Any democrat who rips the poseur 0bama, AARP and Norquist in the same article that he praises Ryan and Coburn can't be all bad.
I thought Simpson was Republican?
Well, Alan Simpson made a career of being in govt. He is part of the problem. If he really wanted to be a solution maker, he should have done so a long time ago.
Simpson has always been a RINO, which is why he is always picked to represent the Republican side when democrats want a “republican” voice on some blue ribbon commission. However, unlike other RINO’s he seems to have the ability to mask it with folksy talk and an “ahh shucks” attitude which seems to give him a pass with most conservatives.
I could be wrong, but I think he was in Congress some where when govt. went to base line accounting.
? Simpson is a Republican
As to who the good guy is and who is wearing the black hat...I cant tell anymore
Simpson is a lifelong chickensh!t of the Joe Scarborough or Charlie Crist variety (or Schwarzenegger, et al. ad nauseum) who is always most comfortable and boldly swaggering when he is flailing away at Republican straw men in precisely the fashion that the media will greet with full approval.
He has never taken a “courageous” or “independent” stand that flew in the face of media/leftwing operatives.
Where, for instance, was his great bravery and vision when it came to Obamacare and his stupid Balanced Budget Commission recommendations? Nowhere, that’s where. They didn’t oppose it, didn’t tweak it, DIDN’T MENTION IT.
The guy is a coward and a scoundrel...man, he p!sses me off....
Paul Ryan, the one with the cojones to take it to them. Good to hear at least some are on his side. AARP can go to hell. They’ve got to be losing members at this point. I can’t wait until they are put put of business. Among my 50-something friends, no one has joined. And several folks that are older have cancelled their memberships. That’s one trend I’d like to see continue.
He’s fallen off his rocker and he can’t get up.
Sen. Simpson seems to spend an inordinate amount of time tracking down bloggers and forum posters who criticize him on the web and then sending them long scathing emails telling them how wrong they are and that he is really a wonderful guy.
I know someone who got one of these and it was truly, truly bizarre.
“Who would sign anything before coming to office before reviewing the facts, conditions, and situation?” asks Simpson. “Why would anyone — on any hot issue you can imagine — lock themselves into a position?”
I guess the concept of "principles" just fails the political reality test where the linguini-spined live.
Alan Simpson is a Republican, for about the last 80 years!
Simpson is and was a self-aggrandizing, egotistical camera hog, in love with the sound of his own voice. Add that to his RINO pedigree and he should really fade away like the old sell-out he is.
He got ONE thing right:
“describes the AARP as a brick wall standing in the way of desperately needed entitlement reform, and blasts its leaders as a bunch of wealthy, self-aggrandizing lobbyists who pretend to speak for average Americans.”