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Political commentator Pat Buchanan on the fiscal cliff deal’s impact on the future of the Republican Party.
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Liberals no wonder Pat Buchanan is -- is that knows Republicans.
Lost an election he just figured after the holidays those sober up in enough time to realize they haven't -- there.
Most of salt but I guess they did that when -- make about what's.
I think what we got -- is a Republican Dunkirk.
Republicans got off the beaches but they left behind their helmets -- -- -- and rifles and -- 2%.
But they got off the -- it was a real debacle overall.
But I think the reason they did it is they felt it -- and other pass this.
Or not pass -- in which case all the bush tax cuts.
Are gone and taxes rise for seventy or 80% of the country and Harry Reid and Barack Obama right the next tax cut bill.
And I think it was for lack of an alternative.
That they didn't.
More than we didn't have to go through this rigmarole right and indicative just on Saturday -- -- to avoid it.
Problem that you're talking now about their negotiations which -- indefensible.
Mean there's no way you can defender conclusion the -- that came out as you say forty to one.
-- -- and again to one dollar and spending cuts.
And by doing that and spending that promised spending cuts that that's worth Sydney said a -- -- -- died but promising that some decade -- -- -- go to -- It's insulting it's -- it's an insult.
Americans of -- political stripes.
It can't insult they got a Hollywood got some bad -- at journalism -- that money for Windmills look at wholesale defeat for the Republican Party.
But I will say this we are headed down the road now to -- Republicans are gonna have to after twenty years they broke.
And they voted in effect to raise taxes somewhat in order to -- -- gone up a great deal.
And I do think nail down the road -- -- headed for confrontation after confrontation because of this Republicans can't vote for anymore taxes.
Most Democrats are a lot of Democrats will not vote to cut a single dime out of future spending Social Security Medicare Medicaid obamacare.
Which means that the president will come to the Republicans and say look.
Maybe will hold off one -- you know on the annual increase on inflation for Social Security -- -- If you give me more taxes they don't have to say no we're headed for gridlock for -- yeah.
Yeah but I mean I think the president and Democrats have their number I don't -- day so -- I don't think there's any reason read them.
So -- sort of backtracked here I do believe does you do that could do you -- elected it doesn't mean you've lost your backbone but.
Something has happened and I think now they could be pushed around they're so afraid development -- bringing us to the brain that they'll do almost anything to avoid it.
Including selling their -- Well I think.
I think what Republicans gonna have to look after them and and they did some of them here that voted for this.
Yield they were looking after they should look to prevent a total and complete disaster relief we get off the beach right -- redundant total surrender we're gonna have to do this but I think that is gonna put.
Some steel in -- -- of these fellows to say look.
No more deals with President Obama.
And if he demands -- -- for in other words for spending restraint we're not gonna give it to him he's gonna have to do it himself if they don't do that.
Dating this argument from the Republicans are I hear you but they didn't do that -- the rest of fiscal suicide.
And and -- they couldn't come up with a deal that was credible where everything was on the line on the -- what makes you think.
That and future debt negotiations are god knows what else they'll show that remotely.
Have to -- I think they can't.
Now vote for future tax increases even for spending restraint.
For the simple reason that's the end of the Republican Party -- -- my late great friend Robert Novak said.
The good lord put Republicans on this earth to cut taxes.
And given the fact that we disagree on so many other issues social and foreign policy.
If we don't agree on if you hold the line on taxes to pay for all the spending the Democrats are doing.
There is no argument for this Republican Party.
That is very well put that you picked up in the new year right we left off in the old brilliantly thank you -- happy new year.
I've -- here my -- it's been a rough first you're not kidding you're not kidding all right well another.
