David Brat: Hitler’s Rise ‘Could All Happen Again’

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The Wall Street Journal has some excerpts from a bizarre pseudo-libertarian essay written by Tea Party heartthrob Dave Brat, warning that Hitler’s Rise ‘Could All Happen Again’.

Raise your hand if you’re shocked that a Tea Party religious fundamentalist employs confused Nazi Germany comparisons to market victimhood. But also notice that in this quote, Brat is pretty openly establishing his position as a Christian supremacist.

In his 13-page essay titled “God and Advanced Mammon — Can Theological Types Handle Usury and Capitalism?” Mr. Brat, an economics professor at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va., near Richmond, calls both conservatives and liberals hypocritical and wrote that “the government holds a monopoly on violence” because it enforces the law.

But it is the reference to Hitler’s Germany that is likely to turn heads during Mr. Brat’s first full day as a tea party star.

The full context of his second Holocaust prognostication comes in a section about how if Christian people “had the guts to spread the word,” government would not need to “backstop every action we take.”

He writes:

Capitalism is here to stay, and we need a church model that corresponds to that reality. Read Nietzsche. Nietzsche’s diagnosis of the weak modern Christian democratic man was spot on. Jesus was a great man. Jesus said he was the Son of God. Jesus made things happen. Jesus had faith. Jesus actually made people better. Then came the Christians. What happened? What went wrong? We appear to be a bit passive. Hitler came along, and he did not meet with unified resistance. I have the sinking feeling that it could all happen again, quite easily. The church should rise up higher than Nietzsche could see and prove him wrong. We should love our neighbor so much that we actually believe in right and wrong, and do something about it. If we all did the right thing and had the guts to spread the word, we would not need the government to backstop every action we take.

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286 comments
1 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 10:16:27am

Like you said the other day. This is mainstream Republican thinking.

2 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:16:41am

Another Tea Partier with Hitler tourettes? Hey, Dave, how about you learn about what actually led to Hitler’s rise. It’s actually shockingly similar to the movement you rode in on- xenophobic, ultra-nationalistic, sees certain groups as less than. Really just shut the fuck up about the Nazis and actually educate yourself instead of equating the fact that this country isn’t for only fundamentalist zealots like yourself to the worst horrors of the 20th century you piece of teabagging shit.

3 calochortus  Jun 11, 2014 10:16:43am

Well, he’s right. It could happen again, but not in the way he thinks.

4 Varek Raith  Jun 11, 2014 10:17:47am

I miss Cantor already.

5 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:17:55am

re: #1 Gus

Like you said the other day. This is mainstream Republican thinking.

Yup.

6 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:18:55am

Ah well, in the end I know who will win.

The Planet

7 Fairly Sure I'm Still Obdicut  Jun 11, 2014 10:19:10am

The GOP is a pretty explicitly Christian party at this point. This is what happens when you allow too much weakening of church and state, for too long. We’ve allowed politics from the pulpit and now people have a confusion between political and religious identity—and the GOP has fully exploited that confusion.

8 calochortus  Jun 11, 2014 10:19:32am

If “the Church” were to rise up and love and care for everyone, I might rethink my feelings on organized religion. I don’t think I’ll be needing to set aside any time for that though.

9 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 11, 2014 10:19:35am
10 piratedan  Jun 11, 2014 10:19:40am

re: #3 calochortus

aye, he doesn’t appear to have the self awareness that he’s representing the religious fascism that is pervasive throughout the GOP, but then again, if he’s following the scoio-economic theories of Friendman, maybe self-aware isn’t in his skillset.

11 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:19:44am

re: #7 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

The GOP is a pretty explicitly Christian party at this point. This is what happens when you allow too much weakening of church and state, for too long. We’ve allowed politics from the pulpit and now people have a confusion between political and religious identity—and the GOP has fully exploited that confusion.

This times a 1000. Well said.

12 Kragar  Jun 11, 2014 10:20:01am

A Christian with no grasp of history and a belief that White people are the most persecuted group in society today?

Say what you like about the man, but he does represent the GOP base perfectly at this point.

13 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 11, 2014 10:20:19am

*thud*

14 calochortus  Jun 11, 2014 10:20:25am

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Alternate transportation to Hell: Handbasket.

15 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:21:08am

re: #12 Kragar

A Christian with no grasp of history and a belief that White people are the most persecuted group in society today?

Say what you like about the man, but he does represent the GOP base perfectly at this point.

As I said downstairs, Ann Coulter was right. The guy isn’t a dummy. He knows just what buttons to push in the GOP base’s persecution complex doll.

16 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:21:22am

re: #14 calochortus

Alternate transportation to Hell: Handbasket.

via the Road of Good Intentions.

17 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 11, 2014 10:21:39am

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

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China—Slow Boat

18 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 11, 2014 10:21:51am

Tweetdeck is fucked up.

19 Varek Raith  Jun 11, 2014 10:21:54am

re: #16 HappyWarrior

via the Road of Good Intentions.

Also, fedex.

20 piratedan  Jun 11, 2014 10:22:27am

re: #15 HappyWarrior

makes me think of that strange situation where the GOP is being interviewed by some concerned cops who are asking them where on the doll did the President touch them……

21 makeitstop  Jun 11, 2014 10:23:12am

I find it a bit disturbing that he calls for a ‘synthesis’ of Christianity and Capitalism. Where the fuck would that lead?

22 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:23:24am

re: #20 piratedan

makes me think of that strange situation where the GOP is being interviewed by some concerned cops who are asking them where on the doll did the President touch them……

Hahaha true.

23 dell*nix  Jun 11, 2014 10:23:29am

re: #20 piratedan

LOL

24 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 10:23:36am

Hilarious. GOP is getting worse every day. Time to stop calling these guys Tea Partiers. This is the Republican party.

25 Shazam  Jun 11, 2014 10:23:50am

So Feedly has been hit by a DDoS attack all morning. The group responsible is asking for a ransom and they’re refusing to give in. Kinda funny, kinda sucks. Sticking it out.

26 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:24:41am

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

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On a Dark Desert Highway
Cool wind in my hair . .

27 calochortus  Jun 11, 2014 10:25:06am

re: #21 makeitstop

I find it a bit disturbing that he calls for a ‘synthesis’ of Christianity and Capitalism. Where the fuck would that lead?

To Hell.

28 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 11, 2014 10:25:18am

re: #12 Kragar

A Christian with no grasp of history and a belief that White people are the most persecuted group in society today?

Say what you like about the man, but he does represent the GOP base perfectly at this point.

Like this, but unfortunately not funny.

T.F. Gumby: Are you the brain specialist?

Specialist: Hello!

T.F. Gumby: Are you the brain specialist?

Specialist: No, no, I am not the brain specialist. No, no, I am not! Yes. Yes I am.

T.F. Gumby: My brain hurts!

Specialist: Well let’s take a look at it, Mr Gumby.

(Gumby specialist starts to pull up Gumby’s sweater.)

T.F. Gumby: No, no, no, my brain in my head.

(Specialist thumps him on the head)

Specialist: It will have to come out.

29 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:25:20am

re: #12 Kragar

A Christian with no grasp of history and a belief that White people men are the most persecuted group in society today?

Say what you like about the man, but he does represent the GOP base perfectly at this point.

FTFY

30 piratedan  Jun 11, 2014 10:25:32am

re: #21 makeitstop

the only thing I can think of is that it dovetails nicely into the ongoing mammon worshiping that seems to represent the moral compass of the GOP.

31 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:26:00am

re: #14 calochortus

Alternate transportation to Hell: Handbasket.

OOOOH GEez, had it, then I lost it.

Heaven = Silver Thunderbird?

32 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 11, 2014 10:26:08am

re: #26 FemNaziBitch

On a Dark Desert Highway
Cool wind in my hair . .

So the GOP is stuck in the Hotel TeaParty?

33 Ian G.  Jun 11, 2014 10:26:11am
“the government holds a monopoly on violence” because it enforces the law.

This….is a bad thing?

Well, there’s this place called Iraq where the government doesn’t apparently hold a monopoly on violence. I hear it’s a swell place to live. Maybe Brat would like to buy a summer home there…..

34 Charles Johnson  Jun 11, 2014 10:26:20am
35 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:26:28am

re: #21 makeitstop

I find it a bit disturbing that he calls for a ‘synthesis’ of Christianity and Capitalism. Where the fuck would that lead?

CHRISTIAN TALIBAN THEOCRACY

36 theliel  Jun 11, 2014 10:26:29am

I figured out why the right and TeaJiddies in particular are so worried about ‘camps’ for ‘dissidents’ - It’s because Nixon almost signed off on it as part of the Huston Plan. The person to talk him down? J. Edger Hoover.

But yeah. They’d totally put people into camps so that’s why they are so scared of being put in camps. Pure projection.

37 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:26:43am

re: #27 calochortus

To Hell.

in a hurry

38 makeitstop  Jun 11, 2014 10:27:25am

re: #31 FemNaziBitch

OOOOH GEez, had it, then I lost it.

Heaven = Silver Thunderbird?

To quote an old Philly band called The American Dream…

‘You can’t get to Heaven on the Frankford El
‘Cause the Frankford El goes straight to…Frankford.’

39 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 11, 2014 10:27:41am

re: #21 makeitstop

I find it a bit disturbing that he calls for a ‘synthesis’ of Christianity and Capitalism. Where the fuck would that lead?

Opposite of The Princess Bride. They throw out all the good parts (like compassion, caring for others, the common weal, respect for the Earth, etc.)

40 GeneJockey  Jun 11, 2014 10:27:47am

re: #26 FemNaziBitch

On a Dark Desert Highway
Cool wind in my hair . .

This made me think of an episode of Cheers, which starts out with somebody singing a song and walking offstage past another character who’s walking onstage, and sings the next line. This goes on for 4-5 characters, till it gets to Coach, who passes the last singer, and sings a completely different song,

“I’ve got spurs, that jingle-jangle-jingle!”

42 theliel  Jun 11, 2014 10:27:59am

re: #35 FemNaziBitch

CHRISTIAN TALIBAN THEOCRACY

Netherlands, ~1600. Prosperity Gospel pt II - the Randing.

43 calochortus  Jun 11, 2014 10:28:19am

re: #33 Ian G.

This….is a bad thing?

Well, there’s this place called Iraq where the government doesn’t apparently hold a monopoly on violence. I hear it’s a swell place to live. Maybe Brat would like to buy a summer home there…..

With whom does he want to share this monopoly? Teh poors? Minorities?

44 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:28:24am

re: #30 piratedan

the only thing I can think of is that it dovetails nicely into the ongoing mammon worshiping that seems to represent the moral compass of the GOP.

mammon —any relation to mammary?

45 Skip Intro  Jun 11, 2014 10:28:35am
The most revelatory piece about how Dave Brat came to be the likely new congressman from the Seventh Congressional District of the Commonwealth of Virginia ran in Tiger Beat On The Potomac back on April 17. (We noted it at the time.) It also undermines the emerging character of Dave Brat, Ordinary Joe. A lot of the credit for his upset is going (rightly) to various radio hosts who took the payola from wingnut sugar daddies as described by Ken Vogel and MacKenzie Weinger. Mark Levin took almost $800,000 from Americans For Prosperity. Laura Ingraham was on the arm, too. Brat also seems to owe his job to Cato Institute president John Allison.

esquire.com

46 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 10:29:16am
We should love our neighbor so much that we actually believe in right and wrong, and do something about it.

Gay therapy, forced birth, forced conversions.

47 Ian G.  Jun 11, 2014 10:29:20am

Also, the Nietzsche/Capitalism/Hitler word salad is making my brain hurt. It’s like something Sarah Palin would say if she had the brains to earn a PhD.

48 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 10:30:04am

re: #46 jaunte

Gay therapy, forced birth, forced conversions.

Liberty!

49 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 11, 2014 10:30:22am

re: #47 Ian G.

Also, the Nietzsche/Capitalism/Hitler word salad is making my brain hurt. It’s like something Sarah Palin would say if she had the brains to earn a PhD.

Gumby Specialist: It will have to come out.

50 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 11, 2014 10:30:36am

re: #46 jaunte

Gay therapy, forced birth, forced conversions.

But: SMALLER GOVERNMENT!!!! LESS REGULASHUNS!!!! LEAVE EVERYBODY ALONE!!!!!

Unless they’re pregnant women, gay people, or non-Christians.

51 Kragar  Jun 11, 2014 10:31:25am

re: #21 makeitstop

I find it a bit disturbing that he calls for a ‘synthesis’ of Christianity and Capitalism. Where the fuck would that lead?

The Republic of Gilead

52 calochortus  Jun 11, 2014 10:31:41am

re: #44 FemNaziBitch

mammon —any relation to mammary?

Apparently not according to a quick Google search.

53 GeneJockey  Jun 11, 2014 10:31:47am

re: #50 Pie-onist Overlord

But: SMALLER GOVERNMENT!!!! LESS REGULASHUNS!!!! LEAVE EVERYBODY ALONE!!!!!

Unless they’re pregnant women, gay people, or non-Christians.

FTFY. You don’t have to be pregnant for them to want control, hence the anticontraception stance.

54 GeneJockey  Jun 11, 2014 10:32:12am

re: #52 calochortus

Apparently not according to a quick Google search.

So, you CAN serve God and Mammaries?

55 Ian G.  Jun 11, 2014 10:32:32am
If we all did the right thing and had the guts to spread the word, we would not need the government to backstop every action we take.

And then what would happen when you met me in “spreading the word”, and I said, “no thanks. Some of Jesus’ sayings are pretty good, but I don’t believe in God, and it’s more likely that Jesus was just some weirdo revolutionary than the actual son of God”.

That’s when you actually need the government to backstop your action with the rack and the wheel, right?

56 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 10:32:38am
57 b_sharp  Jun 11, 2014 10:32:42am

Didn’t Rand just childishly look for and put into her philosophy the opposite of Marxism?

Philosophers don’t necessarily make good economists.

58 Dr Lizardo  Jun 11, 2014 10:32:48am

re: #51 Kragar

The Republic of Gilead

Yep. And this is how it starts.

59 b_sharp  Jun 11, 2014 10:33:03am

re: #44 FemNaziBitch

mammon —any relation to mammary?

BOOB THREAD!!!

60 piratedan  Jun 11, 2014 10:33:26am

re: #54 GeneJockey

well I have been known to owe fleeting fealty to cleavage back when I was younger…. //////

61 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:33:57am

re: #57 b_sharp

Didn’t Rand just childishly look for and put into her philosophy the opposite of Marxism?

Philosophers don’t necessarily make good economists.

Pretty much.

62 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 10:35:15am

Chuck Todd asked Brat this morning if he supported a minimum wage increase, and he diverted into “I wish we could pay everyone in Africa $100 an hour, I really do, but…”

63 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 10:35:34am
64 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 10:35:53am

re: #62 jaunte

Chuck Todd asked Brat this morning if he supported a minimum wage increase, and he diverted into “I wish we could pay everyone in Africa $100 an hour, I really do, but…”

For real?

65 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:35:57am

re: #57 b_sharp

Didn’t Rand just childishly look for and put into her philosophy the opposite of Marxism?

Philosophers don’t necessarily make good economists.

Economics sometimes don’t make good economists.

It’s nearly impossible to determine the outcome when all the nuances of human behavior are a factor, IMHO.

66 Kragar  Jun 11, 2014 10:36:00am

David Brat is the reason you cannot vote for any Republican, any where.

You cannot give any more power to a group which would allow Brat as a member.

67 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:36:05am

re: #63 Gus

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You’re not a libertarian if you think people should be kllled because of who you love, you are however a theocratic fascist.

68 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 10:36:21am

re: #64 Gus

I may have gotten the quote slightly off, but that was the gist of his response.

69 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 10:36:29am

re: #67 HappyWarrior

You’re not a libertarian if you think people should be kllled because of who you love, you are however a theocratic fascist.

Or a mainstream Republican.

70 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:37:16am

The GOP is a party of religious zealots.

They want theocracy.

