Kristof: Republicans 'Biggest Threat To America's National Security'
Latest dispatch from the Department of Dissent Is No Longer Patriotic: because they won't raise taxes, Republican "maniacs" are more dangerous to US national security than al Qaeda.
That is the view of Nicholas Kristof, as expressed in his New York Times column of today, "Republicans, Zealots and Our Security."
View excerpts after the jump.
From the Kristof column [emphasis added]:
If China or Iran threatened our national credit rating and tried to drive up our interest rates, or if they sought to damage our education system, we would erupt in outrage.
Well, wake up to the national security threat. Only it’s not coming from abroad, but from our own domestic extremists . . . the blunt truth is that the biggest threat to America’s national security this summer doesn’t come from China, Iran or any other foreign power. It comes from budget machinations, and budget maniacs, at home.
So let’s remember not only the national security risks posed by Iran and Al Qaeda. Let’s also focus on the risks, however unintentional, from domestic zealots.
Kristof has obviously opted not to heed President Obama's pious prayers for "civil debate."
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Really Kristoff?
Submitted by Bourbeau on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:25am.
Perhaps you should take a few minutes and interview Mr. Trumpka, or one of his union zealots hell bent on ripping this country off of their financial resources for their own selfish preservation; or one of Mr. Obama's unconfirmed Czars hell bent on strangling our productive industries; or maybe some of the Democrat zealots that occupy the House and the Senate - Maxine Waters, Representative Clyburn, Senator Boxer - there's more then a few to occupy your mind of calculating dissent. And that's just on the Democrat side.
Sheesh.
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:33am.
Liberals don't make coherent arguments anymore. They just run around screaming, with their skirts up over their heads.
Reducing funding for "Reading is Fundamental" is a threat to our national security?
Liberals are cute when they try to act concerned about our national security: they do it by focusing on reading programs and food.
...and cutting military spending.
Submitted by Red Jeep on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:36am.
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The next step for the libs is spontaneous combustion-
Submitted by johnsonl on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:50am.
I just hope that their skirts burn up completely.
I believe it's time to start walling the cities in. What say, every city above the Mason-Dixon line with a population over 500,000 sound about right? Everybody bring a shovel, trowel and as many bricks as you can find.
The Politics of Fear
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 11:23am.
I seem to recall Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi accusing the Republicans of practicing the "Politics of Fear," and she promised that Democrats wouldn't play the game. That was back in 2006, and the Democrats captured both houses of Congress that November.
And ever since then, the Democrats and their MSM echos having been scaring the voters.
- Republicans have been labeled as racists, misogynists, and even terrorists. It's even been stated by an opemly gay MSNBC host that a Republican President will exterminate homosexuals. Rep. Jackson Lee last week stated that the only rational reason for the GOP bucking Obama on the debt ceiling talks is racism. Tea Partiers have been labeled terrorists.
- The stimulus and Obamacare were promoted as necessary to avert a second Great Depression and sabve health care. When the stimulus failed to hold unemployment below 8%, we were told that the economy would've been worse had we not borrowed and spent that money. Those who want to repeal Obamacare are accused of wanting to kill the elderly and children.
- Talk radio has been accused of fueling hate against women and minorities.
- Muslim Americans are regularly reminded that Islamophobia is on the rise in this country, though there don't appear to be any facts to substantiate it. Not only did Obama's DHS publish an assessment in 2009 warning that right wing white supremecist groups were the primary domestic terrorist threat to the nation, but this month it posted a "See Something. Say Something" promotional video on its website in which all the suspicious characters are white and the citizens reporting their behavior are minorities -- DHS denies any bias in the selection of the actors.
And you know it will only get worse here on out because the Democrats can't run on their pathetic record.
...hence the screaming, skirt over the head syndrome.
Submitted by johnsonl on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 5:48pm.
Liberals have nothing but fear. They fear a world where they will have to be responsible for themselves and their decisions.
The good thing about a New York-based Lib Media...
Submitted by ChrisNH on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:59am.
...is that there are plenty of tall buildings for them to jump from. I keep hoping and waiting for the sanctimonious Paul Krugman to do it, but he's a Limp-wrist.
