Posted on 12/23/2017 4:23:13 PM PST by Sir Napsalot
PBS NEWSHOUR: Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, .....
DAVID BROOKS: I think the Republicans are going to do very bad in the midterm, but not because of the tax bill...
So you can vote on a lot of things. In general, when you run up big deficits and give away — back money to people, they like it. And people like me say, hey, you should worry about the deficits or you should worry about the distribution effects. .......
JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, you brought up the midterm elections. And that’s what I want to ask you about.
But, David, your point is that this tax bill is not going to affect Republicans in the midterm that much, whatever…
DAVID BROOKS: Who knows? The midterms are still a year away.
I think the reason people don’t like the Republican Party is not because of the tax cut. It’s because they don’t like Donald Trump, they don’t think they’re functional, for a zillion other reasons. .......
I think they’re in terrible shape..... There’s the thing called the generic ballot. Which party do you want to control, which party do you think — usually, if one party is plus nine, they’re like due for a tidal wave of support. And the Democrats are plus 13 or 14. That’s just massive.
Now, we’re a year away, ....... it looks like a tidal wave election. If it was today, it would be a tidal wave election, and it looks the kind of elections where Democrats wouldn’t only carry swing states, like maybe even Arizona, something like that, but states where you don’t even imagine.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Sounds like the Left is starting to believe there own propaganda. They are in for a rude surprise in 2918.
David Brooks is supposed to offer a competing opinion to the predictable ultra liberal viewpoint of Mark Shields. I guess in a way he does. Shields will usually begin by spending ten minutes foaming at the mouth and spitting out his rage against Trump.
When Shields is out of breath and near collapse after venting all his his hateful bile, Brooks will calmly take over and spend the final ten minutes claiming that “No, Trump is actually worse than that.”
Always desiring to have the last word, Shields rises from near death to mumble Trump is a narcissistic child, with uncontrollable reckless tendencies and an unapologetic racist, Islamaphobe and a rapist.
Judy gleefully smiles and thanks the two gentlemen for their brilliant insights and analysis. “See You next week.”
They are both going to look like asses again in 2018 but that will not alter the hateful DNA embedded in their hearts and souls.
the one thing trump has not done is disappoint his base...I can believe that his base has not grown a lot but he probably has lost few who supported him in the election...I actually see him adding to his base those who were lied to and believed the media.
ROTFL! Brooks has lost it.
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David Brooks never had it.
Just an unfulfilled she-boy!
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“Disappointed Trump Voters”
What a pantload. I read the discussion, and Brooks basically admits that the tax bill is a good thing.
So what are Trump voters actually disappointed about? The best I can tell is that - according to Brooks - they are dissapointed because... they don’t “like” him (Trump).
Amazingly, Brooks get paid for this “analysis”.
Dreamer, silly little dreamer.
The Trump Administration will help Republicans get the votes in the right places, but we all need to help with that. Questions we might ask neighbors in conservative areas are,...
* Is business better than it would have been during the economic collapse that we saw coming?
* Do we want an economic collapse after the midterm elections?
* Shouldn’t we give this Administration a chance to see what it can do?
* Would we rather have the Party of Hillary in charge at a time like this?
* Wasn’t it the Democrats’ avoidance of war that made our bully foreign enemies believe they could destroy us and start building up so much?
* Don’t we want to give the corporations enough time to relocate their operations to the U.S.A. to get their tax break and put more of us to work to increase revenues across the country?
That old B. Hussein supportin’ crone went over to the (D)ark side long ago
so who gives a flip ...
Ned Pepper taunts, “bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.”
Rooster Cogburn rides right into the fray.
One of THE greatest scenes in movie history. John Wayne with the reins in his teeth and firing with both hands.....
And I love the line before that: “Ned Pepper, I aim to kill you in about one minute.”
liberal biosphere on display
Brooks? Yea; he’s been so correct for so long, right? NOT!!
Is this guy a moron? I - and my friends - can’t wait til we vote for Trump in 2020...
He’s talking about 2018 mid-term election, and Democrats are going to flip the House and Senate.
Then impeach, impeach, impeach, nonstop. At every little thing imagined and/or manufactured.
There won’t be a 2020, if Dems have their way........
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