Conservative Columnist David Brooks: The Mother of All No-Brainers

[ubiquitous_a]

The Republicans have changed American politics since they took control of the House of Representatives. They have put spending restraint and debt reduction at the top of the national agenda. They have sparked a discussion on entitlement reform. They have turned a bill to raise the debt limit into an opportunity to put the U.S. on a stable fiscal

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[layweed]

UH EXCUSE ME. I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE TIME FOR ROCKEFELLER REPUBLICANISM.

[mswyrr]

I read in a random textbook that Rochefeller taught lurved Social Darwinism and was a Sunday School teacher. Made me think of Paul Ryan and his faux Christianity/Ayn Rand hardon. Christ, they both make me sick.

[sizequeen]

If the debt ceiling talks fail, independent voters will see that Democrats were willing to compromise but Republicans were not.

Bullshit. The conservative owned and controlled news networks are going to create a narrative of Democratic Party intransigence and incompetence from tax and spend liberals and a GOP that is taking a tough and "brave" stance for America's future.

[ubiquitous_a]

Well, they're going to try to anyway. Which is why Dems need to get out in front of it and start messaging the idea that this is complete and utter bullshit.

[roseofjuly]

Haha I like your icon!

[ubiquitous_a]

Thanks! I'm fond of it myself.

[baked_goldfish]

I like how there are two posts today where individual Republicans are calling their party ignorant and fringe-y. Even if one of them is David Brooks, who so often finds a way to call his party ignorant and fringe-y, all while looking like a chipmunk.

[ubiquitous_a]

LOL

[layweed]

Pawlenty was on MTP this morning bragging that he shut down the Minn. government, lol. Idgi.

[othellia]

I want to believe that there are reasonable Republican's out there, who are willing to make compromises.

Unfortunately, a lot of the old "reasonable Republicans", including myself, are no longer considering themselves Republicans anymore. Not that we were even really considered "true" Republicans by the GOP back when we chose to align ourselves with the party (Y HALO THAR "RINO").

While I like my new independent status, the only downside is that the more liberal ex-Republicans lose a backing party and the main GOP is left more conservative and close-minded than ever (Y HALO THAR TEA PARTY).

[tmlforsyth]

I remember how happy I was to officially join the GOP when I was 18. I'll probably re-register with them for primary purposes when I move down south in a few weeks, but I'd definitely be a RINO, which was my favorite animal as a child. My grandfather joined the GOP in New Orleans back in the 40s according to my father (who was recruited to the GOP by Jimmy Carter), because he hated Huey Long, though the Tea Party has more in common with Huey Long than Barry Goldwater.

I remember seeing a group online calling itself Raging RINOs. I call myself a Bourbon Democrat now, but I'll become a Raging RINO when I move to a redder county.

[the_glow_worm]

Guys, I have no idea, but how close are we literally to a default? Are Republicans unaware that a default would be a really really bad idea?

[ubiquitous_a]

The problem is that the far rightwing of their party doesn't care about those pesky reality-based facts. And the actual "mainstream" leaders of the GOP don't have the balls to stand up to the wingnuts.

[evildevil]

anything to defeat Obama, America's financial collapse? a small price to pay to get a republican in the white house

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/07/10/264799/mcconnell-admits-defeating-obama-is-gops-%E2%80%98single-most-important%E2%80%99-goal/

[ubiquitous_a]

Yeah, I think they're not thinking ahead enough to realize that they'd actually have to then DEAL with that economic clusterfuck once they had a Republican in the WH.

But who cares so long as they win, right?