A Democtratic victory will be tough. I think it was the Washington Post that reported the district has been gerrymandered into a Republican stronghold. His opponent teaches at the same school.
Chuck Todd was asking him policy questions this morning. When asked about minimum wage he tried simply stating that he was a free market guy.
What the fuck kind of response is this from someone that has a Ph.D in Economics? Not even an informed opinion. This should have been in his wheelhouse.
I also checked out his campaign website. Typical tea party shit: hates hungry neighbors and abortion, loves God and pictures of Ronald Reagan. I did fing this interesting though,
This screams for the revocation of religious tax exempt status. How fast do you think Brat would start backpedling if someone brought it up as an example of special treatment?
Here's a link to his faculty webpage. He has pictures of Adam Smith, Hayak, Keynes, and John Calvin. One of these kids is not like the other. I find Calvin's inclusion a little disturbing.
http://faculty.rmc.edu/dbrat/
Reid Epstein at the WSJ had an interesting observation:
David Brat is bad news.
Chuck Todd was asking him policy questions this morning. When asked about minimum wage he tried simply stating that he was a free market guy.
Quote:But when Mr. Todd asked pointedly whether that meant he opposed a minimum wage, he hesitated. “Um, um, um, I don’t have a well-crafted response on that one.”http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/us/pol....html?_r=0
What the fuck kind of response is this from someone that has a Ph.D in Economics? Not even an informed opinion. This should have been in his wheelhouse.
I also checked out his campaign website. Typical tea party shit: hates hungry neighbors and abortion, loves God and pictures of Ronald Reagan. I did fing this interesting though,
Quote:Dave Brat believes that no person, business, or industry should receive special treatment, and he rejects the notion that just because something is “big” the government has to prop it up at the expense of the tax payer.http://davebratforcongress.com/protecting-values/
This screams for the revocation of religious tax exempt status. How fast do you think Brat would start backpedling if someone brought it up as an example of special treatment?
Here's a link to his faculty webpage. He has pictures of Adam Smith, Hayak, Keynes, and John Calvin. One of these kids is not like the other. I find Calvin's inclusion a little disturbing.
http://faculty.rmc.edu/dbrat/
Reid Epstein at the WSJ had an interesting observation:
Quote:There are clues to Mr. Brat’s ideology in his academic CV. His current book project is titled “Ethics as Leading Economic Indicator? What went Wrong? Notes on the Judeo-Christian Tradition and Human Reason.”http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/06/10...ic-cantor/
His other published works include the titles “God and Advanced Mammon – Can Theological Types Handle Usury and Capitalism?” and “An Analysis of the Moral Foundations in Ayn Rand.”
David Brat is bad news.
