Posted on 10/16/2013 10:54:21 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Journalist and author Carl Bernstein said Wednesday that Republican Party leadership is “cancerous” and has put the United States at risk by letting the tea party lead the GOP.
“The Republican Party today has become a rabid organization from the top down. The leadership is cancerous,” the former Washington Post reporter said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday.
Bernstein called the current situation a “terrible moment in our history” and said only segregation politics offers a comparison.
“You have to go back to the party, the Democratic Party of segregation to find this kind of scorched-earth politics putting the national interests nowhere and putting ideology and ideology above all else,” Bernstein said. “The full faith and credit of the United States, our reputation abroad, our stability, our national security has been endangered by [Senate Majority Leader Mitch] McConnell, by [House Majority Leader Eric] Cantor, who have embraced and cowardly appeased these forces who are know-nothings.”
It’s up to Republicans like Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to “throw these people out,” he said.
“This is a watershed moment in American history, and unless some people, McCain and others, throw out the leadership that appeased this tail that is wagging the Republican dog — the tea party is not just a movement. It has been cowardly embraced by Eric Cantor, by [House Speaker John] Boehner, who has gone along with this craziness and allowed himself to be the speaker of this party and what it stands for,” Bernstein said.
What about the other 17 shutdowns in the past 40 years? I guess this one is different. DC is irreconcilably broken.
He’s just another toady.
We'll see who throws who out.
A useful idiot, as Lenin used to say.
I like the GOP leadership better already.
“It’s up to Republicans like Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to “throw these people out,” he said. “
They do that and that will be the end of the party.
It must have been spine cancer, because the GOPe had them removed before they started hardening.
“It’s up to Republicans like Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to “throw these people out,” he said..”
Looks to me like they already have thrown out conservatives.
This ugly little toad needs to go back and hide under the rock where he’s been the last 40 years. His former partner, Bob Woodward, has published a string of successful books because he has remained somewhat objective and mainstream. Carl Bernstein has always been a radical who believes journalists should throw bombs and burn buildings.
Carl is 69 yrs old.
Another one percenter who won’t retire and let them hire a couple new journo grads from Columbia with 125k in student loan debt.
Kinda like a ground hog, bernstein comes out of his hole now and then to make erroneous, meaningless pronouncements. One difference being that bernstein’s pronouncements can be harmful, rather than merely diverting.
Well, ol’ Carl is just staying true to his roots by falling lock step into the standard playbook/talking points.
Oh, look! Another Jewish Communist. How unexpected.
Why do you care, Carl, you old commie. By all rights you should be ecstatic.
Wow thanks!
You’re most welcome, FRiend. That link is a great resource.
Here’s the Homepage...
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/default.asp
Great! Thanks again!
Stuff it, crater face. Your time came and went 40 years ago.
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