Brat, a “libertarian” ?
not even close. title is purposely misleading
What does “cuts to seniors” have to do with SSDI?
Typical liberal hit piece. Eeeeeevil Tea Party Republcians hate children and old people. I am shocked they couldn’t add sexist, racist and homophobic to the list as well.
Brat says he intends to follow the constitution. What else matters but that?
*SNORT
Mother Jones.
Mother jones wouldn’t know the tragedy of the commons if it hit them upside the head.
...”I don’t know about you, but I like him now more than I did twenty minutes ago.”...
I totally agree.
i agree with 2nddivisionvet. I like him even more now.
Libertarian? These authors are displaying their ignorance.
He sounds like a solid old-fashioned conservative; in fact, like any old Republican the way they used to be. He also sounds extremely intelligent, which is probably what’s got them scared.
Well, if “Mother Jones” says so, it must be true.
/s
Thanks for posting this. I like to see well written pieces of views I disagree with.
I LOVE THE GUY...but even so, if he were as left-wing as Pelosi I’d be happy - the key was GETTING CANTOR OUT!!
That is what sent the FEAR OF GOD into the rest of the Republican Caucus...and like I said Tuesday night, other Republicans will now have to ask TWO QUESTIONS, instead of the usual “How’s the fund raising going”...now they’ll add “How are the phone calls running”.
This was a 9.0 earthquake to Republicans...FINALLY.
and so it begins
the democrats are going to “Cuccinelli” this good man and run ads showing women barefoot and pregnant and starving seniors and schoolchildren
Any resemblance between Mother Jones and the truth is pure coincidence.
Very persuasive piece, here. It strongly affected my view of this election.
So much so, that I just made a monetary donation to the David Brat campaign.
Thanks, Ma Jones, ya communistic @%&#!!!
Mother Jones should be confused and enraged.
While it is informative to know what someone doesn't believe it is perhaps more important to know what they do believe.
In this case, Brat believes first in the Constitution. From that, you can readily see the difficulty for supporters to believe in unconstitutional legislation.
Unfortunately, the Constitution does not impress people who seem bent on exchanging freedoms for their perceived notion of security.
I believe these people fear freedom because they fear the responsibility that comes with freedom. One reason is that the centrally planned public school system failed to teach them how to think and instead concentrated on teaching them what to think.
Stunning that Mother Jones thinks they were criticizing Brat.
This is not "gravy" to many seniors. It's the bulk of their income. And unlike other "entitlements," they did make contributions to it; albeit, they were squandered by the government and not reserved for SS. But a 2/3 cut is not feasible.
I agree. I should send Mother Jones an email thanking them for such a good description of Mr. Brat.
I call BS on charge he wants to slash SS payouts to seniors by 2/3. No politician would propose that nor should they. It should be privatized going forward and existing benefits levels maintained for the people that played by the rules and paid in.