quotes retired GOP operative, Mike Lofgren: “If you think Paul Ryan and his Ayn Rand-worshipping colleagues arent after your Social Security and Medicare, I am here to disabuse you of your naiveté. They will move heaven and earth to force through tax cuts that will so starve the government of revenue that they will be forced to make hard choices - and that doesnt mean repealing those very same tax cuts, it means cutting the benefits for which you worked.” Afternoon Fix: Hagel ‘disgusted’ by Republicans Posted by Chris Cillizza 05:14 PM ET, 09/01/2011 Chuck Hagel is disappointed in Republicans these days, Jon Huntsman has fired his New Hampshire campaign manager, and a new poll shows a tie in the race for Anthony Weiner’s seat. Make sure to sign up to get “Afternoon Fix” in your e-mail inbox every day by 5 (ish) p.m.! * Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) tells the Financial Times he’s “disgusted” by the “ irresponsible actions” of Republicans during the debt-ceiling debate. “I think the Republican Party is captive to political movements that are very ideological, that are very narrow. Ive never seen so much intolerance as I see today in American politics,” he said. jmacj69nyc 7/11/2012 3:25 AM EDT [17] shows Mike Lofgren, a recently retired long-time GOP operative, anguished diatribe on the “apocalyptic cult” that is the GOP. “I left because I was appalled at the headlong rush of Republicans, like Gadarene swine, to embrace policies that are deeply damaging to this countrys future; and contemptuous of the feckless, craven incompetence of Democrats in their half-hearted attempts to stop them. And, in truth, I left as an act of rational self-interest. Having gutted private-sector pensions and health benefits as a result of their embrace of outsourcing, union busting and shareholder value, the GOP now thinks it is only fair that public-sector workers give up their pensions and benefits, too. Hence the intensification of the GOPs decades-long campaign of scorn against government workers. Under the circumstances, it is simply safer to be a current retiree rather than a prospective one.” “If you think Paul Ryan and his Ayn Rand-worshipping colleagues arent after your Social Security and Medicare, I am here to disabuse you of your naiveté. They will move heaven and earth to force through tax cuts that will so starve the government of revenue that they will be forced to make hard choices - and that doesnt mean repealing those very same tax cuts, it means cutting the benefits for which you worked.” “During the week that this piece was written, the debt ceiling fiasco reached its conclusion. The economy was already weak, but the GOPs disgraceful game of chicken roiled the markets even further. Foreigners could hardly believe it: Americans own crazy political actions were destabilizing the safe-haven status of the dollar. Accordingly, during that same week, over one trillion dollars worth of assets evaporated on financial markets. Russia and China have stepped up their advocating that the dollar be replaced as the global reserve currency - a move as consequential and disastrous for US interests as any that can be imagined.” jmacj69nyc 6/22/2012 3:52 PM EDT Continued below. [17] shows Mike Lofgren, a recently retired long-time GOP operative, anguished diatribe on the “apocalyptic cult” that is the GOP. “I left because I was appalled at the headlong rush of Republicans, like Gadarene swine, to embrace policies that are deeply damaging to this countrys future; and contemptuous of the feckless, craven incompetence of Democrats in their half-hearted attempts to stop them. And, in truth, I left as an act of rational self-interest. Having gutted private-sector pensions and health benefits as a result of their embrace of outsourcing, union busting and shareholder value, the GOP now thinks it is only fair that public-sector workers give up their pensions and benefits, too. Hence the intensification of the GOPs decades-long campaign of scorn against government workers. Under the circumstances, it is simply safer to be a current retiree rather than a prospective one.” “If you think Paul Ryan and his Ayn Rand-worshipping colleagues arent after your Social Security and Medicare, I am here to disabuse you of your naiveté. They will move heaven and earth to force through tax cuts that will so starve the government of revenue that they will be forced to make hard choices - and that doesnt mean repealing those very same tax cuts, it means cutting the benefits for which you worked.” “During the week that this piece was written, the debt ceiling fiasco reached its conclusion. The economy was already weak, but the GOPs disgraceful game of chicken roiled the markets even further. Foreigners could hardly believe it: Americans own crazy political actions were destabilizing the safe-haven status of the dollar. Accordingly, during that same week, over one trillion dollars worth of assets evaporated on financial markets. Russia and China have stepped up their advocating that the dollar be replaced as the global reserve currency - a move as consequential and disastrous for US interests as any that can be imagined.” “If Republicans ha...See More LikeLiked by 1 reader · Share · Report Abuse jmacj69nyc 6/19/2012 9:37 PM EDT Continued from above. [6] washingtonpost/blogs/the-fix/post/afternoon-fix-hagel-disgusted-by-republicans/2011/09/01/gIQAdiA3uJ_blog.html [7] takingnote.blogs.nytimes/2012/06/18/joh... [8] nytimes/2012/06/12/us/politics/jeb-... [9] news.yahoo/blogs/ticket/marco-rubio-say... [10] newyorker/reporting/2012/05/21/120521fa_fact_toobin?currentPage=all [11] washingtonpost/opinions/fareed-zakaria-romney-is-wrong-on-tax-cuts/2012/06/07/gJQAy1pHLV_story.html?hpid=z2 [12] maddowblog.msnbc.msn/_news/2012/04/25/1... [13] washingtonpost/opinions/republicans-need-more-than-rhetoric-on-defense/2012/02/07/gIQA5SF1zQ_story.html [14] washingtonpost/opinions/george-will-unleash-the-high-court/2012/06/15/gJQAMwvpfV_story.html?hpid=z2 [15] washingtonpost/opinions/clone-one-for-the-gipper/2012/05/25/gJQAw0A0pU_story.html?hpid=z2 [16] washingtonpost/blogs/plum-line/post/game-changer-scott-walker-vowed-to-divide-and-conquer/2012/05/11/gIQAMveCIU_blog.html [17] truth-out.org/index.php?option=com_k2&v... Addition: [18] “Mehlman, Singer and many other Republicans say that marriage equality, which in fact gets the government out of the business of controlling and casting judgment on people’s private lives, is consistent with conservative principles.” [18] nytimes/2012/06/10/opinion/sunday/t... washingtonpost© 1996-2014 The Washington Post
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