Frum: "Tea party plans call for a radical shift in the burden of taxation from the rich to the poor"

[Contrary1]

Calls Cain "utterly unelectable". :rofl:

How tea party could drive GOP to disaster

"Washington (CNN) -- A new CNN poll finds that about half of Republicans sympathize with the tea party movement. The other half either remain aloof or (5%) even express hostility.

That second group of Republicans has received remarkably little media attention this cycle. Yet their man -- Mitt Romney -- has held steady in first or second place for the past three years. Meanwhile tea party Republicans have bounced from Sarah Palin to Donald Trump to Michele Bachmann to Rick Perry to (now) Herman Cain, transfixing the media every time they lose faith in one messiah and search for another.

Yet sooner or later, the tea party Republicans must converge on a single choice. When they do, they will present the non-tea party Republicans with a troubling menu of possibilities.

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The tea party stands for a series of propositions that don't meet the reality test: that deficits matter more than jobs, that cutting deficits and tightening credit will accelerate economic growth, that high taxes and over-regulation are the most important reasons that growth has not revived, and that America still offers the world's best opportunity for the poor to rise. Tea party plans call for a radical shift in the burden of taxation from the rich to the poor -- and promise big reductions in government spending without touching any of the benefits of current retirees..."


More: http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/31/opinion/frum-republican-tea-party-scenarios/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[sakabatou]

1. No shit. This is what they've been trying to do for a long while.

[Contrary1]

4. Yeah, but it's good to see a Right Winger admit it publicly. n/t

[Marazinia]

2. They've been doing that

They keep doing it, they might find out what class warfare is really about.

[gratuitous]

3. Uh oh, Frum has strayed away

Will an outbreak of reality hit CNN? Will Frum's clear-eyed view that Tea Bagger propositions are delusional spread to other CNN commentators and shows? Or can it be contained, leaving our cable airwaves safe for patent demagoguery masquerading as informed political discourse? Red alert, Karl! All hands to battle stations, Grover!

[bluestateguy]

5. All those folks in trailer parks in Appalachia who vote Republican take note

They want YOU to pay more.

[Prophet 451]

6. That's been GOP SOP for years n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Kick nt

:kick: