right up until the black guy said, “OK?”

That law?

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Yertle the Turtle got him out of the Senate by getting DeMint the job; now, that employer also wants him gone, gone, gone. Trump will appoint him to the cabinet.

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…to make room for Bill O’Reilly.

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Prediction: he will use the revolving door between the lobbying industry and government ,run for office again and be overwhelmingly elected by the stooges that felt so good about him in the first go 'round…ain’t life grand…

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This is a good thing …

but not near as satisfying as an actual headstone —

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