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Right Winger Calls on Republican Voters to Destroy America!
Paul Roderick Gregory, Contributor
Domestic and world economics from a free-market perspective
Op/Ed | 2/09/2013 @ 10:40AM
If Republicans Bend on the Sequester, They Don't Deserve Our Support
I was frustrated by William Kristol’s Don’t Be Seduced by the Sequester. Kristol argues Republicans must be the grown-up party. The sequester cuts will delay the deployment of two battle ships at a crucial time. Per Kristol: Republicans should negotiate a more measured (and smaller) reduction with the President even if means delays in spending cuts. Bad advice! Believe me: The sequestered funds will be the only cuts in discretionary spending we will get over the next four years. Any Republican who walks away from the sequester for a future “compromise” with Obama does not deserve our votes, contributions, or volunteer efforts.
Tea Party, prepare to write down names.
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If Republicans cave on the sequester, they might as well go home and turn Washington over to the Democrats.
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The above is a call that is irrational and dangerous. When ideology trumps what is good for the whole of the nation you get what Madison warned about in his Federalist #9 and #10 -- Factionalism that places the interests and rights of the whole at risk for a narrow ideological and /or partisan agenda.
This is about more than the Tea Party of Libertarian ideologues running around screaming and shouting 'Fire' in the crowded halls of government. This is about wanting to destroy America. This is about a temper tantrum of a right wing culture that has become infantilized.
Paul Roderick Gregory, Contributor
Domestic and world economics from a free-market perspective
Op/Ed | 2/09/2013 @ 10:40AM
If Republicans Bend on the Sequester, They Don't Deserve Our Support
I was frustrated by William Kristol’s Don’t Be Seduced by the Sequester. Kristol argues Republicans must be the grown-up party. The sequester cuts will delay the deployment of two battle ships at a crucial time. Per Kristol: Republicans should negotiate a more measured (and smaller) reduction with the President even if means delays in spending cuts. Bad advice! Believe me: The sequestered funds will be the only cuts in discretionary spending we will get over the next four years. Any Republican who walks away from the sequester for a future “compromise” with Obama does not deserve our votes, contributions, or volunteer efforts.
Tea Party, prepare to write down names.
...................................................
If Republicans cave on the sequester, they might as well go home and turn Washington over to the Democrats.
---
The above is a call that is irrational and dangerous. When ideology trumps what is good for the whole of the nation you get what Madison warned about in his Federalist #9 and #10 -- Factionalism that places the interests and rights of the whole at risk for a narrow ideological and /or partisan agenda.
This is about more than the Tea Party of Libertarian ideologues running around screaming and shouting 'Fire' in the crowded halls of government. This is about wanting to destroy America. This is about a temper tantrum of a right wing culture that has become infantilized.
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