An Establishment in Panic

Townhall.com ^ | July 8, 2011 | Pat Buchanan

[skeeter]

-- and fix bayonets.

Uh oh. David Brooks is gonna go apesh*t now.

[jennings2004]

My wife and I discussed that idea yesterday...it will work! And everyone will have “skin in the game!” Watch the hog-sloppers in DC go ape over that...

[PapaBear3625]

Brooks is not stupid or retarded. He’s just sadly uninformed, naive. Idiot. Poster-boy for idiots around the world.

No, he's not that either. He's an advocate for the Dems, using whatever argument he thinks might seem plausible to the public, like a defense attorney's remarks to the jury for a client he knows is guilty.

[jennings2004]

Now, why in the world would you doubt the spine of the Republican leadership? Look at their past performance.../s

[RatRipper]

Sorry. The fanaticism lay in the motives of those who elevated Federal spending levels to obscene and unsustainable levels.

[Vintage Freeper]

Historically, I have not been a Pat Buchannan supporter or fan. But this article is pure gold.

If Buchannan were to throw his hat in the ring, this article would almost be enough to get my vote.

[jennings2004]

I should have said: Apply the 5% taxation to all levels of income as a base minimum including the value of welfare payments and then reduce the salaries of all non-military federal employees by 5%. Now, this would be a little painful, but not excruciating and would allow movement out of this abyss that we currently find ourselves.

[camle]

WWCHD? (What Would CLark Howard Do)?

[Peet]

What you found are contemporary, modern meanings of the word. The word in its Greek root (taken over into Latin), idiota, simply means someone uninformed, uneducated. It did not in itself mean stupid or mentally deformed etc.

Brooks is not stupid or retarded. He’s just sadly uninformed, naive. Idiot. Poster-boy for idiots around the world.

For Brooks, I would add "asinine" from the latin asinus for "ass" or "donkey" -- a fitting word for a RINO who is more like a Democrat -- the donkey party...

[thirst4truth]

What three words got them the majority in the house and 10+ Governors? seats and over 700 state house and senate seats?

TEA: TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY Remember it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[opentalk]

They have no respect for out tax dollars now.

Hillary will just give more to the Muslim outreach programs and cook stoves for Africans, or maybe more fancy new limos for the state department.

[mad_as_he$$]

0 is going to win the day on this. He doubles down and the spinelss Reps fold and wimper off.

[Loud Mime]

The GOP should stand its ground -- and fix bayonets

I love that line!

[no dems]

You are correct Peet, except the Latin is idiota and the Greek is idotes

[Erasmus]

I see Mr (Ms?) Brooks has finally managed to chew through the remaining restraints on hiR expression and behavior.

[Erasmus]

Brooks is not stupid or retarded. He’s just sadly uninformed, naive. Idiot. Poster-boy for idiots around the world.

Neither is he merely uniformed or naïve.

He's just plain nuts.

[rwa265]

What school of economic thought — Keynesian, supply-side or monetarist — says raising taxes in a slumping economy is the recipe for a return to prosperity? There is no such school.

There is such a school in the wacky world of Krugman.

[Lurker]

Second, the GOP is the party of small government

No, they are not.

[Inwoodian]

Other than bureaucrats, whose life would be changed if tomorrow the Departments of Energy, Education and Commerce were dissolved? How much tax money would be saved?

[longtermmemmory]

The DC establishment needs the government open to keep their fat posteriors fed.

The fed should start planning which departments will be closed.

Start with education and work from there.