71 Testy Toad T  Jun 11, 2014 10:37:21am
If we all did the right thing and had the guts to spread the word, we would not need the government to backstop every action we take.

Translation: if people would just go and shoot a bunch of abortion doctors, we wouldn’t need to try to undo Roe v. Wade.

72 calochortus  Jun 11, 2014 10:37:24am

re: #63 Gus

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So when did Libertarians move to “I can do what I want

and

I get to tell you what to do too?”

It’s an odd platform.

73 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 10:37:29am

re: #64 Gus

Also that he didn’t have a “well-crafted” response prepared for some of Todd’s questions, he was just there to thank his helpers.

74 Kragar  Jun 11, 2014 10:37:29am

re: #67 HappyWarrior

You’re not a libertarian if you think people should be kllled because of who you love, you are however a theocratic fascist.

Hey, he did say it should be a local decision. Why do you hate democracy?
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75 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:37:51am

Shining City on the Hill Republicans have taken over the party.

76 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:38:02am

re: #69 Gus

Or a mainstream Republican.

Same difference :).

77 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 11, 2014 10:38:24am

re: #54 GeneJockey

So, you CAN serve God and Mammaries?

Apparently, yes, you can!

78 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light)  Jun 11, 2014 10:38:30am

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

Kansas City: plane, train, walk swim or crawl.

79 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 10:38:30am

re: #71 Testy Toad T

Translation: if people would just go and shoot a bunch of abortion doctors, we wouldn’t need to try to undo Roe v. Wade.

“If you think the Feds control too much western land, just go and take it back.”

80 calochortus  Jun 11, 2014 10:38:41am

re: #74 Kragar

Hey, he did say it should be a local decision. Why do you hate democracy?
///

How local? State, County, City, north side of your street?

81 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 11, 2014 10:39:21am

re: #62 jaunte

Chuck Todd asked Brat this morning if he supported a minimum wage increase, and he diverted into “I wish we could pay everyone in Africa $100 an hour, I really do, but…”

I thought he said “I don’t have a well crafted response to that question” meaning I DON’T HAVE A RESPONSE THAT DOESN’T MAKE ME SOUND LIKE A TOTAL DICKWAD.

82 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:40:22am
83 dog philosopher  Jun 11, 2014 10:40:35am

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU TEA PARTY GET RYAN NEXT!!!

84 Charles Johnson  Jun 11, 2014 10:40:58am

Brat also talked about his support for “states’ rights.”

85 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 10:41:12am

You ready?

86 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 10:41:19am
87 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 10:41:23am

Here it is:

Asked multiple times about whether he believes there should be a federal minimum wage, Brat didn’t give a direct answer.

“Um, I don’t have a well-crafted response on that one,” he said. “You can’t make up wage rates. I would love for everyone in sub-Saharan Africa, for example, children of God, to make $100 an hour,” Brat added, noting that such a proposal was impossible.
politico.com

88 Testy Toad T  Jun 11, 2014 10:41:29am

re: #81 Pie-onist Overlord

I thought he said “I don’t have a well crafted response to that question” meaning I DON’T HAVE A RESPONSE THAT DOESN’T MAKE ME SOUND LIKE A TOTAL DICKWAD.

You have to admit, “I’m not gonna tell youuuuu” is an exciting new vista of Republican doublethink grabasstic leadership.

89 Skip Intro  Jun 11, 2014 10:42:57am

re: #62 jaunte

Chuck Todd asked Brat this morning if he supported a minimum wage increase, and he diverted into “I wish we could pay everyone in Africa $100 an hour, I really do, but…”

“but we can’t afford that, so they’ll just have to do the right thing and die”, he added.

90 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 10:43:03am

We’re talking about US Federal minimum wages, not sub-Saharan Africa, you master-diverter.

91 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:43:10am

To tell a little story. I guess my Dad was close to my age or a little older since I don’t know if this happened in Reagans primary run against Jerry Ford or his eventually successful ‘80 run but anyhow my Dad and my grandfather were on the road. My Dad sees a Reagan for President bumper sticker and laughs aloud wondering who could be cuckoo enough to want Reagan as president. My grandfather who had entered the federal government in the FDR years and retired around Nixon’s second term was saying “Hey, there’s a lot of crazy people out there.” My grandfather ended up dying suddenly in 1979 before Ronald Reagan became president. And I just wonder I guess seeing the rise of these people who make Ronnie look like a bleeding heart would say. He was a great man. Well ahead of his time and my favorite story about him is him scolding harshly my dad for saying the N-word. This was late 1950’s Virginia where Jim Crow was a fact of life. I’ve always been proud to be named after him because of stories like that to show that he was someone who was the best exhibit of what it meant to be a liberal.

92 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 10:44:32am

“What will you do for Virginia?”
“Let’s talk about Egypt!”

93 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:44:37am

re: #84 Charles Johnson

Brat also talked about his support for “states’ rights.”

Until those states want to let gays get married. Then forget about it.

94 dog philosopher  Jun 11, 2014 10:44:56am

what the baggers don’t get is that last night they put their foot through the gop anthill and now all the ants are running around going help! help! help! what do i do? what do i do? what do i do?

95 Charles Johnson  Jun 11, 2014 10:45:14am

The more I read about Dave Brat, the more insane he sounds. No wonder he was the Tea Party favorite.

He’s a “free trader,” but he wants to somehow merge free trade and fundamental religion together.

He’s obviously opposed to a minimum wage.

He talks about “states’ rights.”

He thinks Hitler could rise again any moment.

This guy is completely nuts.

96 Justanotherhuman  Jun 11, 2014 10:45:14am

re: #73 jaunte

Also that he didn’t have a “well-crafted” response prepared for some of Todd’s questions, he was just there to thank his helpers.

You mean a libertarian who admitted he needed helpers and couldn’t do it alone?

97 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:45:32am
98 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:45:57am

re: #95 Charles Johnson

The more I read about Dave Brat, the more insane he sounds. No wonder he was the Tea Party favorite.

He’s a “free trader,” but he wants to somehow merge free trade and fundamental religion together.

He’s obviously opposed to a minimum wage.

He talks about “states’ rights.”

He thinks Hitler could rise again any moment.

This guy is completely nuts.

He and Michelle Bachmann?

99 Testy Toad T  Jun 11, 2014 10:46:13am

re: #95 Charles Johnson

There’s no meaningful daylight between him and E.W. Jackson.

100 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 11, 2014 10:46:32am

re: #95 Charles Johnson

He thinks Hitler could rise again any moment.

You assume he is excluding HIMSELF from that prophecy.

101 Skip Intro  Jun 11, 2014 10:47:03am

re: #100 Pie-onist Overlord

You assume he is excluding HIMSELF from that prophecy.

That would be a big mistake.

102 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:47:50am

Hope College
Princeton Theological Seminary
American University

hmmmm

103 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 10:48:19am

re: #95 Charles Johnson

Brat pushed back against perceptions that he was anti-Wall Street. “I’m not anti-Wall Street, I’m anti-distortions to free markets,” he said. He said that Wall Street often “goes astray,” and that they need to be reeled in by Washington to create a competitive market.

“Reeling in” Wall Street without all those distorting regulations.

104 Decatur Deb  Jun 11, 2014 10:48:28am

re: #21 makeitstop

I find it a bit disturbing that he calls for a ‘synthesis’ of Christianity and Capitalism. Where the fuck would that lead?

Dickens’ London.

105 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 10:49:08am
The Wall Street Journal has some excerpts from a bizarre pseudo-libertarian essay written by Tea Party heartthrob Dave Brat, warning that Hitler’s Rise ‘Could All Happen Again’.

‘Could All Happen Again’? Gosh, to hear wingnuts tell it, it’s already happening, this nazisoshulist thing with FEMA camps and everything. Wish these people would make up their minds.

