Conservative Think Tank: Mess Is the GOP's Fault (Gingrich "extremism must be punished and ignored")

Newser ^ | April 30, 2012 | Mark Russell

[Cincinatus' Wife]

It's Newt's fault?

..In response to the GOP's nuttiness, Mann and Orstein call on journalists to stop trying to present "both sides" on the issues, and instead concentrate on "truth," focus on who is "taking hostages, at what risks and to what ends," and to stop treating filibusters like they are routine. Ultimately, though, if democracy "is to regain its health and vitality, the culture and ideological center of the Republican Party must change," they write. And the only way that will happen is if voters start "punishing extremism."

Those methods exactly parrot Green gurus' solutions on how to confront global warming "skeptics." Perhaps the "extremists" have a solid foothold and the Elites can't shake it loose.

Newt Gingrich of Georgia and Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald throw mock tea crates into the Chattahoochee River in Roswell, Ga., in 1994.

[Diogenesis]

Nonsense.

The Extremism is from Team Romney who
attacked Gov. Palin and her children to throw
the 2008 Election to Obama .... FOR ROMNEY.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THIS WAS PLANNED.

It shall, hopefully, not be rewarded.

[lowbridge]

“What makes their column particularly interesting is that Ornstein is not liberal, but a resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute”

Alone. Wikipedia refers to Ornstein as a “centrist liberal”.

[Flintlock]

Ya gotta have RINOs.
The party NEEDS RINOSs.
RINOS, RINOS, RINOS,.................MORE RINOS.
GOTTA HAVE ‘EM—GOTTAGOTTAGOTTA

ad naseum.
“Principles?” WE DON’ NEED NO STEEENKING PRINCIPLES!

[lowbridge]

“What makes their column particularly interesting is that Ornstein is not liberal, but a resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute”

Baloney. Wikipedia refers to Ornstein as a “centrist liberal”.

[LibLieSlayer]

Democracy? These idiot fools think that we live in a democracy... that is what the communists want. Mob rule and let the parasites in the urban areas rule America... no electoral college etc. We have a Republic and these two guys are leftists. You want the real truth??? THERE CAN BE NO COMPROMISE WITH COMMUNISM, ISLAM OR SATAN. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL AXIS OF EVIL. THESE GUYS ARE BELTWAY DRONES... COOPTED AND INDOCTRINATED... THEY TOOK THE WRONG COLOR PILL.

LLS

[MulberryDraw]

Mann and Orstein call on journalists to stop trying to present "both sides" on the issues, and instead concentrate on "truth,"

If the LSM did this, then they would mute Mr. Obama virtually every night on the news instead of me having to do it.

[Fresh Wind]

In response to the GOP's nuttiness, Mann and Orstein call on journalists to stop trying to present "both sides" on the issues

Seems to me that "journalists" have been doing exactly this for a very long time while all the while insisting that their reporting is not biased.

[sirchtruth]

These rinos are a much worse enemy to conservatives than any liberal. That's what loyal republicans do not get and either need to wake up to this reality, or they will stay on the insanity train and ride it off the rails!

Until you ABO/Romney/Rino/GOPe loyalist voters realize the republican party HAS to change from within the destruction of this great nation will continue!

[Pat4ever]

The Brookings Institute, employer of Thomas Mann, is a center-left group with an agenda. Diane Feinstein is a funder.

[Adder]

Heard all I needed to when NPR gave these clowns nearly 10 minutes this am for the same crapola. Most of what they said was toilet paper material.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Here is a little rewrite of what they wrote, to put it in context:

“Washington is more dysfunctional than it has been in 40 years, and while Muslims have deserved their share of the blame over the years, today “the core of the problem lies with Christians”.

They call Christians an “insurgent outlier in American politics” because of the religion’s extremism, antagonism to the inherent truth of Islam, hatred of Muslims, and complete opposition to the legitimacy of Sharia law.

They blame Christians for deliberately making the Capitol dysfunctional in order to stoke and use anti-Muslim rage around the country, and creating an anti-dhimmi-tax pledge that makes compromise impossible.

In response to the Christian extremism in clinging to their religion and Haram practices, they call on journalists to stop trying to present “both sides” on the issues, and instead concentrate on the “truth of Islam,” focus on who is “obstructing the true faith, at what risks and to what ends,” and to stop treating the constitution like it is supreme.

Ultimately, though, if America “is to regain its health and vitality, the religion of the people must change to Islam,” they write. And the only way that will happen is if leaders start “punishing extremist Christians.”

[FatherofFive]

because of the party's extremism, antagonism to facts and science, hatred of compromise, and complete opposition to the Democrats' legitimacy

They got one thing right. I completly oppose the democrat=marxist=socialist=communist legitimacy in destroying America.

If I wanted America to fail

[upchuck]

Together, they call the GOP an "insurgent outlier in American politics" because of the party's extremism, antagonism to facts and science, hatred of compromise, and complete opposition to the Democrats' legitimacy.

It would appear the author of the WaPo article (read it here) is not a conservative.

[Venturer]

This is what passes for intelligence?

[MachIV]

“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice”. BG

Today’s think tankers would declare the founding fathers radical extremists. We went to war with lead flying and blood flowing over issues that were less aggregious than what we are dealing with today.

[FatherofFive]

We went to war with lead flying and blood flowing over issues that were less aggregious than what we are dealing with today.

I had a similar conversation - hard to believe the people of Mass. led the revolution!

[Waywardson]

Gingrich is a moderate who will soon endorse Romney and Norquist is a traitor for dollars to radial Islam.

[txrangerette]

Norquist’s anti tax pledge serves a huge purpose...it places the focus on cutting the size and scope of government...of necessity.

Without that, you’d get a total cave...not merely a partial one like we have now..to the crazed Dems tax, spend and elect, tax, spend and elect political philosophy handed down from FDR.

So it puts elected Repubs in a straight jacket, huh??

What a shame...NOT.

As for Gingrich, he has had some trouble having himself marked a true conservative, having done, said and written a few clunker things in his career. But THESE clowns call him a “conservative extremist”.

Do they pass around the weed or the pipe, where these two hang out??

[GeronL]

They aren’t conservative enough in reality