Brian Sullivan unleashes a necessary rant about the Republican Party
Morning Joe had a panel discussing Benghazi. In other words, Fox News and a Republican Congress have successful coerced the traditional media into covering a false narrative on a tragic story.
Chuck Todd, a journalist that has recently seemed to have been taken hostage by Right Wing talking points surprisingly gets it right. He acknowledges that new Benghazi investigation is occurring because Republicans do not like the truths revealed from the many other investigations.
“As for the need for the select committee, I will hear Republicans say but there are unanswered questions,” Chuck Todd says. Well no, all the questions have been answered, there are just some people who do not like the answers, that wishes the answers were somehow more conspiratorial, I guess. What I don’t understand is their focus seems to be off. Have a conversation about the policy. Have a debate and investigation to whether the policy is working, to whether the response to the Arab spring, to whether we did the right thing with the light footprint in Libya. To sit here and investigate talking points seem to be totally missing the larger point here. It’s like investigating who cut down a tree, one tree in a forest that’s been burned down.”
CNBC’s Brian Sullivan eventually could not take the ridiculous punditry on the story and the behavior of the Republicans any longer. He exploded. He said his parents are Conservatives and implied he was as well.
“Can we just stop saying, the Republican Party, as somebody that grew up in a conservative household, I don’t recognize the Republican Party of even my youth, “Brian Sullivan said. “I don’t like what I see. I don’t like the far Right. I don’t like the extremism. They’ve pushed me away. As somebody who is pretty much not religious, right, pro same sex marriage, pro legalization of marijuana for the most part, OK, what Party is this. What Party am I supposed to be in, when I am a fiscal conservative who believes that small government can often be better. There are times for larger government. So we keep saying the Republican Party. … But I don’t know who the Republican Party is anymore. I don’t know if the Republican Party knows who the Republican, cause it is not a Party, unfortunately Republicans, that I can get on board with because I don’t like the small minded attitude, a lot of the far Right Wing stuff that comes out.”
If one listen’s to Brian Sullivan it becomes immediately evident that his Party has left him. It has left many other wise good and noble Republicans. Most interestingly is how Democratic Brian Sullivan sounds. It is almost like the Democratic Party has morphed into the Republican Party of old. Is there a place for true Liberals and Progressives anymore? They must reengineer the parties.
LIKE My Facebook Page – Visit My Blog: EgbertoWillies.com
Follow @EgbertoWillies
Viewers are encouraged to subscribe and join the conversation for more insightful commentary and to support progressive messages. Together, we can populate the internet with progressive messages that represent the true aspirations of most Americans.
It is now nearly impossible to be both honest and a Republican.
Yes the Republican Party is in deep trouble. The GOP polices are killing off the very people that vote for them because they sit around listening to old rich white men lie on TV and Radio. Most white blue collar man in the South was pro Union when I was growing up too bad they believe the lie of a few old white men. When Bush senior was in office they remove a lot of white men in unions working on military bases and most of the white men where vets. The Bush senior white house gave those contracts I am sure to friend of the white house. I saw them force the union worker out and brought in cheap labor mostly nonwhite. Yes someone wrote about it and said it benefited minorities so not sure I agree since all they did was found people to work for a wage that do not support their families.
You took the words right out of my mouth Brian !!! I have voted Republican all my life and they have lost my vote for the exact same reasons you ranted about. I will vote independent until they change their strict social agenda. We need to quit warring on our own people how ridiculous does that thought sound… get off the peoples backs we need less laws not more… legalize cannabis and let our country heal please…. 45 years of war has killed our people in so many ways… the law is the problem not the plant. Put our resources to work fighting the enemy not our people please !!! If the republicans don’t become more socially inclusive their party will fade away. The only thing either side will understand is when their voting base shrinks and the independent party grows. Reform the I.R.S. and secure the boarders now !! I deplore abortion and would never ever consider such an act but I do not want the Government in my Dr.’s office. My Dr. said if he knew how involved the government was going to get in medicine he would have went into engineering . I do not know if Brian’s rant was real or staged since I do not trust the media …. If it was real SALUTE for speaking up against the grinding machine and good luck in your next job ….