Lib media hacks are in a state of near self-immolation now, and I love it. Wasn't this supposed to be a period of 'perpetual Democratic majorities?' Some tweed-jacketed Lib elite said that, but whoever it was must also be scoping out tall buildings himself. Maybe it was cueball James Carville.
I love the rage they are in!
Gee whiz
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:05am.
I was saying just a couple days before that Janet NoBrainitino is one of the biggest threats to this country, are they reading this site and then just changing the words? Not that I was ever called a Republican(I'm a Conservative) but still....
In al seriousness though, this is right out of what happened to the Jews when they got accused of similar things. My, how history repeats.
-Jon
"Kristof has apparently chosen. . .
Submitted by rickbren on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:28am.
. . .not to heed President Obama's pious prayers for "civil debate." Seems like Barry has done the same thing. .
That's because racism is not civil and . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 11:30am.
. . . we've been reminded regularly that criticism of this President or his policies is racism.
Therefore, by their definitions, a debate which criticizes the President's performance, agenda, or behavior is inherently uncivil.
So let us see how this works
Submitted by richb313 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 8:58am.
So let us see how this works Mr. Kristoff. If we were to go along with any of the schemes the Democrats supposedly support the country would borrow more money now with a promise to cut in the future and rasie taxes now. All this move would do is put the country deeper in debt and spiralling ever faster to total insolvency
Now if we were to adopt the plan passed by the house any new borrowing would be offset by cuts of an equal amount, the amount of money that the feds could spend would be capped at a percentage of GDP and we would at least have a Balanced Budjet Amendment on the Table which could either be rejected or approved by 2/3rds of the States.
Some how we are led to belive a scheme which would give political cover to democrats, push our country deeper in debt with no structure to end the cycle and therefore would actually signal to world markets to speed up thier plans to abandon the dollar is not a danger to Natioal Security?
We are definitly through the looking glass folks.
If China or Iran . . .
Submitted by freecitizen on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:00am.
If China or Iran tried to impose burdensome taxes and eternal deficit spending on us we would be outraged! See how easy that is? Two can play that game.
"Sought to damage our
Submitted by ant on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:17am.
"Sought to damage our education system"? I thought the Progs were already doin' a fine job on that front.
Not Quite
Submitted by bknownst on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:23am.
The statements made by this member of the propaganda wing of the Democommunist Party would be completely accurate if he was speaking about Comrade President Obama's Party. Guy should be working for MSNBC where everything they present is 180 degrees opposite reality in this universe. In reverse world where they obviously come from, it may be accurate. They may be aliens and not the morons they appear to be?
We're spending at almost 100%
Submitted by rbosque on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 9:50am.
We're spending at almost 100% of our GDP and countries like China who are one of our antagonists own a lot of our debt...THAT'S not a threat to national security? The Dems are pushing for wealth confiscation and they expect tax receipts to climb? For how long? By shutting down our economy?
And these people are in charge?
How about this....?
Submitted by NeoKong on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 10:22am.
If China and Iran tried to manipulate our elections with millions of dollars in untraceable cash, media propaganda campaigns, deception, collusion and foreign backed Secretary of State projects we would erupt in rage....and then be labeled right wing terrorists.
But Who are the Budget Maniacs Mr Kristof?
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 10:25am.
Who passed and signed the massive stimulus bill that busted the budget?
Who passed and signed the massive entitlement health care bill that busted the budget?
Who busted the budget by hiring all the new czars who in turn hired new government busy bodies to harass citizens and businesses?
Who is driving down business activities and driving down employment (reducing the tax base) with new regulations and threats to "tax the rich"?
Is this too hard for Kristof to figure out? Of course not? Figuring it out is not the point with the left wing. The point is to destroy any small-government movement and grow government into a one-party state that runs the economy and runs peoples lives.
Wow shocker!!!
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 11:06am.
A left wing politburo NY Times activist is calling a political rival a national security threat!
