The GOP: Still the Party of Stupid

The Daily Beast ^ | February 2, 2015 | Michael Tomasky

[2ndDivisionVet]

He’s our Gary Younge and I don’t mean that as a compliment.

[garjog]

I get it. Its the ol’ “Demonize ‘em for being stupid” routine.

See. Walker — who could be an actual threat to the socialists power base— is stupid. This supporters are just plain stupid.

End of issue.

Now. Smart GOPers would, of course, support superb candidates like Romney and Bush. Yeah. That’s the ticket.

[Olog-hai]

Michael Tomasky: Still plain old stupid.

[P-Marlowe]

with the exception of Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush LOOKS presidential?

He looks like a chubby circus clown without make up.

[SmokingJoe]

Yup. The Daily Beast, the magazine of the stupid.
In real life, every single one of the potential GOP candidates that spoke at the event, was eminently vastly more qualified and have had lifetimes of achievements that vastly trump anything that the Kenyan has ever done in his life.

[Arthur McGowan]

Walker is a squish on the border.

Jeb Bush murdered Terri Schiavo.

So far, Ted Cruz is the only candidate who hasn’t disqualified himself.

[Pietro]

Class warfare is all they have.

The author doesn't understand that we don't need any more government, in fact, its the government and their cronyist friends that are strangling the economy.

Its not a hard argument to make and there is evidence of that everywhere.

[Jabba the Nutt]

"There could be a man in this presidential field who is the political equivalent of that cardiologist—Lincoln and TR and Reagan all rolled into one, with a little bit of Thatcher on the side and what the hell, a tiny dash of Clinton, just for crossover appeal."

You can't predict greatness, when they are candidates. Thatcher wasn't Thatcher and Reagan wasn't Reagan when they were candidates.

Why is it acceptable for liberals to dismiss millions upon millions of Americans, who identify with the Tea Party. That's the base of the GOP. Their concerns are illegitimate? Wage stagnation over the past 40 years (accepting for the sake of argument) and the growth of the size and scope of government over the past 40 years. There's no connection? The size of government is the number one concern of the Tea Party. Stop the parasitic government and gee whiz, that leaves room for wages to rise and the economy to grow.

But this is bigoted, simplistic and extreme to liberals and swept off the table and not up for consideration. It's feels good to be "concerned" about wage stagnation, but to take the only solution is simply NOT done.

[Theodore R.]

You’d be surprised how many people in TX (and FL too) truly believe in Jebbie. Quite a few also for the popular HRC, despite Wendy’s disappointment in 2014

[Theodore R.]

Was it ever determined whether Howard Dean is a cousin of GWB?

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

I was not aware the Dems cared about middle class wages, unless they think minimum wage workers are middle class.