David Brooks - This Week - No -one cares about CIA Leak story

[merbex]

says Democrats can't win on this issue

Once again makes the NYTimes look soo stupid hiring these types of reporters/columnists

[HereSince1628]

1. Boy is he late! That was the meme in 2003.

Do you suppose he pulled out the wrong notebook during his prep for the show?

[Zynx]

2. They have gotten desperate.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. They'll start caring when KKKarl and Scooter are frog-marched

down to the courthouse and their pictures are on the front page of every newspaper. Whistling past the graveyard, are ya, Brooksie?

[symbolman]

19. Won't it be FUN

to have a WHOLE PAGE Of Mugshots filled with Shit Eating Grins like Delay?

"What is wrong with this picture? THese men are INDICTED for a CRIME against National Security, yet they are SMILING.. Isn't this a slap in the face of the American People?"

FUN!

Nothing to see here.. move along.. :)

[Talismom]

4. What a looser! How quickly can you discredit yourself Dave? LOL! n/t

[spanone]

5. Brooks has been making weak excuses for Five Years

He's totally worthless as a commentator. This is fucking treason Brooksie. Maybe he's on the bush* payroll.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

6. Hope that is his mantra. David just close your eyes and keep

chanting that to yourself, "Fitzmas isn't coming. Fitzmas isn't coming." Pretend the leak story is nothing. It will go away...

And while your are sitting there with your head up your ass your shilling for this administration will become just as hollow and lame as good old Judy's. Time to either fish or cut bait, Brooks, you can either attempt to salvage your pathetic career or you can go down with the ship. Your call.

[SoFlaJet]

11. he's doing his best Janet Parshall

impersonation..."I can't HEARRRRR youuuuuuu"

[KharmaTrain]

7. He's Judy's Only Friend

I heard his psychobabble on the Newshour last week. He was still trying to peddle the "Judy is a real first ammendment" martyr crap and how all the problems she had at the Times was that she ruffled feathers and egos. A worthless shill.

[YDogg]

8. David who??

What a lying sack of shit. Why does he hate America?

30. ditto

He said on the Lehrer show a while back "the supposed leak" or something like that, what a major jerk and liar.

[cassiepriam]

9. Remember Iran/Contra? He may be right.

[merbex]

14. I happen to think you can win on any issue - and here is a nod to

Andrew Card- IF YOU SELL IT CORRECTLY

If we can't hammer corruption ,TREASON,cronyism the effects of a huge deficit into a victory because we CAN govern better than the Repugs,we don't deserve to win

[cassiepriam]

18. We shall see. Sad that we have to SELL common sense and morality.

Not the crap morality of the right but a real morality against torture, murder, theft. Morality aside, the practical impact of the crimes committed will hit home financially for most americans. And in terms of our long term safety as a nation.

And it is not all the Dem's responsibility to convince the people. Do not the people have an obligation to act like intelligent adults?
The american people are acting like children with limited intellectual and moral resources. Dems cannot force the american people to grow up.

American is at a crossroads. We shall see if the American people can evolve into an intelligent and moral people. Our survival depends upon it. I certainly do not think it is the Dems fault if the people refuse to grow up.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. Difference is 2000 brave people didn't die for Reagan.

People in the hinterland know people who have died in Iraq.

They care, if they can be convinced Bush lied to them for no good purpose.

[cassiepriam]

25. yes, we shall see if the loss of blood and treasure can shake

the american people out of their apathy and ignorance.

[patricia92243]

10. But they are interested in "The Rest of the Story." People know and under

understand - and therefore are interested- when anybody is indicted for a crime. When high-up people are indicted, they will be doubly interested.

IF, IF, IF the media will continue to cover it - so people will know and then CAN be interested.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

12. translation: PLEASE ignore the CIA leak story.

it makes us look really bad.

[depakid]

13. Expecting honesty from Brooks

or even a little coherent analysis is usually a mistake- Personally, I can't even listen to the man. He's insult his viewers' intelligence (and the Times actually expects people to pay for his drivel- LOL).

[TallahasseeGrannie]

15. Wishing doesn't make it so, fella.

[Kahuna]

16. A lot of repukes were saying that on Tweety's show all week...

They'll see how many people care when the campagne corks are popping all over America come judgement day.

[merbex]

17. Great point! There should be HUGE one day jump in purchases of champagne

won't that be neat to explain to the talking heads in CNBC

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. Indictments are not judgements.

[Toots]

45. Yes but where there is smoke there is fire

Once indicted the stroy will get even juicier. If there is so much evidence to warrant indicting such influential men then the evidence must be pretty compelling. If they go to court they will be found guilty and Bush* will be forced to use his authority to Pardon his cronies.

[still_one]

20. that says everything about the rethugs, and the American people

if they don't care about traitors, then they don't care about America

and they will pay for the consequences of their actions, whether it is their children who fight wars based on lies, or how they won't have social security or a pension when they retire, or how their job will be off-shored

sorry, but after 8 years of clinton bashing, and 6 years of the obsenity in the white house, I have very little patience or respect for the american public

[randomelement]

23. Apparently a "revived" talking point

The talking head on the radio station in my area said the same thing this week. Yep, the President and VP (along with a boatload of others beneath them) are facing the worst political crisis yet, and "No one cares" .......

Whistling past the graveyard folks .... whistling past the graveyard.