Hmm so I guess constantly pursuing and giving up government secrets to discredit a president you disagree with is not a national security threat? Also, I guess putting troops and government agents in danger because of said secrets being revealed is not a national security threat? Or even constantly berating and vilifying anyone trying to protect our borders all the while American citizens are being kidnapped, raped, and murdered is not a national security threat? Need I go on? And let's not get into willfully giving a pass to the most reckless president in terms of spending in history, that's not a national security threat?!
This mind numbed zombie may want to smell what crap he's shoveling.
I thought Obama's loony, unconfirmed czars were the threat.
Submitted by Thalpy on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 11:24am.
It was those pesky Republicans all along!
"No-credibility Nick"
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 11:30am.
Your own newspaper continually publishes pieces listing names, dates, places and situations where real people are put at risk. Your own newspaper drooled over the Wikileaks incident and Julian Assange. Your own newspaper published the names of CIA operatives in many, many cases. Your own newspaper has threatened national security more times than could be counted by a supercomputer programmed to do nothing but tally the incidents.
I can recommend a good colorectal surgeon to help you put your accusations where they belong in your body.
How long will it be
Submitted by Fenwick on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 12:11pm.
... before they start calling for a "final solution" to rid the nation of this threat to national security? Good Lord, don't they hear themselves demonizing a whole group of people?
yep and that whole group has
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 12:30pm.
yep and that whole group has guns, likes to use them and look at the democrats like they are vermin.
Democrats would come to the fight with speeches..
?
Submitted by Fenwick on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 12:47pm.
>>... and look at the democrats like they are vermin.<<
What?!?!?
Good evening Fenwick
Submitted by cocodrie on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 1:07pm.
They are no better than vermin. They have already told me that since I am old (72) and that my grandson who is autistic we do not deserve healthcare or even life. we are considered a drain on government resources. They get to keep my 57 years of social security taxes and want us to commit involuntary suicide after Obamacare kicks in.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Cocodrie's value*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 1:15pm.
My opinion, One Cocodrie is worth 4,738 liberals and to add bonus points, Cocodrie always prays for them.
Deja Vu*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 12:58pm.
If you want to make conservatives angry, tell them a lie. If you want to make liberals angry, tell them the truth.
The clue is "which group of people"*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 12:56pm.
When they attack ordinary patriotic wage earning taxpaying Americans, then you must clearly be able to see the real treacherous enemy. And they are now getting very bold with their anti American rhetoric. If their Messiah loses the election, watch, they will call for the "roundup" of these same "demons".
This is great....
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 12:53pm.
I love watching liberals wet their pants when someone finally says "NO" to them.
It's the first time most of them have ever heard the word..
This is great...
The libs are very scared
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 1:52pm.
Kristof's hyperbole is symptomatic of the mounting anxiety the Left has over this President's poor track record. The community activist has proven to be a weak executive, and his 2008 charm has soured into 2011 obtuseness.
So, Kristof and others write opinions that look like they crawled out of a poorly edited Ivy League campus newspaper, and hope it scares average Americans into ignoring the facts and visiting the well of empty promises and dreams for one more drink of Kool-Aid.
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They've certainly been a
Submitted by Satchmo on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 5:23pm.
They've certainly been a threat to our liberty.
Hello, TSA and DHS.
Satchmo = Sissy Troll
Submitted by The Vet on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 5:44pm.
Ignore this coward of a troll. He is only here to troll.
Still waiting sissy troll.
Finish one conversation where you lie before you move on to other conversations where you lie.
Excuse
Submitted by GregE on Sun, 07/24/2011 - 7:40pm.
Liberals can't really jump up and say lets raise taxes, without an excuse. Massive debt is one of the best excuses ever. No way they quietly pass up this opportunity to mole around in more pockets in order to have more to spend on new shiny stuff.
When Republicans Refuse to Bankrupt the USA PANIC
Submitted by Avitar on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 1:16am.
From the Obama Democrat Party Troubleshooting Handbook:
Step (1)
"When in trouble or in doubt run in circles scream and shout. "
Step (2)
"Blame the last Republican President who never killed anybody. Grant and some of the others were willing to shoot back."
Step (3)
"Organize a great choris of paid pundits to sing the praises of Unions, the Democratic Party, Failed Democratic Presidents and claim all that all popular defensless deceased Republican Presidents were actually practising Progressive policies. "