Question of the Week: “Dan, Why Do You Hate Republicans?”

[Valin]

International Liberty:

Dan Mitchell

November 24, 2012

 

I get several emails per week asking my view on various topics and many of the questions raise very interesting issues.

 

So I’ve decided to start a new feature. Every weekend, I will endeavor to answer one question.

 

My first chore is to explain why I hate Republicans, and as you can see here and here, there’s certainly ample reason to think I hold GOPers in low esteem. The actual question, though, is:

 

You seem to be more critical of Republicans than Democrats and you went out of your way to attack Romney. Doesn’t that play into the hands of Obama?

 

The answer is yes and no. I don’t mean to sound like a politician, but I view my job as providing nonpartisan analysis on public policy issues. That means I criticize the statist schemes of the folks in Washington, regardless of whether the politicians have a “D” or an “R” at the end of their names.

 

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