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Brooks: 'Tragedy' If Republicans Reject More Government, Higher Taxes
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| Mark Finkelstein
Posted on 09/14/2010 10:41:36 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
If a RINO is a Republican In Name Only, let's coin a new acronym for David Brooks: RINYTO: Republican In New York Times Only. For only in the Gray Lady's bailiwick could Brooks be considered much of a Republican.
Take his current column in the Times. Brooks warns Republicans on the verge of regaining power that it would be nothing short of a "tragedy" if they were to oppose . . . more government and higher taxes.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2manylaws; 2manytaxes; 2muchcontrol; 2muchgovernment; biggovernment; davidbrooks; newyorktimes; taxes
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To: netmilsmom; Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; Diogenesis; MEG33; PGalt; ...
“Republican” Brooks wants more government, higher taxes. Ping to Today show list.
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Does anyone buy his “conservative” beard shtick anymore? The MSM trots him out when they need to tut tut over something.
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posted on
09/14/2010 10:43:37 AM PDT
by
jessduntno
(The Victory Mosque will be built over our dead bodies over our dead bodies ...)
To: jessduntno
Brooks is a strawman conservative. He parrots the things his masters at the NYTimes want a good little “conservative” to say.
To: jessduntno
Can everybody say “douchenozzle?”
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posted on
09/14/2010 10:47:14 AM PDT
by
shankbear
(Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
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posted on
09/14/2010 10:48:53 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Only at the NYT could Brooks be considered a conservative. Well, maybe the LAT too.
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posted on
09/14/2010 10:49:39 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
I’m not sure he’s a Republican. He claims to be a conservative. In the NYT, Karl Marx is a conservative.
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posted on
09/14/2010 10:50:47 AM PDT
by
Brilliant
To: governsleastgovernsbest
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posted on
09/14/2010 10:52:14 AM PDT
by
True Grit
To: jessduntno
Does anyone buy his conservative beard shtick anymore? The MSM trots him out when they need to tut tut over something.Speaking of beards, he looks less than masculine in that picture, if you catch my drift.
To: Seruzawa
Brooks is as much a socialist as Mark “Maxie” Shields.
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posted on
09/14/2010 10:54:16 AM PDT
by
newfreep
(Palin/DeMint 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
To: Brilliant
In the NYT, Karl Marx is a conservative. And Pol Pot is considered "centrist."
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posted on
09/14/2010 10:55:33 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
There are millions of voters who, while alarmed by the Democrats lavish spending, still look to government to play some positive role.What a stupid knee jerk cliche. What about all the government spending before the Democraps took over? By what indice was that "too little" ? Why does that not deserve a debate?.. This guy is just a shill.
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Is that the face of a true conservative? He’s got the look of an enlightened Northeast inside the Beltway elitist moderate at best.
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posted on
09/14/2010 10:58:52 AM PDT
by
tflabo
To: Brilliant
Hey Brooksie...Just keep thinking that way and tell everyone around the NYT writers’ areas of your beliefs. Maybe you can even get (o)bama to utter the same words too. I hope the entire Dem ticket utters those words.
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posted on
09/14/2010 11:00:47 AM PDT
by
Mouton
To: governsleastgovernsbest
David Brooks is a Moron!!
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posted on
09/14/2010 11:01:15 AM PDT
by
ontap
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Dear Mr Brooks,
Since you sincerely believe that higher taxes and a larger federal government are necessary for society to continue, please forward your voluntary contribution to:
ATTN Dept G
Bureau of the Public Dept
PO BOX 2188
Parkersburg, WV 26106-2188
In the memo section, notate that your check is a gift to reduce public debt.
Thank You!!!
Let’s start holding these folks who want higher taxes, feet to the fire. Put yer money where your mouth is.
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Brooks apparently believes we don't have enough government and that taxes are too low. I'd say that makes him a Republican only in the rarefied air of 8th Ave. between 40th & 41st streets.
Port Authority Bus Terminal?
To: Minus_The_Bear
Brooks is a Hamiltonian. And Hamiltonian's are not on the Right. The old Hamiltonian Jacksonian/Jeffersonian fight continues. The Hamiltonian's joined up with the Left in the first decade of the 20th Century.
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Of those two great fonts of liberal faith - the NYT and the WaPo - at least the WaPo is big enough to allow real conservatives, like Charles Krauthammer, regular space on the editorial page.
The Times is so craven that only dainty, Ivy League eunuchs like Brooks and Ross Douthat are even allowed to broach a hint of dissension from the great unanimous chorus of truth.
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posted on
09/14/2010 11:09:54 AM PDT
by
mojito
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