Thomas Sowell spoke with Cavuto last night about the culture of dependency as well as what Romney should do to better sell his vision for America. Toward the end of the interview, Cavuto asks Sowell if Romney is Reagain, and Sowell replied “Nobody is Ronald Reagan.” But when asked if Obama is Jimmy Carter, Sowell said he’s worse than Jimmy Carter because his policies, both domestically and internationally, are worse than Carter’s foolish policies.

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bobemakk
bobemakk

I respect Thomas Sowell and he is right. Obama has outdone Carter on all counts.

12grace
12grace

I love Thomas Sowell. He is a brilliant, Patriot, and compassionate man.

Brian
Brian

This is who Palin wanted as VP or Allen West.

Landscaper
Landscaper

What can you say about the ending..... "worse than Jimmy Carter" I can sum it up in one word "OUCH"

WordsFailMe
WordsFailMe

Conservatives..."afraid of their own DNA..." Could not have been better put.

kong1967
kong1967

Great interview with a great American. We need more people like him.

MarianaLiu
MarianaLiu

I hope you'll count yourself as one of those people.

kong1967
kong1967

Yes, and everyone here as well. Thank you.

EchoMike
EchoMike

Allen West's Grandaddy!!!

HAHAHAHA. Love's me some T. Sowell.

God if we could bring back Milton Friedman, John Wayne, Regan, get them together with Sowell what a conversation that would be.

CalCoolidge
CalCoolidge

Classical example of conservatives lost in the land of liberlalsm, starting the football game with the ball on their own 1-yard line.

Cavuto asks - How did we get to 47 percent paying no income tax?

Answer - the 16th amendment. Before that no one paid income tax.

So, instead of the OWS 99 v 1, we are supposed accept the 53 v 47?

The question sholdn't be how do we redistribute more of the 47 percent's income, it should be - with all these Republican state legislatures, can we start to repeal the income tax?

The whole problem with income tax and universal suffrage is that it nationalizes income and gives person A the oppurtunity to vote for a share of the income of person B

Patriot077
Patriot077

That's part of it but I have always felt that LBJ and his war on poverty is what really tore up the fabric of society. Welfare required men to leave their families if the family needed even partial assistance. Families disintegrated and here we are 50 years later ...

What is your suggestion for the revenue needed to run the government?

marketcomp
marketcomp

I love Thomas Sowell and always have for decades. His is so brilliant and his books provide even more insight into his intelligence and how he thinks.

deeme
deeme

I have always loved Thomas Sowell...I feel good because something no one has brought up is the fact that whole congregations of people are being told the truth as well and that is about the obamacare mandate and the redefinition of marriage..both very unpopular to Christians and voted down in every state...even California..and black churches...This President is the most hostile to Christians and our Constitution we have ever had..When Hollywood is Pledging to him , you know we have sunk to a whole new low..

May God have mercy on us!

http://www.wallbuilders.com/LIBissuesArticles.asp?id=106938#

poljunkie
poljunkie

Mr Sowell is a keeper. If you haven't read any of his books, I strongly urge you to trek to your local library and check out a couple.

Patriot077
Patriot077

One of his more recent books "Dismantling America" is a really easy read and I've recommended it to some of my clueless friends. He breaks down complex issues with such logical precision it is a pleasure to read him.

I hope to have all his books in my collection soon.

Libertyship46
Libertyship46

If Romney fully embraces conservatism, he will draw a clear distinction between himself and Obama and Romney will win that debate. Romney should not shrink away from conservatism and he certainly should not apologize for it. I think Romney is beginning to understand that. He should also allow Paul Ryan to make that case as well and as loudly as possible. Conservatism will win this election, not a watered-down version of RINO Republicanism.

Amjean
Amjean

I have followed this man for a few years because Sarah Palin always

gives him a "shout out" about his conservative genius.

Sober_Thinking
Sober_Thinking

What an American hero - brilliant and eloquent!

Love him.

drphibes
drphibes

If you are conservative, your African heritage doesn't count, and the unbigoted Left may freely act like Klan members and hurl all manner of racial epithets at you. See how that works? (I don't, either.)

All I know is that the Left are intellectually and morally bankrupt. They are vile hypocrites who are guiltiest of the hate speech they project upon others.