106 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 10:49:37am

re: #102 FemNaziBitch

Hope College
Princeton Theological Seminary
American University

hmmmm

107 teleskiguy  Jun 11, 2014 10:49:37am
108 lawhawk  Jun 11, 2014 10:50:11am

re: #77 Backwoods_Sleuth

109 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:50:17am
On the campaign trail, he “frequently trumpeted the six elements” of the “Republican Creed” which were posted at his campaign website:[20]

-That the free enterprise system is the most productive supplier of human needs and economic justice,
-That all individuals are entitled to equal rights, justice, and opportunities and should assume their responsibilities as citizens in a free society,
-That fiscal responsibility and budgetary restraints must be exercised at all levels of government,
-That the Federal Government must preserve individual liberty by observing Constitutional limitations,
-That peace is best preserved through a strong national defense,
-That faith in God, as recognized by our Founding Fathers, is essential to the moral fiber of the Nation.[23]

110 OhNoZombies!  Jun 11, 2014 10:50:59am

re: #21 makeitstop

I find it a bit disturbing that he calls for a ‘synthesis’ of Christianity and Capitalism. Where the fuck would that lead?

My gut says abolishing the Fed.
Methinks that is a code for something…

111 dog philosopher  Jun 11, 2014 10:51:12am

re: #84 Charles Johnson

Brat also talked about his support for “states’ rights.”

snakes have always had more than their share of rights in this country

112 Decatur Deb  Jun 11, 2014 10:51:14am

re: #95 Charles Johnson

The more I read about Dave Brat, the more insane he sounds. No wonder he was the Tea Party favorite.

He’s a “free trader,” but he wants to somehow merge free trade and fundamental religion together.

He’s obviously opposed to a minimum wage.

He talks about “states’ rights.”

He thinks Hitler could rise again any moment.

This guy is completely nuts.

That’s: “The Honorable Mr Nuts, United States House of Representatives” to you.

113 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:51:47am

re: #112 Decatur Deb

That’s: “The Honorable Mr Nuts, United States House of Representatives” to you.

He’s not elected yet.

114 Charles Johnson  Jun 11, 2014 10:52:21am

TweetDeck is back online.

115 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:52:30am
116 Decatur Deb  Jun 11, 2014 10:52:32am

re: #113 HappyWarrior

He’s not elected yet.

Bet he’s got the order for business cards at the printers.

117 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 10:53:04am
118 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:53:07am

re: #116 Decatur Deb

Bet he’s got the order for business cards at the printers.

No doubt but Mitt Romney had the jello salad ready for the Supreme Court overturning ACA too.

119 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 10:53:16am
120 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 10:53:45am
121 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:53:45am

I think it’s pathetic that he can’t even give an answer even the usual wingnut spiel against the minimum wage. What a frigging amateur.

122 Ian G.  Jun 11, 2014 10:54:01am

re: #84 Charles Johnson

Brat also talked about his support for “states’ rights.”

Translation: the wrong side won the Civil War.

123 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 10:54:04am

Cantor was defeated because NSA Assault!!!1

124 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:54:29am

re: #21 makeitstop

I find it a bit disturbing that he calls for a ‘synthesis’ of Christianity and Capitalism. Where the fuck would that lead?

Guy is a Roman Catholic. He knows where that leads.

125 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 10:54:35am

re: #121 HappyWarrior

Jumping immediately to $100 an hour and dragging Africa into it as a bonus blew all the right whistles.

126 lawhawk  Jun 11, 2014 10:54:48am

re: #119 Gus

127 Kragar  Jun 11, 2014 10:54:57am

re: #122 Ian G.

Translation: the wrong side won the Civil War.

How long before the GOP just decides to run with “Death to America!” as a slogan?

128 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:55:08am

What I don’t get is why someone who identifies as an RC, goes to different religious based colleges/seminaries?

WTF?

129 Decatur Deb  Jun 11, 2014 10:55:13am

re: #118 HappyWarrior

No doubt but Mitt Romney had the jello salad ready for the Supreme Court overturning ACA too.

Someone lost a sweet contract for installing the West Wing car elevator.

130 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:55:56am

re: #119 Gus

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Well he was at Princeton but not that Princeton so we’re going to rate this one “mostly true.”

131 Charles Johnson  Jun 11, 2014 10:55:59am
132 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:56:22am

re: #124 FemNaziBitch

Guy is a Roman Catholic. He knows where that leads.

A Catholic Calvinist. Weird guy.

133 Decatur Deb  Jun 11, 2014 10:56:30am

re: #124 FemNaziBitch

Guy is a Roman Catholic. He knows where that leads.

Quoted to “attend RC services”. He is dyed-in-the-wool Calvinist, apparently Reformed Church.

134 Ian G.  Jun 11, 2014 10:56:42am

re: #109 FemNaziBitch

That faith in God, as recognized by our Founding Fathers, is essential to the moral fiber of the Nation.

Can someone smack him upside the head with the Jefferson Bible, please?

135 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:56:44am

re: #129 Decatur Deb

Someone lost a sweet contract for installing the West Wing car elevator.

Snicker, well played.

136 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 10:57:23am

re: #134 Ian G.

Can someone smack him upside the head with the Jefferson Bible, please?

I’m sure we could find a copy. Va-07 ain’t too far from Tommy’s old crib.

137 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 10:57:31am
138 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 11, 2014 10:58:06am

re: #128 FemNaziBitch

What I don’t get is why someone who identifies as an RC, goes to different religious based colleges/seminaries?

WTF?

Today, the Seminary enrolls 500 students around 40% of whom are candidates for ministry in the Presbyterian Church. Remaining students are candidates for ministry in other denominations, or pursuing careers in academia or non-theological fields.

From en.wikipedia.org

139 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 10:58:24am

re: #133 Decatur Deb

Quoted to “attend RC services”. He is dyed-in-the-wool Calvinist, apparently Reformed Church.

David Brat is a Roman Catholic and is a parishioner of St. Mary Catholic Church in Richmond with his wife and their two children.[8]

140 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 11, 2014 10:59:31am

It sure brought the Anti-Semites out at Breitbart.

141 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 11, 2014 10:59:47am

Would “economic Calvinism” be a belief that businesses (or businessmen) are predestined to succeed/fail? Or simply that everyone is going to be eaten by tigers?
//

142 Charles Johnson  Jun 11, 2014 11:00:03am
143 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 11, 2014 11:00:08am

Just did some number searching.

There are 506,065 registered voters in VA-7 (474,714 active, 31,351 inactive).
65,022 of those voted yesterday. That’s 12.8% of all the registered voters in VA-7 who bothered to vote for either candidate.

144 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:00:11am

There’s also something funny about him crying about Princeton being a hot bed of liberal elitism. Because Virginia has a very famous founding father who called it his alma mater. Conservatives are weirdos about elitism anyhow. It’s elitism somehow to think that gays should be treated like human beings but it’s not elitist at all to want policies that favor and coddle the extremely wealthy.

145 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 11, 2014 11:00:14am

Ben doesn’t even know Yiddish.

146 Decatur Deb  Jun 11, 2014 11:02:00am

re: #139 FemNaziBitch

I’ll score that as “Wiki True”.

147 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 11, 2014 11:02:37am

re: #116 Decatur Deb

Bet he’s got the order for business cards at the printers.

measuring the drapes…

148 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:03:21am

So a high school friend just posted a photo of Obama, Biden, Pelosi, and Hitler regarding guns. Sigh. What the hell is wrong with people.

149 Lidane  Jun 11, 2014 11:04:25am
150 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:04:39am

The whole Hitler gun grabber thing is stupid. Really RWNJs, do you know of any military occupying regime that wouldn’t ban guns? And furthermore, it’s not like the Nazis exactly banned guns either.

151 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 11, 2014 11:04:45am

re: #144 HappyWarrior

There’s also something funny about him crying about Princeton being a hot bed of liberal elitism. Because Virginia has a very famous founding father who called it his alma mater. Conservatives are weirdos about elitism anyhow. It’s elitism somehow to think that gays should be treated like human beings but it’s not elitist at all to want policies that favor and coddle the extremely wealthy.

That might be due to the more nuttier types leaving the Princeton Theological Seminary in the 1920s in order to form the Westminster Theological Seminary. (see the PTS Wikipedina link in the earlier comment.)

The latter require their faculty to affirm their agreement with the Westminster Confession of Faith. I’m not sure whether or not this still includes holding the Pope as the Anti-Christ and Catholics as idolaters.

