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one_voice

(20,043 posts)
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 12:01 PM Feb 2016

Even David Brooks Says He'll Miss Barack Obama



Conservative columnist David Brooks realized even he was going to miss President Barack Obama in 2017, according to his New York Times column published Tuesday morning.

"I’ve been disappointed by aspects of his presidency. ... But over the course of this campaign it feels as if there’s been a decline in behavioral standards across the board," Brooks wrote in the column titled, "I Miss Barack Obama."

Brooks wrote that presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle are lacking five character traits that we've "taken too much for granted" from Obama: "basic integrity," "sense of basic humanity," soundness" in decision making, "grace under pressure," and "resilient sense of optimism."

*snip*

Brooks said he "obviously" disagreed with many of Obama's decisions, but appreciated the President's "ethos of integrity."

"Obama radiates an ethos of integrity, humanity, good manners and elegance that I’m beginning to miss, and that I suspect we will all miss a bit, regardless of who replaces him," he concluded.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/david-brooks-i-will-miss-barack-obama



I already miss him.
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Even David Brooks Says He'll Miss Barack Obama (Original Post) one_voice Feb 2016 OP
Both sides of his mouth will miss Obama. Stardust Feb 2016 #1
I always thought Brooks talked out his a$$ Johonny Feb 2016 #4
He does that, too! Quite the talent our Mister Brooks! Stardust Feb 2016 #6
Total Lack of Scandal zipplewrath Feb 2016 #2
Bernie Sanders has all those qualities. I'll say it: Bernie and Obama are very similar men, Schema Thing Feb 2016 #3
Who knew David Brooks was a master of understatement? n/t malthaussen Feb 2016 #5
Doll Hands HughBeaumont Feb 2016 #7
That's nice, Mr. Brooks. Please go back to eating shit. (nt) Paladin Feb 2016 #8

zipplewrath

(16,692 posts)
2. Total Lack of Scandal
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 12:18 PM
Feb 2016

As much as the GOP has tried, there really has been a total lack of scandal in his administration. I've got a lot of beef with this administration, but really, his biggest "scandals" came from folks like Petreaus. Inside the White House it has been virtually scandal free. You can go back through a lot of administrations, on both sides of the aisle and you'll have to get back to LBJ to see any record close to this.

Schema Thing

(10,283 posts)
3. Bernie Sanders has all those qualities. I'll say it: Bernie and Obama are very similar men,
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 12:24 PM
Feb 2016

...in many ways.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
7. Doll Hands
Tue Feb 9, 2016, 12:35 PM
Feb 2016

Wow, the dumbass finally woke up and realized Barack Obama's a centrist moderate and not the OMFGZ COMMIE SOCALTITS that Fox calls him?

Compared to the GOP Clownshoe Cavalcade, Joe Lieberturd seems sane. Almost.

And Brooks just goes back to being BoBo when ripping on Sanders, just like a typical conservative assrocket.

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