Posted on 02/10/2016 2:18:46 PM PST by Biggirl
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“Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny precisely because its principles are the founding principles.” --Mark Levin in Liberty and Tyranny
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I’ll pay as much attention to Mark’s candidate evaluations tonight as I did the night he gave his strong support for Orin Hatch’s reelection.
Candidate evaluation, definitely not Levin’s strong point.
Mark, noone gives a rats rear about Carly FioRINO, mkay.
If she was “effective”, as you say, then she would not have crashed and burned long before Jeb, or Rubot, or Kasich, or any of the other GOPE fools in this race.
No one wants to be lectured ad nauseam by a dour schoolmarm.
None of them say anything.
Jeb - Proven, tested leadership, steady hand, not going ot insult your way to the presidency, Trump’s a jerk... blah, blah, blah.
Kasich - I’m the Prince of Light and Hope, everyone else is a heartless bastard, if you think you can change the direction of this government, you’re a lunatic, my daddy was a mailman, blah, blah, blah.
Christie- I’m a former federal prosecutor, I wake up and make decisions, I did some stuff in New jersey, you can’t just go around and say the same things over and over as a governor, I’m a former federal prosecutor, I wake up and make decisions, I did some stuff in New jersey, you can’t just go around and say the same things over and over as a governor.
Cruz- I call it the Washington Cartel.
Rubot- My dad came here with 100 dollars in his underwear, we are going to make the next century a new American century with soaring, flying eagles and America the Beautiful is great, but she can be greater, because my dad came here with 100 dollars in his underwear, and we are going to make....bzzt...bzzt...
Carly Fiorina- I’m Hillary Clinton’s worst nightmare, because she won’t, I will... blah, blah, blah.
Anyway, my point is, none of them actually say anything that matters.
Please understand that I admire and respect Mark for his compassion, his intellect and his uncompromised defense of the Constitution. I've listened to and learned from him for years and have read many of his political books. And from a purely conservative principles perspective I wish things were different -- that Ted Cruz was running away with this thing -- but it's clear that is not what is happening.
But attempting ("stretching" is the better descriptor) to draw a parallel not just between the Communist Sanders and the private citizen Donald Trump, but also between the voters who support Sanders and those -- like me -- who support Trump (because we are confident he can defeat whichever communist the Democrat/Socialist Party nominates) is more insulting, more demeaning to himelf than it is to the voters. Voters like me who are tired of losing to the socialists; who are tired of professional politicians who promise conservativism then either lie or do nothing to stop -- or even to slow down -- our Republican Party "leaders'" (and far too many of Republican caucus members') undermining of the Constitution and slow but steady deterioration of our republic into a socialist state.
May God continue to bless Ted Cruz and Mark Levin ... but this year I'm taking a chance with the "unknown" because I know what most of the "knowns" do -- they lie; or even worse, they give up and do nothing! And the only viable "known" still in the race who is worth a conservative damn is a much weaker candidate who cannot defeat the Siren-song of socialism.
So, Mark, disagree with my support of Donald Trump but don't ever equate me with the politically-ignorant masses who support the Communist Sanders. To do so is nothing more than an emotional outburst and makes you appear foolish in a rational discussion.
Hey all! Mark sounded like he was having a heart attack for a moment.
Mark attacking his audience tonight sounded like Moses attacking the Hebrews after they rejected the Ten Commandments.
Maybe Reagan’s 11th commandment.
Criticize a position you think you opponent has, from a conservative viewpoint, but don’t berate the man.
Hoover Institution article on the cause of the Great Depression,based on the work of Milton Friedman. Smoot-Hawley never mentioned.
In one of the great paradoxes of human history, a federal regulatory institution created for the purpose of stabilizing the banking system and, thereby, the overall economy by functioning as a lender of last resort caused the worst depression in our history.
The Fed's "Depression" and the Birth of the New Deal
Levin's history is wrong, another area when he is not a reliable source.
Mark’s gone off the rails a little.
Monday and Tuesday he wasted a lot of time attacking Chris Christie.
Now that the inevitable has happened (Christie dropping out), Mark doesn’t have him to kick around any more.
But Christie refusing to come on the show still burns!
I thought the same thing.
There's been a lot written lately comparing the recovery of America from the post-WW1 depression, with recovery coming from a hands-off Federal policy, with the Great Depression and biggest culprit prolonging it being the Federal intervention in the domestic economy.
Inaction?! The Great Depression was caused by government interference in business, and was extended through the War because FDR wouldn’t get outof the way of business. The post-War rebound was because families saved money due to restrictions on spending during the War, and behan buying manufactured goods for a financial shot in the arm until Reagan’s tax cuts.
That is, not equalled until Reagan’s tax cuts.
Thanks!
Yes, inaction by the Fed, whose responsibility was to provide liquidity to banks in times of economic recession. They did the opposite at the outset of the Great Depression and shrunk the money supply by 30%. The Fed caused the bank failures most have heard about from the GD.
The post war rebound was because much of the industrial capacity of Europe and Japan had been destroyed by the war and the US was a supplier of many products until the recovered. The US also had a boom from returning vets starting families and careers.
If you haven't read the Hoover Institution article linked in #28, or read that analysis elsewhere, then you haven't been exposed to the current thinking on the GD, based on the work of Milton Friedman.
Levin is really lost in the weeds tonight.
Much of my understanding of the GD is based on Friedman’s teachings. The bank issue was the government not taking the promised action they wrote into law and forced the banks to sign on to it. That is government interference, not inaction.
Otherwise, you could blame all government interference as inaction. The only action the government takes on forced interference is to aid cronies.
Mark just played a hilarious audio of Chris Matthews making a slurred attack on Ted Cruz.
Most slurred speech since Dick Armey. Chris hitting the sauce again.
The Fed is government appointed, but operates independent of the government once the positions are filled. And the Fed has always been largely made up of bankers and economists. Fed inaction caused the GD by shrinking the money supply rather than expanding it to support the banks need for liquidity.
And the GD was ended by the industrial output and manpower demands of WWII.
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