152 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 11:04:46am

re:
#148
HappyWarrior

Waht about Hitlery Clinton who’s gonna REALLY take are gunz and really set up FEMA camps!!1

153 Rocky-in-Connecticut  Jun 11, 2014 11:05:09am

reading that diatribe, it sounds like he’s a big fan of Mob Rule. You know- the moral, pure, Utopia-minded majority(?) of the population in constant search for witches, bad guys, inhuman scum, welfare minorities, homosexuals all set to string ‘em up without any government authority to stop it.

This guy is a complete lunatic. The Christian Theocracy is coming- at least, he’s convinced of it.

154 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:05:10am

re: #149 Lidane

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HAGS Eric HAGS!

155 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 11:05:17am

re: #150 HappyWarrior

They organized shooting clubs.

156 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:06:01am

re: #152 Bulworth

re:
#148
HappyWarrior

Waht about Hitlery Clinton who’s gonna REALLY take are gunz and really set up FEMA camps!!1

Just those three. It looks like something that one of VB’s “friends” on Twitter would have posted.Sigh, tired of political idiocy on facebook and some of it comes from my own family.

157 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:06:33am
With Dave Brat representing us in Congress, hard-working Virginians will have a champion fighting for them every day.

A product of the rural Midwest, he learned the value of faith, family, and a strong work ethic at a young age. Dave was determined to get an education that would empower him to help others reach their economic dreams.

Dave’s journey led him to Princeton where he obtained a Masters in Divinity and on to American University where he earned a Ph.D. in Economics. That education has led him to a career serving the Commonwealth.

In 1996, Dave and Laura moved to Henrico and he began teaching Economics and Ethics at Randolph-Macon College, and he chaired the Economics and Business department for the past 6 years.

Hope College -Reformed Church of America -no idea of his major B.A or B.A
Princeton Theological Seminary - Presbyterian -divinity M.S.
American University - Methodist - economics PHd
Randolph-Macon - Methodist

currently acting as an RC

No references to his parents or the religion he grew-up in.

His CV

158 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:06:36am

re: #155 jaunte

They organized shooting clubs.

Totes like Obama! And they also created militias in the countries they occupied to hunt down Jews and other undesirables.

159 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 11:06:53am

re:
#148

On Facebook? One of these days Facebook is going to implode from all the derp that gets ‘shared’ by the usual suspects. A system can only handle so much stupid.

160 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 11, 2014 11:06:53am

I bet if Sinclair Lewis was still around, he’d be nodding his head and pointing to It Can’t Happen Here.

161 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:07:30am

re: #160 Backwoods_Sleuth

I bet if Sinclair Lewis was still around, he’d be nodding his head and pointing to It Can’t Happen Here.

He was right then and he’s even more correct now.

162 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 11, 2014 11:07:54am

Cuteness break. Out of kitten pictures, so you have to settle for older cats.

Sherman and Thomas (2007 picture)

163 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 11:08:21am

re:
#156

Yeah one of my favorite cousins from way back when now sends out the derp round the clock. Had to hide his posts.

164 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 11:08:32am
165 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:08:40am

I am going to be so glad to catch a break from political insanity later this month and for the first half of next.

166 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:09:02am
167 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:09:07am

My Mom went to Princeton once on a work trip. Totes Princeton alum!

168 Decatur Deb  Jun 11, 2014 11:09:17am

re: #157 FemNaziBitch

Hope College -Reformed Church of America -no idea of his major B.A or B.A
Princeton Theological Seminary - Presbyterian -divinity M.S.
American University - Methodist - economics PHd
Randolph-Macon - Methodist

currently acting as an RC

No references to his parents or the religion he grew-up in.

His CV

Yeah. Also describes himself as ‘mostly Libertarian’. Looks like a confirmed chameleon.

169 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 11, 2014 11:09:38am

DUMBASS

170 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:09:51am

Well the good thing is if Brat wins or loses, I suspect he won’t be fucking up any young minds anymore with his crazy worldview.

171 Kragar  Jun 11, 2014 11:10:01am

re: #167 HappyWarrior

My Mom went to Princeton once on a work trip. Totes Princeton alum!

I worked for one Summer at Caltech, therefore I am a Professor of Particle Physics

172 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:10:06am

re: #168 Decatur Deb

Yeah. Also describes himself as ‘mostly Libertarian’. Looks like a confirmed chameleon.

I can’t get the .pdf of his CV to load …

173 Ian G.  Jun 11, 2014 11:10:18am
Hitler came along, and he did not meet with unified resistance.

Yeah, no shit. Do you know who did resist him? The socialists and the trade unionists and intellectuals in the universities and secularists. You know, all those groups that your base of voters despise.

174 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 11:10:27am

re:
#169

hurr hurr donkeys is AFRAidScared of ME and TRUTHE!!1

175 Dr Lizardo  Jun 11, 2014 11:10:59am

re: #160 Backwoods_Sleuth

I bet if Sinclair Lewis was still around, he’d be nodding his head and pointing to It Can’t Happen Here.

Right about now, Margaret Atwood is kicking back with that look - you know, the look a person gets on their face when it turns out they were right all along.

176 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 11:11:34am
177 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:12:11am

re: #173 Ian G.

Yeah, no shit. Do you know who did resist him? The socialists and the trade unionists and intellectuals in the universities and secularists. You know, all those groups that your base of voters despise.

That to me was the sad irony of Beck reading the famous poem. All those groups that the right loathes were the first for the Nazis to oppress and while not all Jews were social democrats or communists, the Nazis did their best to associate German Jews with that. Did anyone read the book about the first American ambassador to Nazi Germany? Many on the European and American right liked Hitler and the Nazis okay in the early days because they didn’t mind the AntiSemitism and attacks aganst the left.

178 Decatur Deb  Jun 11, 2014 11:12:22am

re: #172 FemNaziBitch

I can’t get the .pdf of his CV to load …

I got a page of it, all academic. Black and yellow frames.

179 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:12:30am
Dave understands that the most important factor in our nation’s success is the strength of the family unit. As our congressman,

Dave will protect the rights of the unborn and the sanctity of marriage, and will oppose any governmental intrusion upon the conscience of people of faith.

Bolded part is on his website.

180 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 11:13:07am

re:
#173

While many in the Church sucked up to him because (a) it was more important to preserve themselves than oppose him and (b) they actually liked all the National Exceptionalism stuff and believed the anti-Semitic nonsense about racial superiority.

181 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:13:14am

re: #179 FemNaziBitch

Bolded part is on his website.

Oh, I see, he’s for “small government” but not actual small government.

182 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:13:33am

re: #178 Decatur Deb

I got a page of it, all academic. Black and yellow frames.

Yeah, if you go to the side of that page, there is a box in which you can click for curriculum vitae. then it tries to load a pdf.

183 calochortus  Jun 11, 2014 11:13:34am

re: #179 FemNaziBitch

Bolded part is on his website.

Dave, stay the hell out of my marriage of 37 years.
Thanks.

184 Justanotherhuman  Jun 11, 2014 11:13:42am

There is not one reference on Google that states where Brat was born, his parents’ names, or where he was raised. It’s all a mystery until someone with some damned guts does an in depth interview with this character and gets some background.

Every single article repeats what his CV has on it.

185 Kragar  Jun 11, 2014 11:13:47am

re: #179 FemNaziBitch

Bolded part is on his website.

“oppose any governmental intrusion upon the conscience of people of faith.”

AKA You can’t make us treat Women or LGBT people like human beings

186 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 11:14:18am

Virginia: Dave Brat Changes Tune on Debt Ceiling

“…to sum things up, Dave Brat the candidate thinks that this is a serious economic issue and that Cantor deserves to pay, but Dave Brat the economist thinks it’s political theater.”

187 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:14:31am

re: #184 Justanotherhuman

There is not one reference on Google that states where Brat was born, his parents’ names, or where he was raised. It’s all a mystery until someone with some damned guts does an in depth interview with this character and gets some background.

Every single article repeats what his CV has on it.

Yeah, I think we are going to have to see the birth certificate!

188 Decatur Deb  Jun 11, 2014 11:14:52am

re: #184 Justanotherhuman

There is not one reference on Google that states where Brat was born, his parents’ names, or where he was raised. It’s all a mystery until someone with some damned guts does an in depth interview with this character and gets some background.

