Posted on 07/10/2010 8:05:35 AM PDT by AdaGray
On his radio show today, Larry Kudlow fell prey to his RINO elitist tendencies and gave Geitner credit for a lower capital gains tax than anticipated.
Kudlow has always been a little too deferential to the establisment for my taste. And time and again he has lauded the insider for no good reason. Most memorable to me was the day in mid-2008 when he announced with satisfaction that "John McCain will be our next President."
The revulsion with Washington DC, and with elitists in general from either political party, is so deep and growing that one insider (Kudlow) patting another (Geitner) on the back only serves to deepen the resentment and fury against DC.
What the Tea Party wants to do (and what Kudlow fails to see despite his token acknowledgement of the TP agenda) is to take away altogether the centralized power of the Geitners and all the other academics and experts who have migrated to Washington DC over the past century and clearly screwed things up
Is this the frantic guy who’s always screaming “Open the freakin’ discount window?!!!!!!!!”
No.
I do not recall Kudlow being an early supporter of McCain, do you have evidence to the contrary?
Kudlow is one of the sharpest economic minds that we have, in the conservative movement.
It is perfectly OK to state what your opponent is doing right, before launching into what your opponent is doing wrong.
It builds credibility.
It is far more effective, with educated people, than the “your mother wears Army boots” attack on EVERYTHING your opponent does.
Kudlow is one of the preeminent supply-side economist. You know what supply-side means, right?
Everyone is a RINO aside from you. Kudlow is an optimist, but if you don’t like his opinions, wait a day and he’ll probably have a new one.
This may be what's been referred to. It was an opinion piece on RCP, Feb. 2008.
If that is true, we are in deep trouble. Had no clue about the debt levels of the public or the banks, denied vehemently we were going into recession, totally denies we are going into a double dip recession, denied housing would be a problem, a constant cheerleader for only a rising stock market. He’s a dufus.
I’m sure he had some sort of rationale for the claim...Care to share what it was?
I stopped listening to Kudlow's Saturday morning radio show a few weeks back when he went one of his shouting, braying, yelling rants in support of reelecting Juan McCain, while throwing around groundless insults of JD Hayworth.
Kudlow's a RINO in my book, and probably an open borders sort to boot.
Kudlow is another Republican who has very narrow interests. His focus is on financial and economic issues almost entirely,and he tends to ignore or minimize all other issues. Sort of like “If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” Huckabee is much the same way except his focus is on Christian issues such as abortion and gay marriage; Bill Kristol on Israel, and on and on. I dont think RINO is the correct term for such “single issue” people. I think that term should be reserved for elected officials who are supposed to consider the greater good as it applies to their constituents and to the Nation at large.
Absolutists use “RINO” like leftist Democrats use “Raaaacist.” Anyone who isn’t 100% percent in lockstept with them gets the epithet hurled at them.
Kudlow is a supply-side economist who served President Ronald well at OMB, and he deserves better than to be called “RINO” by people who don’t have half his smarts.
If he does something that disappoints you, fine — criticize him for it. But when you sink to name-calling (like liberals do), you only diminish yourself.
- JP
Kudlow is an elitist and thinks he is the brightest bulb in the room.
Looks like a RINO is anyone who disagrees with you. What’s it like always being right?
There is nothing remotely Conservative about giving kudos to the Treasury Secretary for not raising Capital Gains taxes as much as anticipated. A true Conservative would argue that taxing the movement of capital is contrary to a growing, expanding economy. A true Conservative would point out the folly of raising taxes, any taxes, in this economy. In fact, a true Conservative would argue that taxing the movement of capital in a Capitalist system is absurd. I would further state that if the gubmint truly wanted a growing economy, while at the same time insuring massive additional revenue flowing into the Treasury coffers they would be eliminating Capital Gains taxes entirely, not raising it. Eliminate the Capital Gains taxes and lower the corporate income taxes to 10% and our economy would explode. Think about all the investment capital that is just sitting idle out there right now. Manufacturing would flood back to the USA and we'd be at full employment again within 9-12 months. As it is now this is the most hostile business climate I have ever seen in my 47 years and it is 100% being created by the Federal gubmint, either through direct action or inaction that breeds uncertainty......
*****(insert name here) is an optimist, but if you don’t like his opinions, wait a day and he’ll probably have a new one****
What a great observation - from a realist;) What is wrong with us that we keep throwing all our *babies* out with the bathwater?
Cannot count the number of comments I have made over the years - but I’m pretty sure they upset more than one FReeper. That doesn’t mean I was wrong! LOL!!!
Typo: meant to say “President Ronald Reagan.”
Yes, Kudlow supported McCain in the 2008 election. [sarc] Good thing that RINO McCain didn’t win, isn’t it? We’re much better off [/sarc] under Obama, who never read a word written by Karl Marx that he didn’t agree with.
- JP
This is a huge problem on this site at this time. We can’t win elections when each candidate has to satisfy every last demand of every last voter.
I personally don’t like being tarred with that narrow minded brush either which occurs when i speak politics with my more centrist friends.
Well, that's essentially it, isn't it? The link I posted goes back to the 2008 election, as does the AdaGray reference to Kudlow's support.
Our votes in 2008 essentially supported McCain (even those of us like myself who voted for Sarah Palin). So, am I to consider Kudlow a RINO because of this?
I know Kudlow is a supply sider. Others here, more familiar with him than I, call him a one-issue man. And my minimal familiarity with him makes me agree with that. That doesn't make him a RINO, per se, just a person who saw in McCain a better prospect for supply-side economics that our beloved Obama. I think we all did.
I'd say this is a hit piece gone sour...
Trying to figure out just how your taste is the determining factor in who is Republican in name only. Are you the Republican party's litmus tester?
What the Tea Party wants to do (and what Kudlow fails to see despite his token acknowledgement of the TP agenda) is to take away altogether the centralized power of the Geitners and all the other academics and experts who have migrated to Washington DC over the past century and clearly screwed things up
Well thanks for that clearing up. Here I was thinking the Taxed Enough Already movement's central rallying theme was to get the attention of the ruling class and say with one strong voice that we citizens are in favor of more restrained, responsible spending and less taxation.
So if I get you correctly, you're saying the TEA party is an anti-Federalist movement and Larry Kudlow is not really a Republican because he didn't attack Tim Geitner with both guns blazin'. That about cover it?
P.S. Has the television personality Larry Kudlow ever mentioned his political party affiliation or because he believes in free market capitalism were you assuming? What difference does it make anyway, he's not elected to any political office.
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