Rejecting the GOP establishment’s excuse for across-the-board surrender– that Republicans must win before they can fight– Mark Levin reminds us that Republicans didn’t fight even they did win…
The Republicans are neo-statists…and for the most part, they just keep growing the government!
Consider that the following policies were enacted or presided over by Republicans from 2000 to 2006:
The Department of Homeland Tyranny The TSA Illegal NSA spying Illegal NDAA No Child Left Behind Medicare Part D Unprecedented bureaucratic incompetence Out of control spending Endless wars on a limitless battlefield
Should Republicans take Congress in 2014, which of these policies would John Boehner and Mitch McConnell repeal? The answer is obvious as it is disheartening.
The GOP establishment seeks power– not so they might alter the nation’s ideological trajectory– but so that they might use the levers of government for their own benefit.
WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President George W. Bush said in an interview Tuesday he was forced to sacrifice free market principles to save the economy from "collapse."
"I've abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system," Bush told CNN television, saying he had made the decision "to make sure the economy doesn't collapse."
Bush's comments reflect an extraordinary departure from his longtime advocacy for an unfettered free market, as his administration has orchestrated unprecedented government intervention in the face of a dire financial crisis.
"I am sorry we're having to do it," Bush said.
But Bush said government action was necessary to ease the effects of the crisis, offering perhaps his most dire assessment yet of the country's economy.
"I feel a sense of obligation to my successor to make sure there is not a, you know, a huge economic crisis. Look, we're in a crisis now. I mean, this is -- we're in a huge recession, but I don't want to make it even worse."
"I've abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system," Bush told CNN television, saying he had made the decision "to make sure the economy doesn't collapse."
"It became necessary to destroy the village in order to save it."
Quote: Rev wrote in post #2WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President George W. Bush said in an interview Tuesday he was forced to sacrifice free market principles to save the economy from "collapse."
"I've abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system," Bush told CNN television, saying he had made the decision "to make sure the economy doesn't collapse."
Bush's comments reflect an extraordinary departure from his longtime advocacy for an unfettered free market, as his administration has orchestrated unprecedented government intervention in the face of a dire financial crisis.
"I am sorry we're having to do it," Bush said.
But Bush said government action was necessary to ease the effects of the crisis, offering perhaps his most dire assessment yet of the country's economy.
"I feel a sense of obligation to my successor to make sure there is not a, you know, a huge economic crisis. Look, we're in a crisis now. I mean, this is -- we're in a huge recession, but I don't want to make it even worse."