Posted on 02/21/2010 9:52:43 AM PST by greyfoxx39
Bill Bennett is already trying to immunize Republican’s from what Glenn said about Republican’s - ‘They will or have not ‘fessed up’ to their part in the current financial mess’. And Bennett goes on to say there is a world of difference between Dem’s and Pub’s. In some areas that is true, but the destruction of our financial system that has us on the brink of bankruptcy is a ‘both Parties contribution’. Just go back and read Charlie Reese’s article, 545 vs. 300,000,000. Government is the problem and government includes both Democrat’s and Republican’s. And until the Pub’s really do admit their complicity, quit just talking and begin to walk the talk the mess will continue and may even become worse.
“I interpreted his remarks as claiming the *results* are the same.
IIRC he did not identify or malign any conservative GOP politicians.
We are in this crisis because the Democrats caused it and the GOP did not prevent it. Same result.”
Good points!
Elephants and Asses, screwing the masses.
Me too. The moral equivalency, "everybody does it" stuff is mindrot. The left pushes it constantly. Simply because X is not good does not mean it is the same as X+++.
He wasn’t indoctrinated by years under leftist professors, either. Think about it ...
Ive often felt like an aggrieved liver cell
And if you listened to Bill Bennett’s (Morning in America) show last week, you’ll note that he is sponsoring John McCain vs J.D. Hayworth in my state of Arizona. This strongly indicates Bennett is still a Washington Eliteist and not supporting what middle America wants and needs.
BECK: One college, one semester, one class......gee, wonder how sharp he would be.......if he actually had a degree!I guess not. Ever hear of that uneducated illiterate Rush Limbaugh? < /sarcasm >NAH! Not required.
Bennett can go piss away another bazillion bucks from his family’s fortune at the roulette wheel so far as I care, but I’d rather he didn’t presume to lecture or pontificate to the rest of us.
Even John McCain has said again and again that “the Republican party lost its way.”
Yea, because McCain and his "reach across the aisle" nonsense has allowed so much of the crap we have had to endure from Democrats all the while allowing government to suck at every function with no apology.
And McCain, had he been a real fighter, would be President now, because he would have cared enough to point out what was obvious about Obama to anyone that paid attention -- That the Wright association DID matter, that the voting record was far far left, that Obama was an empty vessel.
Beck is right, and although there are good Republicans, the party as a whole has sucked only slightly less overall that the Democrats.
I just found this quote from McCain on a thread about his wanting to limit access to nutritional supplements, vitamins and minerals for those of us too uneducated to understand them big words:
“Not only are these substances outside of the FDA’s purview, they don’t even require a doctor’s prescription,” McCain complained. “A person’s health is being left in his own uninformed hands instead of being overseen by those trained in the field. Government has an obligation to save such a person from his own folly.”
As I just posted on the thread, THIS is what Glenn was talking about last night, Dr. Bennett.
This post of yours is absurd. Please rethink it. Of course you can tell always tell the differences between the D’s and R’s. just look at the differences:
For the D’s we have Snowe, Spector, Collins, Nelson, McCain, Landrieu, Graham, Steele, Bayh... wait, those are the R’s... no, the D’s... what party is Spector in today? Wait, these are definately the R’s... no, the...
Never mind. You are 100% correct. Sometime you just can’t tell.
But Beck makes it perfectly clear there are bright spots in the party just as Bennett did. The focus of Beck’s scorn is the LEADERSHIP of the party, not individual members. Unless the locomotive knows where it is going, there is no way in hell the caboose is going to lead the train. Not to say those bright spots mentioned are the caboose, but they are merely just rail cars that are pulled by the locomotive.
As amember of the Tea Party Patriots, we do not describe ourselves as part of any party, as Bennett infers, and that has a very specific reason. As much as Bill likes McCain personally, John is wrong on policy. We need only to recall the recent SCOTUS ruling on the McCain-Feingold law as evidence that McCain is one of the reasons the Tea Partiers are just as mad at the Republican leadership as they are at the rest of the DC establishment. Combine it with his public distain for conservatives on policy matters and the picture is clear.
I think Bennett is right on two counts — alcoholics are not supposed to trade on their experiences, and Beck is overgeneralizing about the Republican party. There are some good conservatives in the Repubican party, which is a helluva lot more than among the Democrats.
HOWEVER, Beck’s larger point is dead-on. The Republican party as an institution still has not had its “Come to Jesus” moment. They are still propping up what they think are “electable” (read RINO) candidates. They need to more put practical politics aside and return to principles.
Third, to admit it is still “morning in America” but a “vomiting for four hours” kind of morning is to diminish, discourage, and disparage all the work of the conservative, Republican, and independent resistance of the past year. The Tea Partiers know better than this. I don’t think they would describe their rallies and resistance as a bilious purging but, rather, as a very positive democratic reaction aimed at correcting the wrongs of the current political leadership. The mainstream media may describe their reactions as an unhealthy expurgation. I do not.Gee Bill I hope you aren't implying the Teaparties are a result of the Republican party in a positive way...You know the Republican party that, at first, ran from the Teaparty kooks like scalded dogs.
In case anybody didn’t catch Beck’s speech here is the link.
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/292185-10
WARNING: It’s an hour long.
I didn't, but thank you for posting this, as it does indeed confirm my own take on why he had to come out with this diatribe this morning. Let me post once again this quote from McCain:
"Government has an obligation to save such a person from his own folly."
NOT IN AMERICA.
Policy, philosophy, procedure, politics on the whole. The fact that Glenn continues to call him on it is what has Bennett out here today.
“And if you listened to Bill Bennett’s (Morning in America) show last week...”
Don’t do it while driving, he should call it “Boring in America”. The few times I tried it I changed it to the light jazz station for a heart pounding change of pace.
And you are right, anybody who had “czar” after their name as part of their job description is likely to be an elitist stiff.
Freegards
Let Beck run for a public office. Saying is easy, doing is not so easy. Let's see if his actions can match his rhetoric.
That's why I initially wasn't going to watch him at CPAC. But I thought he did a great job toning it down and an outstanding job describing the problem we face. Progressivism = Cancer
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