Saturday, October 02, 2010

Why David Brooks Loves Mitch Daniels

At first, it didn't make sense. Why would a New York Times 'conservative', who hates Palin, and voted for Obama, like an obscure Mid-western red-state Governor. And then I looked at Mitch's biography and found someone who's:

  • an Ivy-leaguer: Princeton Grad ('71) Georgetown Law ('79)
  • not a social conservative -Arrested for Marijuana use (1970); Divorced and remarried
  • a DC insider - Senator Lugar's Buddy and principle aide - 1971-1985 and Reagan White House political advisor 1985-1987
  • a supportor of Big Business -VP of Global Pharmasuitical Company Eli Lilly and Company - 1990-2001
  • a Supporter of George Bush and the Iraq War. -OMB Director 2001-2003
  • a "neo-con" - President and CEO of the Hudson Institute 1987-1990.

So Mitch is really quite acceptable to moderate DC insiders like Brooks, despite coming from Indiana.

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5 comments:

  1. E R EOctober 15, 2010 at 8:49 AM

    you forgot:

    also a lover of regressive taxes in order to lower the DEFICIT!!!1!!

    http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=AE531AEC-BDC2-8F80-8F469164A2FAEE60

    key sentence:
    "He stressed that he would support a VAT “under only the right circumstances,” reiterating his desire for it to be paired with a flat income tax. "

    -nb

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  2. rcoceanOctober 15, 2010 at 7:28 PM

    Yes, a brilliant comment indeed by Mitch, 'cause we know Congress would never -ever - keep the VAT tax and later un-flatten the "flat tax".

    I mean Look at Europe, where low income taxes are paired with VAT taxes.

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  3. Trooper YorkOctober 24, 2010 at 4:21 PM

    He votes for him like I vote for the Mets in the All Star game.

    Because he wants them to lose.

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  4. rcoceanOctober 24, 2010 at 5:52 PM

    Hey, Trooper thanks for the comment. I thought you were on vacation?

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  5. Trooper YorkNovember 9, 2010 at 11:39 PM

    Hey man you are the one on vacation. Hee.

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