TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: Grand Old Partied Out?

[Joe402]

All these people seem to assume that the American public aren't stupid. They are. Republican dominance in 2010.

[19770326]

Dear Republicans,

Its over.

[pepsipopsihoogalto]

The problem with america is that it only has two main parties--the Republican and the Democratic. So, as a result, American politics are like an ever-tilting scale. If one party loses its power, the other one becomes way too powerful, which throws everything off-balance. Even though one might dislike and disagree with a party, it is never good to have only one set of ideas to run a country by.

[hmmyeah]

Republican party use to be about small government which was not taxing heavily on all people, less government intervention, no corporate favortism, no ideals of your on your own or only Christian's values. But I remember the Republican parties has we keep peace of the world and never go to war. Republican values believed that tax money should be spent on Americans but they have changed completely to favor rich corporations and to leave all struggling Americans to die.

[1000orsowords]

Note to Republicans: embrace reality. You will lose until you do.

[herk650]

David Brooks & Mark Shields can be seen every Friday on PBS'The NewsHour, usually towards the end of the program.

It's a shame Tim Russert passed away.

That man was smart.

[ut00ba]

i really like that dude at the end. he's a common sense/intellectual style of conservative that I havent come across very often, not the 'joe the plumber'/obamas an arab terrorist kind of simple minded thinker using lowest common denominator tactics. why cant more be like him?

[cbrownjc]

If the Republican Party was smart, they'd listen to David Brooks, especially wrt Regan. Regan was President 28 years ago - the world and the problems facing America and the world are very different now than they were in 1980. All I could do was roll my eyes when Sarah Pailn made that "city on a hill" comment during the VP debate. There's a whole generation who are now in adulthood (and of voting age) who don't even remember Regan's Presidency.

Time to move on guys.

[masticina]

I kinda have to agree I mean words like "trickle down" and "deregulate the markets and they will get better". Well it worked till now!

Also McCains taxcuts would go to 2% of the people. The rich people that rather invest somewhere else then in america! Hell if I as european understand that then there are troubles!

[countess1900]

Term limit of 6 years on all these old guys in the House and Senate. They get in there and do ANY thing to stay. I propose 6 limit (still have to be elected each 2 yrs) sit out 6 years then allowed to run again.

[REDGHOST8888]

obama the messiah is here

[kirkenbunken]

Why is Schwarzenegger a Republican? He's a pot smoking bisexual married to a Kennedy. He should be a Democrat.

[sheriffquick]

Sound just like a Republican!!! Msster deciever..Conservative huh? GW Bush...Moral Huh? Mark Foley, Jitter, and others..Christian? How could one be a christian and a racist at the same time??? Which Charlatan or Republican party are you talking about??

[gkliebsack]

Brooks is right: "Those days are over". All the old hater, stingy, religious crazy Republicans are done. We've seen the truth of them. In Iraq, on Wall Street and in Sarah Palin. Done.

[dtaijo174]

Palin & Jindal (spelling) both aren't any good. I want a true principled liberty minded person like Barry Goldwater! Where are they?

[thinkresultz]

"It's great to worry about Reagan. I loved Reagan; but those days are over."

[renijohn012270]

Hello my love! I'm talking to you by webcam. I'm talking and the computer is translating.

[NSU224]

They want to believe that Obama was elected because he can talk well... Dream on, dream away.

[pepsipopsihoogalto]

and David Brooks is Republican...

(face the nation interviewee)

[RacerEckss]

Oooooo. palin and jindal. That's like choosing between getting raped with a baseball bat and getting raped with a steak knife.

[nevagan]

My mother & father are dead, so are their old ideas. The country has shifted and in my opinion, for the better...

[whitecollarcriminal]

Bobby Jindal doesn't have a fucking chance in hell.

Sarah Palin's image has been destroyed. She'll never be able to be a GOP leader.

The Republicans better wise up and stop being RACIST. They better aim for 2016 with a Hispanic Female President candidate.

A White woman might have a shot in 2016 but you can forget about 2012. Obama's finance raising skills will annihilate anyone that tries to run against him in 2012.

[daniellerenee1988]

For one, I'm a republican and I'm pretty sure that I'm not racist AT ALL. And if a good Hispanic Female President runs in 2012 or 2016 ... then I will vote for them, but if not ... I will choose who I want to choose and I really don't like being put into a category because I'm a republican. You have to remember, there were republicans who voted for Obama. Watch your words.

