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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:01 AM Original message |
David Brooks (of all people) eviscerates Beck, Limbaugh et al. |
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Ineeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. love this.... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm just amazed that otherwise sensible people can listen to their tripe |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. My late mother swore my beautiful, highly intelligent younger 1st cousin quit her job so she could |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. As Lindsey Graham says, cynicism sells |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. Illlusory power? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:09 AM Original message |
Brook is an old-school, country-club Republican |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. I don't understand your surprise at Brooks authoring this. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Meh. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Translation: Brooks thinks Republican politicians should pretend to be centrists. |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Heh-heh, worked for the "Big Dog". IMHO, M$M is getting lots of $$$ to set up the promotion of a |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. +1 . