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ananda

(28,856 posts)

9. Brooks just came across as so smarmy..

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 12:40 PM

Aug 2012

.. whenever I saw him on tv.

He has that bespectacled boyish conservative look
that should never be trusted.

Cucker Tarlson had it too, and George Will.

Ick.

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Someone just asked me why I hate David Brooks so much [View all] WilliamPitt Aug 2012 OP

I said pretty much the same thing a few years ago. mattclearing Aug 2012 #1

Brooks is a waterhead hifiguy Aug 2012 #2

George Wills' love-child perhaps. I find George to be the same only more knowledgeable monmouth Aug 2012 #3

Will's love child with who? Peggy Noonan? Fumesucker Aug 2012 #6

I'd go with that...LOL..n/t monmouth Aug 2012 #7

I enjoyed Will's baseball books. hifiguy Aug 2012 #10

really....lame Tom Wolfe (early years) wannabe Gabi Hayes Aug 2012 #17

he's just trying to get on the right side of history today magical thyme Aug 2012 #4

You're right. nt Chorophyll Aug 2012 #22

I have always thought his column in the Times was a waste of newsprint. libinnyandia Aug 2012 #5

When Brooks and others like him turn on their own. . . matt819 Aug 2012 #8

Brooks just came across as so smarmy.. ananda Aug 2012 #9

He's also a smug, preening ass Rob H. Aug 2012 #11

Agreed 100% on what a jackass he is, but I think it's still good abq e streeter Aug 2012 #12

He has a nice anti-Romney article in the Times today. Whoop-de-fuckin-doo. AlbertCat Aug 2012 #13

that's why I despise rightwingers of the Bushbot type generally stupidicus Aug 2012 #14

I agree completely. JNelson6563 Aug 2012 #15

couldn't agree more. Well said...I like it when Shields mops the floor with him on NewsHour NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #16

i agree with you and can't stand this idiot. samsingh Aug 2012 #18

It seems that in this blog-filled age skepticscott Aug 2012 #19

Brooks is a fraud bupkus Aug 2012 #20

Brooks is a weasel whose conservatism moves like a snake through the Chorophyll Aug 2012 #21

I call him "6 months Brooks" grantcart Aug 2012 #23