[pepsipopsihoogalto]

to whitecollar:

I don't think that its really fair to call the Republicans racist. I mean, of course more Conservatives voted for John McCain, who just happened to be white! If McCain had been black, most Conservatives would have voted for him.

PS I support Obama and Im a Democrat!

(just in case you were wondering)

[whitecollarcriminal]

The republican party is racist. I don't think there is a clearer example of that than the HATE RALLIES McCain and Palin tried to quell while they were campaigning.

The Republican party represents the "anti-liberals" because they are the only other major dominant party int he country. They are anti gay, they are anti - everything else but Anglosaxan white supremacist Dominance.

And they wonder why Obama got 97% of the Black vote LOL.

Lets see them run a Black or Hispanic for PRESIDENT

[whitecollarcriminal]

Technically, a "party" cannot be racist, but the truth is, they are HARBORING racists.

They've been winning elections lying to their constituents for years that they'd shut mexicans and Blacks off of welfare and social services and PRIVATIZE EVERYTHING to keep the liberal socialism from giving White wealth to outsiders.

The Republican party is the most xenophobic, homophobic party their is. Christo-fascists.

They'll eventually go through an idealogy shift if they keep losing.

[Tacos25n28]

Why do you need one leader?

Just make some group look like the underdog. For the next 4 years to make them seem like that. Then they can pander to the christians by making them selfs seem like the persecuted group in the world...

This is a subversive and misleading shit that the system and goverment seem to run on.

[amsoho75gr]

funny how Arnold Schwarzenegger is the smart one

[latentsun]

"Circular firing squad" - David Brooks of the NYT opened himself up for that one.

[boldcreation69]

PATHETIC.

[toribaltimore]

Dumbest of the United States--Plan Your Travel Accordingly...

KEY -

HBP = Hates Black People

VAOBI = Votes Against Own Best Interests

FUBAR = Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition

AL (HBP, FUBAR), AK (Next), AZ (HBP- except Tucson), AR (FUBAR), GA (VAOBI), ID (HBP), KS (HBP, VAOBI), KY (HBP, VAOBI), LA (FUBAR x 10), MT (VAOBI), NE (VAOBI), ND (VAOBI), OK (NOT OKAY, HBP x 100), SC (HBP, VAOBI), TN (HBP, VAOBI), TX (FUBAR, HBP x 5), UT (Next), WV (FUBAR), WY (HBP, VAOBI), WV (HBP, VAOBI)

[duhCider]

I am going to LOVE the next eight years ..... a vintage harvest of the GOP's best whine.

[pa6xylly]

david brooks, george will, chris wallace - proof that there are some intelligent, rational Republicans out there.

it's sad that only the buffoons, liars, and cheats have been the face of the party for so long.

[GretchenDawntreader]

pa6xylly:"david brooks, george will, chris wallace - proof that there are some intelligent, rational Republicans out there."

Very true. I'm Dem but I have a lot of respect for those 3 because they have reasons for their positions not just a series of talking points issued from headquarters.

I'd rather disagree with people I can at least respect that they think about things.

Best advice to Reps, don't pin your hopes on Palin, she's the anti-thinking party-o-god choice.

[pa6xylly]

i couldn't have said it better myself. i'm a Republican for Obama. he got me hooked after i read his second book and found he wasn't just another set of depthless talking points.

and as much as it sounds like cliche, i think the best kind of democracy we can hope for is one where we'll disagree while maintaining a certain level of civility and intellectual curiosity. we've got to think more.

[brabon1]

may be intelligent...but they pushed the bush agenda for 7 years

they sat back while the party was hijacked by the social conservatives

so to me...they are asshats

[winonatechie]

The Republican base voters support McCarthyism and religious bigotry. That's why all McCain and Palin could do is run smears and make claims about the "real America". They have nothing intelligent to run on because their base voters aren't interested. If there was instant runoff voting, Libertarians would get a huge boost because they are more like Reagan and the Republicans would be the third party.

[Namari12]

.. So no one agrees on anything surrounding this election.

.. is what I got from this. xD

[bbburton]

Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul!

[Richardgwm]

We are witnessing the end of the Republican party. They are going the way of the Whigs.

[GodKillerAtheist]

the youth vote did it and republicans have no clue what to do with the youth LOL

[mathom78]

Except demand that they get off their lawn.

[SwobyJ]

Ron Paul attracted the youth vote... lol, at least above all the over guys save McCain, and that was only because McCain got past the primaries.

