Conservative columnist David Brooks turned some heads yesterday with a blistering piece lashing out against the Republican Party's behavior in debt-ceiling negotiations. Brooks weighs in on this deal by writing, "If the Republican Party were a normal party, it would take advantage of this amazing moment. It is being offered the deal of the century: trillions of dollars in spending cuts in exchange for a few hundred million dollars of revenue increases...This, as I say, is the mother of all no-brainers" But as well all know - the Republican Party is NOT a normal Party - and Brooks comes to this conclusion as well writing, "The Republican Party...has been infected by a faction that is more of a psychological protest than a practical, governing alternative...The members of this movement do not accept the logic of compromise, no matter how seet the terms." Brooks goes on to write, "The members of this movement do not accept the legitimacy of scholars and intellectual authorities...The members of this movement have no sense of moral decency...The members of this movement have no economic theory worthy of the name." Tell us how you really feel, eh? So how can Republicans continue to get away with this behavior - that even those in their own Party are growing disgusted by? Let's reverse the table here for a moment....here's the part of the story no one will talk about.
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