Let me take a digress for a moment to remind everyone that Bush can't pardon these assholes if he's being impeached. We've got to start flooding the Senate and House with demands for impeachment if we expect any justice to be done. Otherwise it'll just be a repeat of Bush Sr when he let Weinberger off the hook. Inevitably, these dickheads will wander back into political appointments (as they've done in the past) if they're not stopped NOW.

[SoFlaJet]

34. that's a misconception

a lot of people have about impeachment.Articles of impeachment must start in the house of reps.The chance of that happening is well...make up your own analogy

[randomelement]

37. Understood

The intent is to fill Washington with such a loud noise that it would be difficult to ignore. I'm assuming the House and Senate talk amongst themselves so when it came time to compare notes for their particular constituency, they would all concur that the "torches and pitchforks" appear to be in play .....

But you're right, if we do nothing, nothing will be done ....

[SoFlaJet]

39. friggin repubs in the house

turn off the mikes on dems when they try to even talk.Won't let a dem alternative bill win even when it's the right thing to do.We really need to take back the house in '06(doubtful with the likes of Diebold IMO)and start serving notice that this will not stand

[Neil Lisst]

24. All the Bush excuse makers are laying down suppressive fire ...

... to try to stop the press of really damaging news.

Talk about living in denial. The pukes and their shills are firing everything at once - it's Libby, not Rove; Libby is just doing what is right for America; they didn't know she was covert; they didn't mean to do anything illegal; they were protecting national security; Joe Wilson lied about being sent by Cheney.

All for naught, because the same public that elected them has had enough of this shady business, and the indictments will blow the lid off.

[spanone]

26. Au contraire.....Mr. Fitzgerald cares immensely. You dumb fuck.

[Warren Stupidity]

27. DLC marching orders are out!

Ignore this issue. You may not win with this issue. Pay no attention to this issue. These are not your perps. Move along, nothing to see here.

[No Exit]

28. To David Brooks: It's got nothing to do with democrats, asshole!!

Have you noticed, Mr. Brooks, that there aren't any democrats in the group of possible indictees??

Bushistas have ignored democrats, and have gone on their merry, warmongering, murdering, way. But now suddenly, in addition to democrats, plenty of former kool-aid drinkers have finally had enough!

Keep whistling in the dark, dumbshit, and remember, when it comes down to finally taking out this horrible, anti-American, terrorist, administration, you're either with us or against us! And some of us are keeping score.

[NNN0LHI]

29. Oh my. Its all too complicated for poor David

That will change when the indictments come out. Everything will become clear as an azure sky soon. He may be right about one thing though. SOME Democrats probably can't win on this issue. Haven't heard much from Joementum lately have you?

Don

[DoYouEverWonder]

31. They all sounded like they just finished

fresh batches of Kool-aid. What a delusional bunch of folks.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

32. He just said that on the Chris Matthews Show and Matthews said more

and more people are turning on to his show (Hardball) to listen about it.

[ClintonTyree]

36. Right, it's just wishful thinking on Brook's part.......

I was glad to see Tweetie smack him down on that. Brooks is obviously the weekest member at that table and it shows.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

38. Brooks has lately been seen so reluctant to say anything. Almost like

a kid being versed into saying something by his parents to grandparents, and not wanting to say anything at all. Not surly, but being an obedient child, just paley parroting what mommy and daddy told him to say.

[LibDemAlways]

33. Move along. Nothing to see here.

A tried and true repuke tactic. Once the indictments come down the meme will change slightly to "Move along. Nothing to see here. These indictments are politically motivated. The Dems are 'criminalizing' politics. Shame on them. Now on to the real news. Today in Aruba..."

[Octafish]

35. Brooks is a pro-war media whore.

He spun zero WMDs into a positive -- saying Bush stopped Saddam and Quday from reconstituting the programs later.

It'd be funny if it weren't for all the dead, wounded and destroyed -- blood on Brooks hands, too.

[bluedawg12]

44. Brooks is a neocommie apologist. n/t

[Bigmack]

40. No one cared too much...

... about that stupid breakin at the Watergate Dem HQ at first, either. It seemed like a political prank to most folks.

Then all the other shit started to ooze up to the surface.

Even the most apolitical Murikan knows mass sleaze when he sees it.

Only difference now is that the Party of Sleaze controlls all the branches of government and there's no investigative press.

[alcibiades_mystery]

41. That's exactly what they said about Watergate

Nobody cares.

Just a Beltway/ Eastern Establishment story.

Etc., etc., etc.

Remarkable how consistent the playbook is. First they say "This is just politics" (Don Segretti and the WH run dirty tricks campaign that forced Muskie from the race), then they say "nobody cares." We can hope that the next move is also mimeographed straight from the early-70's: "I resign."

Of course, David Brooks is actually shitting himself because everyone seems to see that the leak story is directly tied to absurd and false case for the Iraq war, and David Brooks knows that even his Bobo's on Paradise Drive have seen about enough of that catastrophic policy, and know that he's neck-deep in bodies over it.

[bluedawg12]

42. the party of Judith Miller

and faith based aggression--news flash to David: everyone is watching and everyone is sick of your neocommie BS.

Read the polls and weep. Americans are not as stupid as you and your east coast elite cronies seem to think.

[Toots]

43. It truely would be extremely sad if what he said was true

Maybe America really doesn't care..I mean they knew most of the facts about Bush* and yet he was returned to office. I have a sinking feeling that he may very well be correct and that says a lot about America...