DescentBB

....it's one thing to be the conservative voice, the party of fiscal restraint, etc, etc, but being a political party means you have to maintain SOME moderation and be willing to govern:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/opini ... rc=me&_r=0


just read a long-time acquaintance, never an Obama fan and generally quite a staunch conservative describe the Republicans as 'in a complete tailspin toward destruction'. Yup.

another longtime Republican also weighs in.....when you've lost folks like Bernenke and Brooks, your time as a functional, electable political party is numbered.

http://www.occupydemocrats.com/ben-bern ... spiracies/

If you think Brooks is a "staunch conservative" I have a few bridges for sale...cheap. I watch reports on the NewsHour every week from him, and he is a moderate at best.

Spidey wrote:If you think Brooks is a "staunch conservative" I have a few bridges for sale...cheap. I watch reports on the NewsHour every week from him, and he is a moderate at best.

go re-read my sentences, please. I did NOT refer to Brooks that way, but another commentor who I know on another board. Brooks is and always has been a center-right moderate Republican......but, he has been a Republican, and works for a traditionally right-leaning think tank. Bernanke is a fiscal conservative to a great degree and his piece specifically addresses fiscal irresponsibility(he calls it stupidity). As I say, when the GOP is losing folks like them, there aren't enough folks left to carry any sort of national race, and yes, that will catch up with them over a few cycles down to the local levels.I've seen that happen here in Delaware. My district is traditionally 3-1 Republican, very white, very affluent. Our local State Rep and Senator both have serious races on their hands in the next few years, even though the latter is Senate minority leader.

Ok, I misread.

Spidey wrote:Ok, I misread.

hell, at least you READ it.....twice, it would seem. All good!