Funny, how in smearing the Tea Party, too, it's cool for the Left to use homosexual terminology as a pejorative. See how that works? (I don't, either). All I know is that we must defeat their ideas ("ideas" is too high a word for their nonsensical frothings, but you know what I mean).

Michael
Michael

Right Scoop...you need to get the questions asked by Univision people on Obama. He is slammed for not keeping his promises despite controlling both the Senate and House for two years!! This is great! Where is the English Media! All of us have been wanting that asked for years...OBAMA CONTROLLED WASH for 2 solid years!! And he did nothing but Obamacare!

anneinarkansas
anneinarkansas

I watched this on Neil's show yesterday. Dr. Sowell is a brilliant man...we need more like him...I always enjoy his articles.

Dukehoopsfan
Dukehoopsfan

Isn't it a shame that the first black president could not have been someone of Dr. Sowell's caliber?

Michael
Michael

Romney was here with us in Florida yestersday and his crowds were PACKED!!! The fundraiser was sold out....there were two fund raisers yesterday in the state but the one by me in Sarasota was packed...raising big money and jammed! I am told as well the other one was jammed and packed as well.

nibblesyble
nibblesyble

Wow, Sowell and Newt all on Scoop this morning what a way to start my day..thanks Scoop!

Joe
Joe

***********************BAM-O!****************************

Michael
Michael

Rush was just playing a group of questions the people from Univision asked the President yesterday and they were slamming in....it was great....I did not hear all these questions before. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER HEARD THE PRESIDENT PUT ON THE SPOT LIKE THIS....awesome....I hope Right Scoop can get these questions up!! They really took him to task...and then Rush played some of the English MSM reaction and they were stunned over the TOUGH QUESTIONS!!! I love it!

Thomas Sowell is right Obama's Rank Amateurish and utterly foolish policies are destroying our beautiful America.

Rshill7
Rshill7

I love this guy. What a beautifully brilliant man. Is that waacist?

Here's some extra good news folks:

I just saw a CBS poll that shows that in swing states the voter turnout will be 12-16% higher for Republicans than for Democrats. OK, I'll take 2 million shares of Mitt for the win please.

"Hello Operator, get me InTrade on the horn, and make it snappy!"

Aaahahahaha!

K-Bob
K-Bob

Obama beat McCain by around 236,000 votes in Florida in 2008. That makes sense. Most of us didn't want to vote for McCain, either. The 2000 elections more clearly show Florida's makeup, even though that's now 12 years gone. In 2000, the Republicans won by around 600 measly votes.

Given the above, it's actually an interesting factor that the Jewish "Obama" vote in Florida is polling down 7% from previous years. This means a conservative increase in Jews voting for the Republican, of about 50,000 votes. Also, despite only a minor shift in polls for Obama among blacks, Romney could get 5% of that vote, as well. So Florida remains tight, but we know the shenanigans pulled by the oversampled polls really mean that an incumbent President has to win a challenging state where his most loyal groups are bleeding away, and those bogus polls merely show a "close" race.

Obama is in trouble.

drphibes
drphibes

Don't be dispirited by the polling propaganda. We will win by a healthy margin.

Rshill7
Rshill7

Not me, I think it'll be a landslide. Polls schmolls.

Rshill7
Rshill7

He verbalized it beautifully last night on either Greta or Hannity, I forget which one. Was hoping Scoop would get it and lay it out right here in the Scooparium.

drphibes
drphibes

Check DickMorris.com today. He deconstructs the intentionally misleading polls that are meant to dispirit us. We're winning, folks.

poljunkie
poljunkie

Oh Rs, I pray you are right. Landslide would be awesome. Nailbiter would be just fine as well.

Lets win this thing.

Joe
Joe

That makes total sense - as usual

The polls are NOT considering increased voter turnout .

You - You - You are very good - You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ravi4YtUTxo&feature=youtu.be&t=42s

(a tad offensive language)

drphibes
drphibes

You! You're good, you! You!...have a gift!

- Robert DeNiro, Analyze This

anneinarkansas
anneinarkansas

I do pray that you are correct and believe that you may be...I am 76 years old and I have never seen people so energized are ready to vote...Obama out!

sDee
sDee

One commenter on that link put it best:

"We’re not enthusiastic about voting. I’d say we’re just more cognizant that our very survival is at stake."

Rshill7
Rshill7

You don't look a day over 50 sister.

Let's vote! OK, where's my voter shoes?