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?!!!!!!!!”
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.
I’m sure he had some sort of rationale for the claim...Care to share what it was?
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
Looks like a RINO is anyone who disagrees with you. What’s it like always being right?
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.
Unless and until Larry Kudlow runs for elective office, his opinions are opinions.
This is true for all the talking heads on TV, from Rush to Rachel Maddow.
As long as we have ideas and opinions to mull over - we are still free. Enjoy it while you got it!
On the same show, he also pounded the table endlessly to extend unemployment benefits without regard to the deficit.
A reminder that Bernie Sanders laughed in Kudlow’s face, and called him a Socialist, when Kudlow tried to make the case for endless TARP back in 2008.
Tried to email Kudlow. Of course the email is disabled.
Always knew he was a RINO but today’s french kisses for Geithner was disgusting.
Not a single caller agreed with him.
Shame on Larry. He said Geithner has to spout O’s line.
And Kudlow has to spout CNBC’s line. NO DIFFERENCE.
Sold his soul to the company store.
PATHETIC
Absolutely. He has a radio show that plays on WABC in the NYC area on Saturday mornings (not sure if it is the same one you hear). I had to stop listening to it several weeks ago for exactly the same reasons that you cite. He is typical elitist pond scum that does far more damage then good. For every 1 truthful & useful statement he may make, there are 9 other LIES that emanate from his disgusting brain and mouth. He is a consummate Insider.
“Imperfection, must sterilize, ste-ri-lize.”
Yes, let’s get pure, once all these RINOs are gone, the 27 of us that are left will elect only “pure” conservatives and fix everything.
Life long political fence sitters by choice.... neocons/liberaltarians, whatever....
Kudlow is usally a reliable voice for markets and liberty, although he seems a bit pollyannish for me in discounting the upcoming hard times. I attribute his eternal optimism to his recovery from cocaine addiction and repentance in his life.
Still he is an open border knucklehead, and I recall once on his show when a stay at home mom called him on this and she lit him up like a Christmas tree. Her arguments were so irrefutably sound that he was eventually forced to agree with her. But IIRC he has not renounced open borders bovine scatology.
I'm all for ousting as many true RINO officeholders as we can in the primaries (like Bennett, Inglis and McCain), but commentators who agree with us 80% of the time are still our allies and friends. I just hope there are enough allies left to fight the Democrats this Fall after some of us finish shooting their friends.
Kudlow may be crazy like a fox.