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Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:48 AM Jun 2014

Brat Is An Ayn Rand Idiot With Delusions of Religious Grandeur; Judge For Yourself:

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/06/11/3447557/david-brat-cant-answer-basic-policy-questions-during-msnbc-interview/

Man Who Just Beat Cantor Won't Answer Basic Policy Questions


"Though Brat ran significantly to the right of Eric Cantor, blasting the 7-term Congressman for supporting “amnesty” and being too closely associated with “crony capitalism,” the “issues” section of his website is just as vague as his MSNBC interview. Stretching just 871 words, the site is filled with generalities about restoring “the relationship between doctor and patient,” “broad-spectrum energy approach that relies on the free market” and “ending our reliance on foreign oil.”
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Brat Is An Ayn Rand Idiot With Delusions of Religious Grandeur; Judge For Yourself: (Original Post) Fred Sanders Jun 2014 OP
Ayn Rand with a dash of christian fundamentalism. nt sufrommich Jun 2014 #1
Where do you see the "Christian fundamentalism"? Nye Bevan Jun 2014 #11
He has a Masters degree in Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. FSogol Jun 2014 #15
Well named, though. Each time I see Brat in a subject line, Frustratedlady Jun 2014 #2
Brat is a man of few words it seems, except those he reads on Fox News or as instructed by the Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #5
So, Cantor had donations from the Kochs...how about The Brat? Frustratedlady Jun 2014 #7
Not sure, but he got free millions of coverage from Fox News and Hate Media coverage. Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #10
What! You want details! daleanime Jun 2014 #3
Except when America wants to bring back a wounded soldier from captivity, then details matter a lot. Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #6
You mean when Obama brings back.... daleanime Jun 2014 #8
and now he thinks he is a Teaparty rockstar! VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #4
Beat on the Brat Populist_Prole Jun 2014 #9
brat is a loon gwheezie Jun 2014 #12
Yes, he is, and he does represent the idiots in the district. He's a Koch Nay Jun 2014 #13
I live in the 1st district, but work in the 7th gwheezie Jun 2014 #17
we've been an oil exporter for years now. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2014 #14
K&R...Brat should be forced to "craft" his defense of 582% payday loan rates on national TV! Faryn Balyncd Jun 2014 #16
Looks to me like a Republicans war between the Kochers and the Bush Crime Family. nm rhett o rick Jun 2014 #18

FSogol

(45,360 posts)
15. He has a Masters degree in Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 01:22 PM
Jun 2014

He also called his victory, "a miracle from Gawd!"

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
2. Well named, though. Each time I see Brat in a subject line,
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:52 AM
Jun 2014

...my brain tries to process which Republican the post is about. Then, it dawns on me that this is the New Kid On The Block...aka, Brat. I need to remember that and give my brain a rest.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
7. So, Cantor had donations from the Kochs...how about The Brat?
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:03 PM
Jun 2014

If he also had support, isn't that kind of strange? Or do they just contribute to all the Pugs so they can later pull their puppet strings?

daleanime

(17,796 posts)
8. You mean when Obama brings back....
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:05 PM
Jun 2014

if the deal had been done by repugs there would be ticker tape parades.




That whole deal kind of ticks me off.

Nay

(12,051 posts)
13. Yes, he is, and he does represent the idiots in the district. He's a Koch
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 01:20 PM
Jun 2014

loon (I believe his chair at uni was funded by the Kochs). Lots of ppl in this district are out-and-out Christian fundamentalist teabagger morons, and they were tired of Cantor 1) being Jewish and 2) being insufficiently attentive to their idiocies. Don't get me wrong -- Cantor was an insufferable little lying prick and I'm glad he's gone -- but no one should underestimate the craziness of the people who live in this district and in most districts of VA. It ain't purple here, except in small areas of NoVA and Norfolk.

I have no idea whether Brat will do well in the main election. It does depend somewhat on whether Trammel gets any national Dem org support, which no Dem running against Cantor has ever gotten. It will be a litmus test for me; I'll know exactly how the national party feels after I see if they come to Trammel's aid. I suspect they won't -- not in any effective manner anyway. I will then know that the national party thinks this is all a big game and the fact that there are lives/environment/etc in the balance means no more to them than it does to the Republicans. What the dems do in this one race will determine for me forever what my voting pattern will be.

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
17. I live in the 1st district, but work in the 7th
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 01:45 PM
Jun 2014

Some of the people I know live in the 7th in Henrico cty, Brat got the teabags to come out of hiding in eastern Henrico. I think Brat could get lots of votes from the teabags who have been bashing Cantor for years, I never understood why Cantor thought they thought he was one of them. They hated him before Brat even come along. I thought Powell had a decent chance against Cantor but dems did not support him, I hope they have enough sense to support Trammel.
Neither Brat or Trammel are politicians and will make mistakes, I think Brat could get into trouble because so few people know about him and as he goes around the district and starts talking about social security etc he might have a macaca moment. If the dems were smart they would prep the hell out of Trammel, throw him money and start doing research on every goofy thing Brat has said or written. I hope they do, Brat is worse than Ryan. The other unknown is there is a guy running on the libertarian party. If Brat starts rambling incoherently, the libertarian might get some teabag votes.

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
14. we've been an oil exporter for years now.
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 01:22 PM
Jun 2014

Crony capitalism is the life's blood of the GOP.

This is going to be interesting.

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