[TBP]

REpublicans let us down consistently on this. The only thing worse than a Republican is a Democrat.

[Zathras]

I don’t take advice from Mormons anymore and particularly, nuts like Glen Beck.

[The Iceman Cometh]

Remember when Glenn Beck was relevant?

Yeah, me neither.

[gubamyster]

Almost makes you want to cry, huh Glenn?

[Wolfie]

That was settled long ago. Just keep the scan going until I’m gone.

[fortheDeclaration]

Glen Beck is an idiot.

[Nifster]

Who gives a fig what cra cra Glenn says?

New rules. I don’t care. I will vote R to get Trump more support. I will work to primary any RINO

I will not stay home. I will not do anything but work towards complete conservative control

[Rurudyne]

I’ve been pointing out for years that the evidence is that spendthrift Republicans are willing to go along with conservatives if they are in opposition to a Democrat in the White House.

But once there’s a Republican in the White House they feel their oats and start to spend freely, joining with the ever eager to spend Democrats.

Though the erosion of party discipline was already noted in 1998’s Not So Radical Republicans, Reason magazine ( https://reason.com/archives/1998/07/01/not-so-radical-republicans ), it wasn’t until W entered office that the moderates REALLY felt their oats. Indeed, they quickly understood that if Bush wanted any of his agenda he’d have to service them. And so began a veto free era that cumulated in 2006, after which the Democrats showed us what real spendthrift was like.

Still, the exact same moderates that voted for Part D voted in, IIRC, lockstep against Obamacare ... something only naked partisanship could accomplish. Under Obama the moderates again roped it in for partisan reasons.

With Trump I expected them to quickly start making demands and spending freely, but it seems the core of the never Trumpers were so opposed to The Donald that it took them nearly a year in some cases to realize it was a Republican in the White House.

The Democrats will love to help them spend. They know their base loves the spending and relatively few of the Republican base will be forgiving. Helping moderate Republicans spend is a win-win for Democrats.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Bush League Republicans must become extinct before the Republic does.

[central_va]

It’s the spending. We are taxed enough.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

It’s been going up that much or more every year for the last 10 years. This year’s result is year one for Trump. I think I’ll wait and see what happens.

[Secret Agent Man]

Never has been since the 1920s after the 19th amendment.

[Dr. Sivana]

I’m not going to address the core of Beck’s argument.

However, I am really annoyed with the misuse of the word “officially”, when the speaker means “truly” or “completely”.

[x_plus_one]

Pinning the fiscal responsibility tail on the democrat donkey or republican pachyderm is a fools errand. War is upon us, we are winning and fighting our way back from the precipice of perpetual death.

When the enemy is routed there will be a sea change and hope for fiscal well being. Carping about money while the titanic is sinking is fatuous.