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Brooks: Boehner’s spending freeze would be ‘insane,’ GOP is ‘stuck with Reagan.’
Think Progress —
This morning on ABC’s This Week, conservative columnist David Brooks addressed House Minority Leader John Boehner’s recent call for a “freeze on government spending” in response to the quickly worsening economic conditions. Noting that the U.S. economy is now in a “recession/depression,” Brooks called Boehner’s proposal “insane,” and remarked that Republicans in Congress appear to be “thinking the way they thought in 1982″:
BROOKS: The problem with them and the problem with Limbaugh in terms of intellectual philosophy is they are stuck with Reagan. They are stuck ...
Blunt Assessment: Federal spending freeze is "insane...just insane"
Fired Up! Missouri —
Rep. Roy Blunt (R-K Street) and other Congressional Republicans have been pushing a a freeze in federal spending, ignoring what that would do to impede an economic recovery. This morning, conservative newspaper columnist David Brooks called such a freeze "insane":
David Brooks: Spending Freeze is “Insane”
Matthew Yglesias —
David Brooks on ABC’s “This Week” shows he has the guts to go where the MSM dares not tread and observes that whatever you may think of the Obama administration’s plans, the main alternative coming from the dominant conservative wing of the GOP would be laughable were it not so dangerous:
BROOKS: The problem with them and the problem with Limbaugh in terms of intellectual philosophy is they are stuck with Reagan. They are stuck with the idea that government is always the problem. A lot of Republicans up in Capitol Hill right now are calling for a spending freeze in a middle of a recession/depression. That is ...
Brain Melt Moment: Brooks Attacks Boehner
Hoffmania! —
The implosion continues. This morning, David Brooks called the GOP's spending freeze "insane."
Quote of the Day: David Brooks on Rush Limbaugh and the GOP
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings Don't get me wrong, there's a lot not to like about David Brooks, including his facile sociological commentary (praise be to the exurbs, to Patio Man and Realtor Mom) and his various and ever-so-convenient about-turns over the years (shifting with the CW, suiting his views to the audience, etc.), but, compared to the wackos who currently head up the GOP and the conservative movement -- Limbaugh, Steele, McConnell, Boehner, Malkin, Coulter, etc. -- he's a model of good sense and decency. Here he is, or was, on ABC's This Week this ...
David Brooks gets shrill
Political Animal —
DAVID BROOKS GETS SHRILL.... Just yesterday I argued that respectable figures of the political establishment are reluctant to call obvious stupidity "stupid," especially when it comes to truly painful ideas like a spending freeze in the midst of the economic crisis. To his credit, the NYT 's David Brooks said on ABC's "This Week" today what many are of his colleagues have been unwilling to say. Describing Republican leaders, Brooks said, "The problem with them and the problem with Limbaugh in terms of intellectual philosophy is they are stuck with Reagan. They are stuck with the idea that government is always the problem. A lot of Republicans up in ...
