printFrom “GOP, RIP?”: “Chief among the leftist factions that would hate to see a recrudescence of the Right are neoconservatives. Enter David Brooks, whose sinecure at the New York Times is a testament to the ‘mushy middle ground’ he has so successfully occupied. … Brooks has flourished in the neoconservative sorority. … he, nevertheless, now sees fit to reinvent himself as a Republican ‘Reformer.’ Brooks the Reformer has been brooding about the dangers of ‘slashing government,’ if the Republican faction he calls ‘Traditionalist’ manages to unseat neocons like himself.”
Now Jack Hunter of Taki’s further distills the essence of the Brook’s bastardized (neo) conservatism: … “But if [David] Brook’s snob conservatism, Thompson and Romney’s wannabe-Reagan-imitations, Huckabee’s holy-rolling and McCain’s mad-bomber mentality are all just stylistic variations of the same Republican policies, it is worth noting the one candidate in 2008 who attracted widespread, bipartisan support, based not only almost purely on his ideas – but ideas that stood in stark contrast to the rest of his party. Texas Congressman Ron Paul’s 2008 campaign reflected the antiwar sentiment that helped elect Obama and the anti-government outrage that now defines the grassroots Right. Paul, unlike his fellow 2008 presidential contenders, not only rejected the failed policies of the Bush administration, but despite his lack of charisma, possessed the only political platform that might have had a chance of winning – while remaining conservative to the core.
But strict, limited government conservatism is of little concern to establishment men like Brooks, which makes him completely useless. … ‘the reformists, whose new ideas are not conservative and whose old ideas are the ones that destroyed the Bush GOP, are the very last pundits Republicans should heed.’
Indeed. And if the American Right needs a new, better identity – as many rightly believe it does – a good start might be to move as far away as possible from the politics and person of David Brooks.”
Romney is a nut case. He strapped the family dog to the roof of the family station wagon, and then took off on a family vacation. The pooch was literally scared to death. It soiled the windows of the car. Romney took the car to a wash and hosed it down.
He also hired illegal aliens from Guatemala to mow the lawn of his estate.
He’s another elitist buffoon.
“Paul, unlike his fellow 2008 presidential contenders, not only rejected the failed policies of the Bush administration, but despite his lack of charisma, possessed the only political platform that might have had a chance of winning – while remaining conservative to the core.” Ilana?
Ron Paul is radically correct, not conservative. A question conservatives should ask themselves is:
“If conservative ways were so correct then why did we abandon them?”
The US took a wrong turn in 1913. Instead of fixing a flawed banking system it ENABLED it via the Fed! Live and learn but this may be our last chance to learn. The world is rather deadly, don’t you know?
Mr. Brooks may have a bigger storm brewing than he is willing to accept. Politico has an article stating that the tea party has singled out his group for unemployment benefits. “http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/28157”
I’m declining a chance to meet the two high priests of Times “Conservatism”, David Brooks and William Kristol who are involved in a fundraiser for Anna’s school. I probably don’t have the stomach for it and it’s Anna’s birthday so I’ll take her and her friends to dinner and to a high school production of Seussical. I’m sure that the Cat in the Hat and Horton the Elephant are far more intelligent than Brooks and Kristol.
It is difficult to pronounce “GOP RIP” for it has been brain-dead for years. Between the Yeehaw-Huck (ex-George Wallace Democrats) who joined up for social conservative reasons, the military industrial complex Haliburton plutocrats, the country-club crowd (Bush, Romney), and the formerly liberal democrats like Kristol and Guiliani who became the neoconservatives, there is little room for limited government types. The only government limitation these clowns truly get animated over is limiting the amount of power wielded by the evil nefarious Democrats.
It’s pathetic that people flock to the McCains, Brookses, Romneys & other media-anointed clowns because they feel there is “no where else to go”. Sadly, the supporters of these Republicans are as much to blame for the Welfare-Warfare leviathan as any Kennedy.