2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDave Brat Holds Faux "Press Conference," Switches Campaign Managers, Attacks "Crony Capitalism"
I particularly love that he hired Eric Cantor's former political director as his new Campaign Manager. LOL
http://bluevirginia.us/diary/11745/video-brat-holds-faux-press-conference-switches-campaign-managers-attacks-crony-capitalism
randys1
(16,286 posts)And seriously for two reasons
1. he is not an intelligent person, the only reason he is a professor is he memorized Ayn Rand's book and a rich rightwing prick bought him a job to teach the garbage in the book.
2. any intellect he does have is hindered by the fact that he knows nothing about the world other than the rightwing garbage that floats around in his silly head
3. he will be a completely bought and paid for shill for the Koch Bros and CATO and he will say ONLY what they tell him to say
Fucking Americans are so god damn stupid
Warpy
(111,141 posts)and limited access to differing viewpoints in the south have made him both ignorant and naive.
Besides, he couldn't have attained a professorship without memorizing Milton Friedman's rubbish and generating dense prose for publication based on it.
#3 is entirely too accurate.
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(52,116 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)I sense an upcoming epic implosion.
Warpy
(111,141 posts)and dangled money in front of his nose to make him accept new management.
He'll attack crony capitalism now, but if he gets to the House and finds out how lucrative it is for Representatives, he'll sit on his hands if any bill appears to rein it in.
His new stable of handlers will keep him on message on social issues while allowing him what they know will turn out to be empty rhetoric on economic issues.
lowkell
(671 posts)is that the guy holds all kinds of extreme views on all kinds of issues, and they don't want them exposed. The question is whether there's any way to get through that "wall" prior to election day.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)gwheezie
(3,580 posts)Any minute he's going to blurt out his statement on rape. They can't help themselves it's a sickness.