David Brooks' Regrets
When a major Republican pundit like Brooks can’t stand where is party is going, you just have to stand back and listen.
House Republicans led the way and will get most of the blame. It has been interesting to watch them on their single-minded mission to destroy the Republican Party. Not long ago, they led an anti-immigration crusade that drove away Hispanic support. Then, too, they listened to the loudest and angriest voices in their party, oblivious to the complicated anxieties that lurk in most American minds.
Now they have once again confused talk radio with reality. If this economy slides, they will go down in history as the Smoot-Hawleys of the 21st century. With this vote, they’ve taken responsibility for this economy, and they will be held accountable. The short-term blows will fall on John McCain, the long-term stress on the existence of the G.O.P. as we know it.
I’ve spoken with several House Republicans over the past few days and most admirably believe in free-market principles. What’s sad is that they still think it’s 1984. They still think the biggest threat comes from socialism and Walter Mondale liberalism. They seem not to have noticed how global capital flows have transformed our political economy.
It’s not often I agree with David Brooks, but he nailed it this time!
It’s not often I agree with David Brooks, but he nailed it this time!
F! the Republicans. May they rot in hell.
F! the Republicans. May they rot in hell.
Your title made me think of the Cole Porter song “Miss Otis Regrets” as sung by Ella Fitzgerald.
Your title made me think of the Cole Porter song “Miss Otis Regrets” as sung by Ella Fitzgerald.
Republicans don’t have the faintest idea what “socialism” means. It’s just an accepted dirty word to them, like pervert. Oh…I nearly forgot that too many of them are perverts! Well, they’re socialists, too, if they want to bail out investment bankers and stupid mortgage brokers.
“Mortgage”, from the French for “death pledge.”
Republicans don’t have the faintest idea what “socialism” means. It’s just an accepted dirty word to them, like pervert. Oh…I nearly forgot that too many of them are perverts! Well, they’re socialists, too, if they want to bail out investment bankers and stupid mortgage brokers.
“Mortgage”, from the French for “death pledge.”