Tom Brokaw Says Karl Rove to Issue Warning to Republicans - Video 2/10/09

Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | February 10, 2009 | BrianinMO

[Federalist Patriot]

Tom Brokaw talked with Meredith Viera this morning on The Today Show, and gave his take on President Obama's first prime-time press conference, and the Obama Stimulus Bill.

Brokaw said that Karl Rove will issue a warning to Republicans in a column later this week that if the economy begins to recover later this year, they will be "on the outside looking in" having opposed the Stimulus Plan. . . . . (Watch Video)

[nyconse]

GM cutting 10,000 more Salaries ...very good jobs-whole bunch of job cuts in other companies as well. The real unemployment is about 15%. if this continues, we will enter depression levels of unemployment this years. It is that bad. I hope Rush doesn’t say that it is not...haven’t listened for a while since I can’t get AM in the house. I sincerely hope the stimulus works...don’t see how it will, but I won’t hope for ill on this country.

[Sgt_Schultze]

[mad_as_he$$]

I did not realize Brokejaw had a degree in economics. There is no way in he## the economy gets better by the end of the year. The Goobermint’s numbers on unemployment are cooked and the situation with banks is just beginning to unfold. See the thread running on FR today about the electronic run on banks last year. If that happens again the game is OVER!

[nyconse]

Well, we have rid ourselves of RINO’S in New England, New York,California,Oregon, Washington State, Mid West(Voinivich’s is retiring so will probably lose another),some in the West, North Carolina (Dole) and Virginia (Warner). We are well on our way to becoming a regional party-mostly in the South. Are we better off? RINO’s are elected in areas where true conservatives that I like won’t win-bottom line. Thus, it’s better to have someone who votes with you 75% of the time than against you 100% of the time as Reagan noted during a time of GOP dominance.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I've got news for Tom and Karl.

The economy is going to get far, far, far worse than it is now before it gets better.

The Fed nearly doubled the money supply in December, 2008.

This is unprecedented.

The world as we know it has come to an end.

A Brave New World will begin shortly.

Lock and load.

[freespirited]

I thought Obama’s talk was very impressive. As we understand it Bush doubled the deficit which was very bad and now Obama is going to triple that which, of course, is good. And, whereas Bush by doubling the deficit created the worst economy since the great depression Obama’s tripling that deficit will cause the economy to greatly improve. And now Karl Rove, who was clueless about the economy under Bush has grown into an economic sage and believes that indeed with the deficit being tripled beyond what it went to under Bush the economy is likely to recover from a national version of Ci-cago style patronage.

Do we have this right?

Sounds good to me. I'd also add that Obama himself helped Bush double the deficit by voting for lots of spending while he was Senator.

[McGruff]

if the economy begins to recover later this year, they will be "on the outside looking in" having opposed the Stimulus Plan. . .

I'm no Karl Rove but I figured that out. Better bet is this ain't gonna work and whoever is behind it is going down like the Titanic. Just wait till the public finds out this is not the last time they have to dig into their pockets. Gird your loins people.

[uncommonsense]

"The GOP wins if there's no economic recovery...or if we're attacked by terrorists. They've sted out some great ground for themselves there."

Obamunism is actually telling the truth on this particular issue. In my life, I never thought the GOP would become unabashed Rats. I knew Rats would become communists (er ah - "Progressives").

[uncommonsense]

"I don't see how Geitner could do much worse than Paulson with the TARP money"

Geitner and Paulson are one in the same. They co-managed TARP.

[nyconse]

Up is down...the GOP betting against their country just like the libs on Dem underground. I’m not convinced that the GOP really is trying to kill the stimulus. Let some Senators vote against it (safe senators). Everyone else waxes eloquent about how bad this plan is...if they could not kill it, they should have made it a better plan. Even Pres. Bush believed in stimulus plans-surely something could have been done...ah who knows?

[penowa]

"Rove’s political expediency gave us 'compassionate conservatism,' and the Medicare RX bill, No Child Left Behind, ballooning deficits, etc. and it’s why politically the GOP is in the state it is today."

No surprise if Rove thinks Republicans should sign on to this disaster. He and Bush spent 8 yrs. trying to spend us into oblivion, so it stands to reason that he would support more of the same only bigger and better. The elites belong to one party, the Big Gov't one, regardless of what they call themselves.

[uncommonsense]

"if they could not kill it, they should have made it a better plan."

The House proposed a bill that had twice the number of jobs at 1/2 the cost. They offered many amendments. All good Republican ideas shot down by party lines.

The RINOs in the Senate almost got it down to the size of the House bill. With amendments added in plus interest - it is well over $1 trillion. Geitner just said Treasury would put up to $2 trillion into the market. The Fed, behind the scenes has loaned about $10 trillion over the last 3 months. Fox and Bloomberg News have filed FOIA to get info on this - no response from the Fed.

Any ideas where all this money will come from? How about inflation - anyone in government worried about that?

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Geitner and Paulson are one in the same. They co-managed TARP.

I am talking about what Geitner will do now. The screwups under Bush are not black marks on Obama. Geitner should learn from those TARP screwups. If not, Obama will have to watch himself on youtube giving an empty promise for "accountability."

[nyconse]

Sure, either print it or borrow it from our dear trading partners the Chinese.

[G Larry]

Contrary to GOP “strategy”, “Sticking to your principles” does NOT mean “let the other guy walk all over you” nor does it prohibit you from criticizing the other guys ideas.

[uncommonsense]

"Geitner should learn from those TARP screwups. If not, Obama will have to watch himself on youtube giving an empty promise for "accountability."

Did you watch or hear Geitner's speech? I thought Obama was giving it - "only government can solve this problem", "we can't rely on the same failed policies of the past", etc.

I can't imagine those were his words since he was NY Fed Prez and the NY Fed controls monetary policy for all Fed banks and he did have something to do with regulating Wall Street.

I didn't see any strings hanging off Geitner, but I did see a shadow beside him that looked like Obama...

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

"we can't rely on the same failed policies of the past", etc.

Indeed, Obama and Geithner have matching stories. TARP was a great gift from Bush to Obama, and the latter is definitely going to remind us every chance he gets. And all the Republican pork. No one seems to be calling BO on his justification for more pork: "The republicans did it, so we get to pork away too."

[uncommonsense]

LOL! Great Political commentary cartoon.

What I keep hearing BO say is that "we" (not the Rats) need to spend MORE - a HUGE amount so it will be effective. Add it all up and it's between $5 to $17 TA-FLIPPIN-RILLION so far (not that anyone like the indispensable Timmy "Turbo Tax" Geitner can keep track). And... the "experts" are greasing the the (bleep) for more...

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Obama seems to be saying that 2 wrongs make a right. Since the republicans were bad, he gets to do it too. One of the few people I have seen call the Dems on this is Stuart Varney on Fox.

The campaign is over. Yes, the pubblies passed some pork, but the Dems are in control now and trying to outdo the pubbies.

[nyconse]

I agree...that being said, if you kick all RINO’s out, you will get Democrats in moderate states...this is a historical fact.