[GodKillerAtheist]

I know, I voted for him in the primaries ...he would have won out over obama I think because he knows more about the economy, but we will never know..

[Desnoxvu]

Ron Paul is the new leader.

[SwobyJ]

Oh he better DAMN WELL try to get there - they need his ass in the party leadership.

[keithproctor]

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

~P. J. O'Rourke

A little late for the GOP to be talking issues now.

[MooseOfReason]

It was a referendum on Bush. You have to admit that. Not that it's a bad thing. Everyone's angry at him.

[sealhunta]

"european social big govenrment"

is better than what was going on america for thep ast 8years lol

[MooseOfReason]

Seriously? Britain has 4 million surveillance cameras set up. I wouldn't want to live there.

[ver506]

I don't think Obama's victory had that much to do with the party either. I agree with the guy who said this was about Obama. Most people don't believe in small/big gov., they believe in better/smarter gov. Obama was a brilliant guy who looked us in the eye and told the truth like he saw it, and we believed him. Now he has an opportunity to show America what it's like to have a smart president. I personally will give him a chance to prove himself.

[GabrielGrewal]

why are they not shouting at each other?!?!?!?

[zed4785]

David Brooks, and George Will hit the nail on the head as usual. If the Dems can show some fiscal restraint over the next 4 years, and perhaps even make an *improvement* (balance at least 1 budget), then they can take the mantle of fiscal responsibility AND social liberalism and win every national election handily for the next decade at least. Luckily, I think Obama is the guy to pull it off, if anyone can. Or so I hope...

[hiriumi]

Now they are talking about issues. They should have done that 4 years ago!

[latentsun]

The GOP always complains about the government but doesn't know how to govern.

[MurasakiYugata]

It's interesting. In the past, the Republican Party seemed to be the ones who really had their act together in terms of organization, while the Democratic Party was just sort of weak and flailing, but now that seems to have turned around. Hope it stays this way for at least awhile.

[studio7manga]

Brit Hume is a shameless cocksucker.

[katey1dog]

I still will not trust the Democratic Party. They were mandated to impeach Bush when they were elected in 2006.

[Causa10bserver]

Obama ran a great campaign. The effect of his strategy and tactics were devastating. McCain ran a typical campaign but still managed 46% of the popular vote. There're still a lot of common-sense conservatives out there forming the republican base. Obama had best come through with at least some of his promises if he hopes for a second term.

[dralavant]

The Democrats are in power now!! CHYEAH!!

[dsgspm]

the party should split. no inherent relationship between the principles of fiscal conservatism and social conservatism. they're both bound and glued shabbily by republicanism

[osiris2669]

great video, the GOP is delusional and tries to convince themselves that America hasn't changed while their constituency shrinks. plain and simple, their party blindly marches towards small government and less taxes (which it rarely delivers on) and fails to develop new policies for new problems.

[Spective10]

The Republican Party should split into two separate parties: The No-nothing, Sarah Palin, Anti-intellectualism, Ultra- religious fundamentalist, red-neck-racists; and the [semi] intelligent, educated, pro-corporate, plutocrats. Both should be minimized to 3rd party status. I hope we complain & fight against the Democrats as much as we do against Republicans and bring forth worthy Green and Indie party candidates of a more liberal, progressive nature and the GOP goes the way of the Whigs.

[djathens2]

David Brooks, telling it like it is!

The Republican party is sounding more and more like the buggy whip manufacturers lamenting and resisting the advent of the automobile. It's their choice to get with the program, or keep screaming "Buy this buggy whip!" and have their message fall on deaf ears.

Welcome to the third millennium bitches! lol

[KLNDR]

Brit Hume be wearin' a pink shirt. Wat.

[sisforshayla]

that last guy finally talked some sense..

[gifoimir]

if people were more educated, the majority won't choose to be republicans..a majority i think will shift center left.. and if obama does a good job on education reform, its GOP no more..

[MuglyTheWorm]

they still don't get it...

[jerrydoubleu]

The party of conservative bigots is in disarray.

[animeownage86]

0:41 GET TO DA CHOPPER!

[sirdaveysockrocker]

the republicans are split up into groups based on the "leaders" not all the same republicans like romney and palin and guliani and jindal. let them kill each other off, the country will be better for it.

[deidarajunior1508]

i simply love the end when that guy says "those days are over" and that sure is true. because we're going into a new era. the capitalistic way of ruling this country CERTAINLY is over...

