PBS--David Brooks--The Essence of His Weirdness

[charlyvi]

What is it exactly about David Brooks that makes him so weird? Not that I'm against weird, but I can't exactly put my finger on it. Is it his glasses? The kinetic movements he makes with his hands and arms as he's speaking? The hair? Eyes? What, exactly?

[Stephanie]

1. He is the kid who got beat up in school because of boogers on his nose

His whole presence just says loser weenie.

It's visceral. I just loathe him.

[scarletwoman]

2. How about; his corrupt evil soul?

He's a slimy creep, it goes to the bone.

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[thebigidea]

3. people tend to look like that when they spend time with Bill Kristol

[Stephanie]

4. Don't forget about his teeny little girly hands

He's just a weenie.

[charlyvi]

8. THAT'S IT!

I looks like a little mild, meek, mad scientist who looks harmless but can destroy the world--then wonders what happened! YIKES

[supernova]

5. He's got a slight lisp, I think

something about his speech is off.

[charlyvi]

6. His voice is way soft....

which doesn't match with his jerking movements when he's talking....WTF?

[I Lean Left]

7. Alright, I'm going to get flamed...

I'm watching the coverage on PBS (no cable), and I don't mind Brooks at all. He's giving as fair a shake as I'd ever expect from a conservative commentator.

I can't stand his writings in the Times though. Just saying.

[charlyvi]

10. I don't think you should get flamed.

It's just that he seems WEIRD. Odd. Off of center. Even before he opens his mouth.

[depakid]

There's clearly something wrong with that guy

I can't exactly put my finger on it, either. Part of it has to do with insincerity- the guy will say or write just about anything and it's often obvious that he doesn't actually believe it.

I also think he wants to be considered an intellectual, but he's not that smart. Like George Will, he's a phoney and he knows it... and he fears that other people know it, too.

[kaitykaity]

9. The way he smirks/grins when he talks.

The nasty things he says and the mind-mannered way he
says them.

Sometimes I want to smack him, but truthfully he's miles
better than Paul Gigot or William Safire, the two guys who
sub for him when he's not there.

[charlyvi]

11. You think it's a smirk?

I mean, that's the weird thing about him. Do his lips really go that way or is it actually a smirk? Or is this his normal expression? Hell, I don't know.

[kaitykaity]

12. He's not smarmy like Hannity, but it's a word

like smarmy.

Like a permanent rictus(sp?) grin that never goes away?

[rfkrocks]

13. What if he married Coulter?

:scared:

[Tosca]

14. I'm not sure...

But I think it's the things he says. Always. It's like he's one of those false prophets raving in the the desert. But in a quiet, polite way.

[Stephanie]

15. It's also his utter desperation

He will do or say anything for approval. I just quoted him here, NY Times today:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2082795