Every single article repeats what his CV has on it.

I want the long-form birf certifikate.

189 RadicalModerate  Jun 11, 2014 11:14:56am

re: #158 HappyWarrior

Totes like Obama! And they also created militias in the countries they occupied to hunt down Jews and other undesirables.

Among those “undesirables” that were hunted down, persecuted, and in many instances killed?

Liberals.

190 Ian G.  Jun 11, 2014 11:15:30am

re: #179 FemNaziBitch

So “protect the sanctity of marriage” and “oppose any government intrusion upon the conscience of people of faith”.

So what about that lesbian wedding I attended a few weeks back at an Episcopal Church? Does banning gay marriage not count as a “government intrusion” upon their consciences? No, of course not. They’re libtards.

191 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 11:15:47am

Dave understands that the most important factor in our nation’s success is the strength of the family unit.

I thought the most important factor was a nation’s military. Or economic productivity.

192 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:15:53am

re: #166 FemNaziBitch

BB&T Moral Foundations of Capitalism Program

This would be the “Survival of the Fittest” Economic Plan favored by the Robber Barrons …

193 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:15:58am

re: #189 RadicalModerate

Among those “undesirables” that were hunted down, persecuted, and in many instances killed?

Liberals.

Yep. Really anyone who thinks the Nazis and Liberals are allies or similar ideology needs to read actual history.

194 calochortus  Jun 11, 2014 11:16:15am

re: #183 calochortus

Dave, stay the hell out of my marriage of 37 years.
Thanks.

Oh, and Dave, we’re both atheists. Chew on that for a while.

195 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:17:14am

re: #190 Ian G.

So “protect the sanctity of marriage” and “oppose any government intrusion upon the conscience of people of faith”.

So what about that lesbian wedding I attended a few weeks back at an Episcopal Church? Does banning gay marriage not count as a “government intrusion” upon their consciences? No, of course not. They’re libtards.

It’s only forced government intrusion when they’re told that their opposition to it shouldn’t have anything to do with secular law. It’s the right of the state whenever the state tells a church who wants to perform gay marriages that they can’t. And that is exactly why the opposition to gay marriage on the basis of “religious freedom” is a load of Grade A horseshit.

196 Lidane  Jun 11, 2014 11:17:14am
197 makeitstop  Jun 11, 2014 11:19:11am

re: #68 jaunte

I may have gotten the quote slightly off, but that was the gist of his response.

The money quote all morning has been that ‘well-crafted response’ thing. But this is what he said immediately prior:

“I think Cato estimates there’s $2 trillion of regulatory problems and then throw Obamacare on top of that, the work hours is 30 hours a week. You can only hire 50 people. There’s just distortion after distortion after distortion and we wonder why our labor markets are broken.”

That’s a 10 pound bag of Gish Gallop right there. I think he expected to be able to serve up a plate of Palin Word Salad and skate.

198 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:19:31am

199 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:19:51am

re: #197 makeitstop

The money quote all morning has been that ‘well-crafted response’ thing. But this is what he said immediately prior:

That’s a 10 pound bag of Gish Gallop right there. I think he expected to be able to serve up a plate of Palin Word Salad and skate.

There’s distortion after distortion alright, Dave but it’s not coming from where you say it is.

200 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 11:19:59am

re:
#198

Love her.

201 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:20:57am

re: #192 FemNaziBitch

This would be the “Survival of the Fittest” Economic Plan favored by the Robber Barrons …

Who was that GOP politican recently quoted saying something about letting the poor wither and die?

202 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 11, 2014 11:21:08am

re: #178 Decatur Deb

I got a page of it, all academic. Black and yellow frames.

I thought the Ivory Tower elitists were the ones destroying America.
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203 HappyWarrior  Jun 11, 2014 11:21:17am

re: #201 FemNaziBitch

Who was that GOP politican recently quoted saying something about letting the poor wither and die?

Some ass in Indiana I believe.

204 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:21:30am

re: #202 Feline Fearless Leader

I thought the Ivory Tower elitists were the ones destroying America.
////

Only the Ones at Columbia.

205 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 11:21:33am

re:
#197
makeitstop

That’s a 10 pound bag of Gish Gallop right there. I think he expected to be able to serve up a plate of Palin Word Salad and skate.

Totally stealing that….

206 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:22:15am

207 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 11:22:28am

re: #197 makeitstop

You can only hire 50 people.*

Needs more asterisks.
*If you’re an incompetent manager
*If you’re too greedy

208 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:23:44am

re: #203 HappyWarrior

Some ass in Indiana I believe.

So, in essence, we are back to population control?

Liberals want it to be up to individuals
Libertarians want it to be up to the market
Conservatives want it to be up to G-d

Did I get that right?

209 Kragar  Jun 11, 2014 11:23:46am
210 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 11:24:33am

re: #196 Lidane

I’m going to take a shot at summarizing:
“The only people with an effective work ethic are people like me.”

211 Bubblehead II  Jun 11, 2014 11:25:11am

re: #209 Kragar

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I regret I only have one upding to give you. Well Played.

212 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:25:22am

This is the address of the pdf for his CV

Won’t load on my end.

213 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 11, 2014 11:25:23am

Erick Erickson just retweeted that xss script.

214 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:25:32am

re: #212 FemNaziBitch

This is the address of the pdf for his CV

[Embedded content]

Won’t load on my end.

Shit, there it is.

215 wrenchwench  Jun 11, 2014 11:25:45am

re: #206 FemNaziBitch

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For reals.

It’s been suspected that judges are swayed by their personal beliefs and affiliations. An analysis found that judges become more likely to rule in “pro-feminist” ways if the judges have daughters.

216 Decatur Deb  Jun 11, 2014 11:25:48am

re: #209 Kragar

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Vesuvius is the good guy in Brother Bryan’s version of the story—burying all those pagan whorehouses an’ all.

217 calochortus  Jun 11, 2014 11:26:15am

re: #210 jaunte

I’m going to take a shot at summarizing:
“The only people with an effective work ethic are people like me.”

Who knows? There’s a lot of jargon-especially about some sort of international convergence. I’m not sure if he’s talking about economics or New Age crystals. Maybe there isn’t actually a difference.

218 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 11, 2014 11:26:31am

re: #208 FemNaziBitch

So, in essence, we are back to population control?

Liberals want it to be up to individuals
Libertarians want it to be up to the market
Conservatives want it to be up to G-d

Did I get that right?

And said with no apparent understanding how disruptive it is to a society to let your underclass sit there and starve. Even if you’re an emotionless drone with no empathy there should be logical understanding that no safety net is bad for the society and very bad for business as usual.

219 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 11:27:18am
protect the sanctity of marriage

This is standard boilerplate for Repubs these days, but it just got me to thinking. Whose job is it, exactly, to ‘sanctify’ or to ‘protect the sanctity’ of marriage? The state obviously can grant and recognize a state of marriage (and divorce). Not sure that equates to the act of ‘sanctifying’ or ‘protecting the sanctity of’ marriage or a family’s marriage. I’d think that would be the responsibility of the marriage partners themselves, and to an extent, the church if both partners so affiliate themselves.

Anyway, if two people of the same sex desire to marry that has no effect on my marriage, nor does it, or can it, unsanctify my straight marriage (if I was married).

220 b.d.  Jun 11, 2014 11:27:22am

re: #209 Kragar

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[Jindal] Maybe Cantor should have spent some money on something called ‘volcano monitoring’ [/Jindal]

221 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 11, 2014 11:27:43am

At the very end of his CV:

Affiliations
Virginia Association of Economists
American Economic Association
Southern Economic Association
SouthEast Decision Sciences Institute
Twin Hickory Homeowners Association - Board
Hartley Plantation Homeowners Association - Board
Randolph-Macon College - Board of Associates
Henrico County Republican Committee
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Christ Church Episcopal
Third Presbyterian Church
Shady Grove Methodist Church
United States Tennis Association
Hermitage C.C. 8.5 Men’s Tennis League Travel Team

222 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:27:43am

re: #212 FemNaziBitch

He co-authored a paper on the morals of Ayn Rand.