[poop121]

useful idiot

[thegmansays]

The message: Republicans suck.

[sharinganclan213]

people are linking republicans o george bush, radical christianity and corporate corruption. that is why more peopel voted for democrats. but obama did bring a new charm tha grasped teh whole country.

[eyesopenedwide00]

Drilled baby.... DRILLED! =)

[zapponsalvia]

Republican Deep Denial Machine

[deidarajunior1508]

i love the ending when that guys says "those days are over" and that sure is true, we're now goin into a new era. the capitalistic way of ruling this country is certainly over..

[atripa645]

The republican party has done everything it was ever suppose to do. They have gotten the rich richer and drown the country in debt that the middle class with have to pay off.

[atripa645]

"will have to pay off"

[voyeurdug]

Cantor is weird. Glad I don't personally have to "reach across the aisle" to him. Don't envy thems that will have to. Yeeef!

[OzStone]

Republicans are no longer fiscally conservative.

Over the last eight years Bush doubled the United States debt. That's not fiscal conservatism.

[mrbadguysan]

I disagree. He used every play in the book; Bush lowered taxes, maintained military spending, and deregulated several sectors of the economy.

I'm failing to see how he significantly deviated from the Regan guide to government.

[CliveSinclairZX]

Maintained military spending?

You are out of your mind my friend.

The Iraq war is costing billions and billions of dollars and you are saying he maintained military spending? He boosted it by BILLIONS!

He lowered taxes for the wealthiest people in America!

[OzStone]

mrbadguysan:

I'm not sure you've been paying attention:

- Bush & Regan presided over the two greatest increases to our national debt ever.

- Bush lowered taxes for the rich.

- Bush increased military spending.

- Clinton left office with a budget surplus (we were paying down the debt).

- Bush believes that an invisible man in the sky told him to invade Iraq.

- Bush lied to justify an unnecessary war resulting in the deaths of 4100+ Americans (and 100000+ innocent civilian Iraqis).

[mrbadguysan]

...and Bush's different from Ronald Regan in what way?

[DeletedDelusion]

Were they ever?

[fivecatsnamedfred]

The US was founded by leaders who believed in reason rather than relying on religious beliefs. Ben Franklin strived for newer forms of science not blindly believing what is written. That fact that John McCain got 46% of the electorate show that to many people are not thinking.

[qwertyman233]

they think with their guts!

[cjendret]

Why would they wait for Sarah Palin? She's proof of everything that wrong with the repubs.

[AstoundedAtheist]

How does Bill Kristol earn a living from being consistently wrong about every thing?!?!

[Biffmiester]

I think that, probably, the best people that could lead the GOP/Republicans in a more sane, rational & updated manner are either Ron Paul or Mike Huckabee. Everyone else seems like a tool via their poking at failed, flawed, irrational and hate-filled political tactics of the past.

(Hey, America, doesn't it feel good to have the world waving our flags again, and not burning them? We made a hell of a choice last week! Like a breath of fresh air...)

[SYNICtheAtheist]

I think Ron Paul would probably have a better chance at least in my own opinion as he seems to make sense on alot of issues. Also Huckabee's religous views are pretty questionable since it seems to have such a hold on him that he doesn't believe in evelution and we know evolution is a fact. Also i believe he thinks the world is 6 thousand years old also but don't quote me on that because i'm not entirely sure.

[Peacenik]

maybe its time for more than 2 parties... get some real democracy in the us

[PokerJoey888]

Democracy is a lie, no matter how many parties you have that won't change

[tivibtr3d]

Social conservatives have really become dead weights for the Republican party.

[spikesmth]

It's because young people finally stood up to take command of our future, As well as the complete self destruction of the Rep Party. Boomers seem to scoff at anything European or progressive... I don't get it. Things in the EU seem to be going pretty well for the masses and a lot of young people like their strategy. What makes socialism inherently bad anyway??

[matman125]

A new party should emerge from this mess. One that makes sense.

[PokerJoey888]

lol yea we'll call it the yet another independent party

[avalsonline]

to all republicans in DC. i am no fan. but i also know that a party in power can easily become corrupt. therefore i would like to see a strong opposition party. so here is my advice. loose the christian right. they have been killing you.

[zhuqi315]

they are toasts

[EuthanizeReligion]

TPMTV I heard that you are running out of business and that they are refusing to bail you out.