NH-02: This 'Aint Your Daddy's NHGOP

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That's not even in the same solar system as Keene or Hanover or Concord or Berlin.  And that certainly 'aint from the tenor and era of Perkins - or even Charlie - Bass.

As a member of John Kasich's Budget Committee during the 104th-107th Congresses, Charlie voted to eliminate:

* LIHEAP
* The Department of Education
* The Federal Student Loan Program
* Americorps

. . . and many, many more.  Setting aside social issues, Charlie Bass is every bit as radical as Jennifer Horn.  He's a hell of a lot smarter than Horn, but I'm sure the man who referred to Newt Gingrich as the "greatest Speaker" in history wouldn't feel too out of place in a debate with her.

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by: Dartmouth Dem @ Thu Mar 26, 2009 at 06:24:56 AM CDT

Silly Me (0.00 / 0)

I forgot to add Social Security to that list!

Lots more to discuss on Charlie, but I have to head to work.

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by: Dartmouth Dem @ Thu Mar 26, 2009 at 06:28:04 AM CDT

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I see what you mean, and I agree, (4.00 / 1)

but what I intended is more about the process and the image.

Charlie is like Judd - sneaky and faux dignified.

The New Wave seems to be loud and proud RW radio ideologues.

Both want the same goals, but for the former it's like a an aristocratic game of keeping progress away from the little people, whereas the latter actually believes these half-baked rhetorical blasts.

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by: Dean Barker @ Thu Mar 26, 2009 at 20:56:45 PM CDT

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GOP implements Obama's vision (0.00 / 0)

What would happen, if we did everything that Obama proposes, but we do it using the conservative credo?

It's hard to imagine, but lets try using some simple examples.

The gubmint would shrink to "bean counter" status and all spending would be funneled to privatized equivalents. Thousands of small businesses would flourish because they would be needed to fill the void. SUCCESS!

Some examples:

The FBI - GONE! Each state would have some "Pinkerton" equivalent, maybe several. Maybe that "Dog" vigilante guy will step up to the plate, take the risk as only a true American entrepeneur can, and protect us from Billy Bulger, et al.

Army Corps of Engineers - GONE! We got more civil engineering pros out there than you can shake a stick at. And let me tell you, the principles at those firms think their Project Manager's chargeable ratio's SUCK. Folks that graduate from MIT don't work for the Corps. Oh, please.

The whole Dept. of Defense - Shit canned! It is completely obvious, that between Blackwater, Titan and KBR, American's would be safer than ever.

So, you get the idea right?

Regulations would be gutted to allow the free market to take us wherever it leads to. All the small businesses would ultimately be scooped up by giant conglomerates that are more efficient.

Costs will be reduced. Pollution, bah! Profits will be maximized! And our conservative utopia will be some dark, evil, twisted incarnation of feudal England where the Black Knight and Morgana rule the Round Table and "we the serfs" live by the crack of the whip of our corporate feudal masters.

The giant checks its pockets.

Regrets? None!  

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Thu Mar 26, 2009 at 07:36:00 AM CDT

Well, it might be every crook's wet dream not to have to (4.00 / 1)

worry about the cops, but would he really like having no opposition to his schemes?

What made privatization attractive was the prospect of being able to transact business in secret.  But, is it really fun if nobody cares what your secrets are?

Evil needs good to define itself; much as the elite need subordinates to define their status.  So, the elite need us, but we don't need them.  Perhaps that accounts for their pervasive insecurity.

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by: hannah @ Thu Mar 26, 2009 at 08:00:37 AM CDT

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