Post by jean on Aug 5, 2015 9:49:23 GMT -5
Three Things That Aren’t True About The First GOP Presidential Debate
Going into the August 6 Fox News Republican presidential debate the media is already pushing three lines that are demonstrably false:
Everyone on the stage is a “conservative,”
The candidates must abide by “the 11th Commandment” (and the media and Republican establishment will be the self-appointed enforcers of it),
The debate is all about Donald Trump, who is bound to make a “gaffe.”
Let’s dispense with the first untruth – not everyone on the stage is a “conservative.”
The reality is that many of the candidates on the stage, like Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, are what political commentator Stu Rothenberg once called “pragmatic conservatives.”
A “pragmatic conservative” is a typical establishment Republican who talks a good game, but when it comes to actually delivering on the conservative agenda, particularly in the areas of the growth of government and spending, their so-called "pragmatism" always results in more spending and more government.
Despite the claims of most of the candidates who will be on the stage Thursday, there are only two or three candidates with legitimate roots in the conservative and liberty movements; Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Rand Paul and arguably Governor Scott Walker.
www.conservativehq.com/node/20805
Going into the August 6 Fox News Republican presidential debate the media is already pushing three lines that are demonstrably false:
Everyone on the stage is a “conservative,”
The candidates must abide by “the 11th Commandment” (and the media and Republican establishment will be the self-appointed enforcers of it),
The debate is all about Donald Trump, who is bound to make a “gaffe.”
Let’s dispense with the first untruth – not everyone on the stage is a “conservative.”
The reality is that many of the candidates on the stage, like Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, are what political commentator Stu Rothenberg once called “pragmatic conservatives.”
A “pragmatic conservative” is a typical establishment Republican who talks a good game, but when it comes to actually delivering on the conservative agenda, particularly in the areas of the growth of government and spending, their so-called "pragmatism" always results in more spending and more government.
Despite the claims of most of the candidates who will be on the stage Thursday, there are only two or three candidates with legitimate roots in the conservative and liberty movements; Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Rand Paul and arguably Governor Scott Walker.
www.conservativehq.com/node/20805