223 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 11:27:48am

re: #209 Kragar

Just saw your tweet on this insanity:
talkingpointsmemo.com

GOHMERT!

224 calochortus  Jun 11, 2014 11:28:21am

re: #218 Feline Fearless Leader

And said with no apparent understanding how disruptive it is to a society to let your underclass sit there and starve. Even if you’re an emotionless drone with no empathy there should be logical understanding that no safety net is bad for the society and very bad for business as usual.

QFT.
Because if you take away all hope of advancement and a decent life for people, they tend not to just sit there and quietly wait to die in a tidy, law abiding way.

225 Charles Johnson  Jun 11, 2014 11:28:30am
226 Decatur Deb  Jun 11, 2014 11:28:35am

re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth

At the very end of his CV:

All things to all memes.

227 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 11:28:44am
228 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 11:28:45am
229 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:29:09am

re: #212 FemNaziBitch

“Kantian Ethics and the Financial Crisis” paper 2009.

This is pure Ayn Rand.

230 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 11:30:03am

re:
#215
wrenchwench

Obviously no judges can be appointed if they have daughters then, or if they become fathers to daughters they must therefore resign their judgeships else all America will falls apart because activist judges and femnazis!!1

231 Kragar  Jun 11, 2014 11:30:07am
232 S'latch  Jun 11, 2014 11:30:53am

Right-wing Christians see themselves as persecuted when their views are challenged and they tend to perceive those who persecute them as “Nazis.” It’s all about the paranoia of persecution. They aren’t free to impose their beliefs on everyone, so it feels to them that they are being persecuted. It’s all so unfair, don’t ya know? Hitlers, everywhere! Thousands of Hitlers coming to take their guns and bibles away!

233 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:31:20am

re: #212 FemNaziBitch

“Essays on Human Capital, Religion and Growth” —his dissertation title from American University.

234 Decatur Deb  Jun 11, 2014 11:31:43am

Freakn’ theocratic libertarian. if this guy has a sheet hanging in his closet, he’s just about perfect.

235 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 11:32:21am

Do catch Gohmert’s sanctimony about not judging others at the end of that clip.

236 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:33:39am

re: #212 FemNaziBitch

He served on a Title IX Committee on Gender Equiity for an Athletic Department —somewhere/sometime

I’d like to know more about that.

237 dog philosopher  Jun 11, 2014 11:34:04am

re: #196 Lidane

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my summary is this:

people talk about how educating people in third world countries helps improve the economy there, but i think r&d is just as important if not more

now i want to talk about whether or not protestantism is better for scientific development in a country than catholicism. france shows that it ain’t

thank you

238 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 11, 2014 11:34:51am

re: #212 FemNaziBitch

O_O

He worked for Arthur Andersen & Co. as a COBOL programmer after he got his undergraduate degree in 1986. I know all about the hash folk like him made out of their projects since I got paid to fix them at a company from 1990-96.

AA&Co. would hire non-CS undergrads, put them through an eight week programming class and then use them as programmers in their consulting and development projects. They used a standard programming and development set-up that worked cross-platform so that they just had to know the development environment and nothing about the platform, database, or operating system of the developed application. The development environment was restrictive, hide-bound, and had some massive inefficiencies.

Their work for fine for straightforward stuff. But if you got into anything tricky it went south real fast since if the analyst made a mistake in the specification they did not know enough to catch and correct it.

239 Decatur Deb  Jun 11, 2014 11:35:30am

re: #236 FemNaziBitch

He served on a Title IX Committee on Gender Equiity for an Athletic Department —somewhere/sometime

I’d like to know more about that.

Supported Ladies’ Gladiatorial Games.

240 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:36:08am

re: #212 FemNaziBitch

He has been involved with this organization, ever heard of it?

241 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 11, 2014 11:36:27am

re: #224 calochortus

QFT.
Because if you take away all hope of advancement and a decent life for people, they tend not to just sit there and quietly wait to die in a tidy, law abiding way.

And if their children are starving they can become very tricksy, not to mention hard to reason with.

242 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:37:09am

re: #212 FemNaziBitch

The rest is golf, tennis and homeowner’s associations.

243 Gus  Jun 11, 2014 11:37:23am
244 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 11, 2014 11:37:41am

re: #232 S’latch

Right-wing Christians see themselves as persecuted when their views are challenged and they tend to perceive those who persecute them as “Nazis.” It’s all about the paranoia of persecution. They aren’t free to impose their beliefs on everyone, so it feels to them that they are being persecuted. It’s all so unfair, don’t ya know? Hitlers, everywhere! Thousands of Hitlers coming to take their guns and bibles away!

But they would line the streets and cheer as “illegals” are rounded up and deported.

245 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:39:04am

re: #218 Feline Fearless Leader

And said with no apparent understanding how disruptive it is to a society to let your underclass sit there and starve. Even if you’re an emotionless drone with no empathy there should be logical understanding that no safety net is bad for the society and very bad for business as usual.

Well, I tend to think the individual women is well aware of whether or not she can actually feed the children she bears and thus, the decision should be left to her.

But, what do I know?

246 S'latch  Jun 11, 2014 11:39:14am

It’s rather fitting that the Republican Tea Party, which generally stands for consumerism, selfishness, and greed, gets a new face with the last name “Brat.”

247 Decatur Deb  Jun 11, 2014 11:39:34am

re: #240 FemNaziBitch

He has been involved with this organization, ever heard of it?

“The first annual meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (AIDS) was held in New Orleans in 1969. About 100 charter members were in attendance.”

Bummer of an acronym, Frank.

Might be serious academic org., might be shelter for nutcases. the list of past leaders tells me nothing.

248 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 11:39:42am

re:
#244

Because Rule of teh Laws!!1

And obviously deport them ALL even if families separated because Rule of teh Laws!11

249 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:40:19am

re: #224 calochortus

QFT.
Because if you take away all hope of advancement and a decent life for people they tend not to just sit there and quietly wait to die in a tidy, law abiding way.

So many of they laws enacted thru-out history have been in fear of slave revolt, or violence among the masses.

250 calochortus  Jun 11, 2014 11:40:55am

re: #249 FemNaziBitch

So many of they laws enacted thru-out history have been in fear of slave revolt, or violence among the masses.

And how did that work out for them?
/

251 calochortus  Jun 11, 2014 11:41:14am

re: #247 Decatur Deb

“The first annual meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences (AIDS) was held in New Orleans in 1969. About 100 charter members were in attendance.”

Bummer of an acronym, Frank.

Might be serious academic org., might be shelter for nutcases. the list of past leaders tells me nothing.

LOL

252 Justanotherhuman  Jun 11, 2014 11:41:30am

No, Mr. Economist, the median (corrected) household income is right around $53K), quickfacts.census.gov not the average individual income which at the time you quote, was $41,673.83, according to the Social Security Admin. ssa.gov Per capita income was around $28K.

And you might want to study a bit more on why incomes might have been “trapped” at “$500 per year until about 1800”.

“Economic growth is important,” he said. “Without economic growth, the entire world was trapped at incomes of $500 per year until about 1800. Today, the average American worker is closer to $50,000.”

Look at this libertarian valentine at the NYT. Will be interesting to see his FCC filings.

A Long Shot So Long, the Tea Party Took a Pass

David Brat Waged Solo Fight Against Eric Cantor

nytimes.com

253 dog philosopher  Jun 11, 2014 11:43:38am

freepers

Now that Cantor, a Turncoat, has been sent packing, we need to finish the criminal conspiracy between him, Dick Boehner and Witch McConnell.

Send Money, take a trip to do walks and knocks in opposition, get the word out to friends and enemies.

They must be defeated.

The Republic cannot take any more of their shenanigans.

Are you saying Dick Boehner as in Boehner is a dick or do you think that is his first name? lol. You forgot that horrid Paul Ryan…..he is sleaziest of them all.

Boehner, Cantor and McConnell are co-conspirators for OBAMA and the MarxoFascist Democrats.

254 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:43:45am

His Bachelor of Arts is in Business Administration from Hope College.

