Posted on 09/14/2015 6:10:16 AM PDT by C19fan
New York Times columnist David Brooks chastised supporters of Dr. Ben Carson and Donald Trump for showing “insufficient respect” for the Republican establishment. “It’s like a mutiny, not a campaign,” Brooks said on Sunday’s Meet the Press.”The problem is, there’s an illusion in this country, and in the Republican base, that you can govern by screaming.”
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And stop looking at the splinter in MY eye ye RINO and pay more attention to the PLANK yer walking on... ar!
Maybe. Even referring to the RINOs in the GOPe as Republicans may be giving them too much credit/respect. The “establishment” hasn’t done anything in the last decade or two to earn any respect. They’ve certainly done (or in not-doing anything) lost a lot of respect.
You can always count on David Brooks to periodically play the role he was bred for . . . being the Uncle Tom of the NY Times and the GopE.
Respect for the GOP Establishment??? Bravo Sierra. Respect is EARNED and those berks have lost it in spades. Spit.
You’re quite right, Mr. Brooks. I have no respect for the Republican establishment. From top to bottom, with few exceptions, there’s not a battle from which they will not shrink and surrender. As a result, the vast majority of Americans have NO representation in our formerly representative republic.
I guess we should govern by creasing our pants according to this idiot.
This from the Washington Examiner.
The United States, ranked second in worldwide economic freedom as recently as 2000, has plummeted to 16th, according to the a new report of world economies.
The Fraser Institute's annual report, Economic Freedom of the World, showed that the country's drop started in 2010, the second year of the Obama administration.
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Ain't no wonder people are pissed at the Republicans.... they smell just like the dumocraps..!
Brooks’ problem is he assumes the GOP base wants to be governed. The answer is “no”. Hence the screaming, which is a few— but not many- steps short of a baseball bat and a less polite “GTFO of my life.”.
One suspects the Great Divorce is about to be filed. The Left needs the Right to pay for its programs. The Right doesn’t need the Left for anything. When that kind of asymmetry dominates the political landscape and is not acknowledged by either major party, you leave it to whichever candidate has the cojones to pick up the live wires to see whether he’s strong enough to hang on or be blown into oblivion. Trump does. Carson’s thinking about it but will have to ask his wife.
“They sure fight like hell when they are serving their pay masters,”
And they can fight their enemies like hell, but we conservatives are tired of fighting them, especially right after they beg us for money and votes .... their paymasters can pay them, at least for as long as they hold their jobs.
Then they can get jobs as lobbyists and they won’t miss a beat, the basterds.
“Insufficiently Respect” = “Absolutely Detest” + “With Good Reason”
There you have it. David Brooks thinks this is a monarchy where we must express our love for our rulers. That sums it all up. Every idiotic word out of this fool’s mouth over the years.
My (second) favorite quote from “Pants” Brooks:
“I divide people into people who talk like us and who don’t talk like us” - ‘us’ being the NY-Beltway establishment.
Which is why no one gives a flying flip what Mr. Brooks pontificates on, other than his butt buddies joining him in a sniff-around at the White Hut.
Listen up, the Cartel is speaking...
Up yours you sleaze...YOU show respect to us...You work for US...You SERVE at OUR pleasure...
I'll bet there wasn't a person there to correct this slime ball...
Somebody in a post yesterday called the NRCC ‘nasty rats’ (for being devious in trying to solicit funds) .... so they, in my mind,, became the Nasty Rats Congressional Committee. After your post, they are now the Nasty Rats Congressional Cartel.
No Dave, you govern by actually governing, not cashing lobbyist checks.
I resemble that!! I do not “insufficiently respect” the GOPe. After the Iran abomination and their multiple other sins, I actively despise them.
Ronald Reagan?
Thanks for saying what I am thinking. Bless their little hearts. They will get respect when they start acting like real conservatives.
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