Posted on 04/11/2012 3:46:56 PM PDT by Syncro
April 11, 2012In a fast-changing world, a common mistake is to keep fighting the last war.
For example, why would Republicans support sending more troops to Afghanistan, when that war was long over, or helping topple Moammar Gadhafi, who had become an ally in the war on terrorism? Some Republicans seem to support all military deployments just out of habit.
For years after the 9/11 terrorist attack on America, Democrats hysterically bemoaned any military action, especially in Iraq. They claimed to have many precious objections, but the truth was, they thought we deserved the attack -- or at best, both sides were at fault.
So when it came to Obama's pointlessly sending more troops to Afghanistan or foolishly intervening in Libya, some Republicans' first instinct was to demand muscular American military action, forgetting that we are the party that cares about American national security and does not fling troops around the globe just to look tough, as the Democrats do.
Republicans who supported sending more troops to Afghanistan and taking out Gadhafi were fighting the last war.
Similarly, sometimes it seems as if Republicans' only move on the economy is to cut taxes. With the highest corporate tax rate in the world, there's much to be said for cutting taxes. But, unlike when Reagan ran for president, it's going to take a lot more than tax cuts to rescue this country from its $16 trillion debt.
When Reagan took office, the top marginal tax rate in this country was a staggering 70 percent. Lowering that to 28 percent was an enormous shot in the arm to the economy.
Cutting the top tax rate today from 35 percent to 30 percent -- or even 20 percent -- cannot possibly have the same dramatic effect. Republicans, as the only responsible party, are going to have to do something that's never been tried before in Washington: Cut government spending.
To keep prattling about cutting taxes, rather than cutting our behemoth, useless government is fighting the last war.
Who put out this message?
The cracker ass idiots who post on FR now?
If this is JimRob’s sentiment - let him put it on the masthead.
A fart is not a “shot heard round the world”.
Ms. Coulter, you’re history! Go preach to the Mormon choir!!
If you don't think much of what Jim Robinson has said so far about the topic, why not use the FR database a little and look up his posted comments on the topic? Trust me, they're not hard to find.
(Neither are mine, for that matter, but I'm not the fellow under discussion.)
You can start with this one: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2870368/posts
Ann loves Mitt McCain.
Coulter is over. Maulkin is the future.
It is on the masthead, idiot. FR is a pro-life, limited government conservative site. Romney is none of the above.
Bye.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2870368/posts
“A fart is not a ‘shot heard round the world’.”
Jim, we have another candidate for zotting here. He has referred to your post about “No Romney” (I cleaned it up a bit) being a “fart” when I compared it to a “shot heard around the world.”
I don’t think he likes the take down the GOP Establishment Revolution brewing here?
Sorry to have bothered you. You got him before I could report him! Well done sir!
I know my oratory my be a little extreme. But I am going to continue to call what happened here yesterday, “the Second Shot heard around the world.” It is not a shooting war, but it is a revolution. It started here!
No one of us wants to suppress honest disagreement. But, goodness, the insults towards the “revolutionary revolt” against the GOP establishment cannot be tolerated on this forum. I think, that folks either get on board, be very respectful in there disagreement, or go elsewhere.
Already taken care of, Sir!
You just keep it going!! We are with you!!
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!"
We have before us the opportunity to make history. Why in Heaven's name would we not make the very best of that opportunity?!?
Why in Heaven’s name would we not make the very best of that opportunity?!?
Amen Bro!
Not to put too fine of a point on it, but that was seen a long, loooong time ago.
Had to do hard facepalms when so many demanded RULES! on any thread of her's.
If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.
Or you can get raw with these strings.
How about this gamechanger from America's Got Talent (which they SHOULD have won).
And finally, this, dedicated to the one and only rdb2, whose eyes are growing dim.
Either way, the violin is sweet yet LETHAL.
Do it!
Republicans who supported sending more troops to Afghanistan and taking out Gadhafi were fighting the last war.
You mean like your buddy McCain Ann? Or Lindsey Goober Graham? And Romney will be different how?
Hard to falter, tire or fail when your strategy is nothing but massive negative assaults on your fellow “conservatives”.
And I don’t share your view that he’d better than W. Nothing in his past proves otherwise and actually shows he’d be worse in my opinion.
INDEED!
I hope Ann doesn’t think she can still sell the ‘far right’ books as if she hasn’t been slamming them for several months now.
Old Hag. I thought I barely knew ya.
Coulter’s rominy kneepads are so tight the blood to her once great brain has been cut off. She is provign herself to be anything but a friend of the Republic with her obsessive sycophancy for the obama-lite LDS inc High Priest who thinks himself on a par in title with Jesus Christ. ... Ann, you dolt, the LDS inc melchizedek high priest is not going to be elected president of the United States. Go suck eggs.
No, milt rominy is not ‘what we’ve got’. The primary nominee is not yet settled so take your stealth rominyite rhetoric somewhere the leftist will appreciate, you’ve exposed yourself at FR.
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