How come this doesn’t make me feel good?

255 makeitstop  Jun 11, 2014 11:44:03am

re: #246 S’latch

It’s rather fitting that the Republican Tea Party, which generally stands for consumerism, selfishness, and greed, gets a new face with the last name “Brat.”

You couldn’t hire a team of writers to dream up a more perfect name for this guy.

256 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 11, 2014 11:44:26am

re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth

At the very end of his CV:

United States Tennis Association
Hermitage C.C. 8.5 Men’s Tennis League Travel Team

Wonder if he knows Janie?

257 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:44:44am

re: #250 calochortus

And how did that work out for them?
/

French Revolution(s)

258 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 11, 2014 11:45:08am

I know that many people are not happy about McConnell winning his primary, but in Kentucky we remember what happened the last time the Republicans nominated lunatic Rand Paul, believing he would be “easier to beat” in November 2010.
Brat is VA’s version of Kentucky’s Bevin, who fortunately went down in spectacular flames to McConnell a few weeks ago

259 freetoken  Jun 11, 2014 11:45:44am

re: #243 Gus

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Yup, he’s a Lew Rockwell fan, it appears.

We are all shocked.

260 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 11:46:18am

re:
#253

Now that Cantor, a Turncoat, has been sent packing, we need to finish the criminal conspiracy between him, Dick Boehner and Witch McConnell.

These people hate Republicans more than Democrats hate Republicans.

261 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 11, 2014 11:46:54am

re: #253 dog philosopher

freepers

Now that Cantor, a Turncoat, has been sent packing, we need to finish the criminal conspiracy between him, Dick Boehner and Witch McConnell.

Send Money, take a trip to do walks and knocks in opposition, get the word out to friends and enemies.

They must be defeated.

The Republic cannot take any more of their shenanigans.

Are you saying Dick Boehner as in Boehner is a dick or do you think that is his first name? lol. You forgot that horrid Paul Ryan…..he is sleaziest of them all.

Boehner, Cantor and McConnell are co-conspirators for OBAMA and the MarxoFascist Democrats.

heh, so the freepers want to defeat McConnell, even though that would mean *gasp* replacing him with Alison Grimes?
bwahahaaaa!!!!!!!!

262 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 11:46:56am
263 FemNaziBitch  Jun 11, 2014 11:47:28am

re: #218 Feline Fearless Leader

And said with no apparent understanding how disruptive it is to a society to let your underclass sit there and starve. Even if you’re an emotionless drone with no empathy there should be logical understanding that no safety net is bad for the society and very bad for business as usual.

I agree, one doesn’t need an emotional understanding of the systemic destruction of poverty.

One good example: PTSD.

264 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 11, 2014 11:47:36am

re: #238 Feline Fearless Leader

O_O

He worked for Arthur Andersen & Co. as a COBOL programmer after he got his undergraduate degree in 1986. I know all about the hash folk like him made out of their projects since I got paid to fix them at a company from 1990-96.

AA&Co. would hire non-CS undergrads, put them through an eight week programming class and then use them as programmers in their consulting and development projects. They used a standard programming and development set-up that worked cross-platform so that they just had to know the development environment and nothing about the platform, database, or operating system of the developed application. The development environment was restrictive, hide-bound, and had some massive inefficiencies.

Their work for fine for straightforward stuff. But if you got into anything tricky it went south real fast since if the analyst made a mistake in the specification they did not know enough to catch and correct it.

I interviewed at Andersen but went to work at EDS. We had some extreme memory limitations that forced us to use 2-digit date fields. We knew the programs would all go tits up in Y2K but we figured we’d get the big bucks to fix everything once we got more memory installed.

265 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 11:48:11am

re:
#253

Boehner, Cantor and McConnell are co-conspirators for OBAMA and the MarxoFascist Democrats.

‘MarxoFascist’. Okaaaaaaay……

266 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 11:49:42am
267 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 11:50:18am

re:
#262

prisons?

268 Timothy Watson  Jun 11, 2014 11:50:22am

“God is dead.” -Nietzsche

269 Bulworth  Jun 11, 2014 11:51:07am

re:
#266

Yeah, they’re Libertarians except for all those liberty things. /

270 Rightwingconspirator  Jun 11, 2014 11:51:30am

Headline stark enough or understated?

Huffpo

271 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 11, 2014 11:52:29am

re: #270 Rightwingconspirator

Headline stark enough or understated?

Huffpo

Hey Cantor…YOU built that!

272 BeenHereAwhile  Jun 11, 2014 11:55:45am

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Left out Destination, “Kingston.”

How To Get There, “Thunder Road.”

273 makeitstop  Jun 11, 2014 11:56:14am

re: #268 Timothy Watson

“God is dead.” -Nietzsche

“Nietzsche is dead.” -God

274 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 11, 2014 11:56:46am

re: #272 BeenHereAwhile

Left out destination, “Kingston.”

Highway, “Thunder Road.”

I thought of Tobacco Road

275 Feline Fearless Leader  Jun 11, 2014 11:58:05am

re: #264 Pie-onist Overlord

I interviewed at Andersen but went to work at EDS. We had some extreme memory limitations that forced us to use 2-digit date fields. We knew the programs would all go tits up in Y2K but we figured we’d get the big bucks to fix everything once we got more memory installed.

We had that. Plus packed decimal storage of data as well. Additional library calls needed in order to math with it (convert it out to binary). And developing the ability to read numbers that used rightmost character overstrike in order to handle negative numbers without using a extra bit to do so.

276 jaunte  Jun 11, 2014 12:01:40pm

re: #267 Bulworth

re:
#262

prisons?

I think it’s a Customs & Border Patrol holding facility.

277 J A P  Jun 11, 2014 12:13:36pm

re: #74 Kragar

Was it Reagan who said “Vote with you feet?” Well, has anyone looked at the cost of living in San Francisco and New York City lately? For most of my adult life I’ve “voted with my feet.” I want those people to stop following me.

278 BeenHereAwhile  Jun 11, 2014 12:21:30pm

re: #160 Backwoods_Sleuth

I bet if Sinclair Lewis was still around, he’d be nodding his head and pointing to It Can’t Happen Here.

“If This Goes On—”

Future History science fiction short novel by Robert A. Heinlein.

en.wikipedia.org

279 De Kolta Chair  Jun 11, 2014 12:29:39pm

re: #268 Timothy Watson

“God is dead.” -Nietzsche

That famous quote is from Nietzsche’s 1882 book “Die fröhliche Wissenschaft,” usually translated into English as “The Gay Science.”

Sounds like a happy book.

280 J A P  Jun 11, 2014 12:34:23pm

re: #106 Gus

For years in Virginia, everyone from the media to Governors have come to Dave Brat for insights on the budget, knowing that he tested his rural values against the intellectual elite while at Princeton and against the powerful elite at American University.

Dave’s journey led him to Princeton where he obtained a Masters in Divinity and on to American University where he earned a Ph.D. in Economics. That education has led him to a career serving the Commonwealth.

I’ve got to say, I do think it’s misleading. Call me stupid, I thought that Brat went to Princeton University. I, for one, was totally misled. I feel sort of stupid now, but I never heard of Princeton Theological Seminary because it’s too far away from my realm of experience.

281 J A P  Jun 11, 2014 12:43:07pm

re: #133 Decatur Deb

Reformed Church is very moderate. If I suddenly became a Christian I’d go to a Reformed Church. They barely exist outside of New York and New Jersey, however.

282 wrenchwench  Jun 11, 2014 12:44:00pm

re: #276 jaunte

I think it’s a Customs & Border Patrol holding facility.

Looks worse than the local animal shelter.

283 Swift2991  Jun 11, 2014 5:40:51pm

re: #21 makeitstop

St. Walmart’s.

284 Pie-onist Overlord  Jun 11, 2014 5:43:30pm

re: #283 Swift2991

St. Walmart’s.

Hobby Lobby.

285 Swift2991  Jun 11, 2014 5:44:07pm

re: #266 jaunte

They’re libertarians in business only.

286 Swift2991  Jun 11, 2014 5:48:31pm

re: #254 FemNaziBitch

He wants to “run America like a business,” I bet.


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