This was Fred Barnes on Oct. 3, 08
(Right when House Republicans needed as much support as possible to derail the Fannie Mae Bailout Bill)
RUSH: Let's go to some of the audio sound bites (we have three of them, here) on the bailout just to set the stage here. This is last night on Special Report with Brit Hume during panel discussion. Brit asked Fred Barnes a question. "Fred, you're not sympathetic to the Senate and the House of Representatives, the noises coming from conservatives in the House, give me your thoughts on the quality of their arguments."
BARNES: I think their arguments are -- are idiotic. And myopic. It's as if they're operating from some ideology that says, "We cannot interfere with the free market by having government do more." Ronald Reagan would do this. Alexander Hamilton did it. When you have a financial crisis that threatens to blow up the economy and put America in a deep recession or worse, that's when government's supposed to act. Now, if you're a Libertarian and you don't believe in government, that's something, but most Republicans are not Libertarians. They're just nuts.
hmm...so Barnes is a Free Trade guy who wanted Govt intervention into the markets?
Hmm...that is not Vichy Texas Eagle, that is Hippocritical, but not Vichy, for example Barnes did not say:
“That myopic moron McCain and his snow bunny Palin..”
Barnes has policy differences, the only thing he betrayed is his principles...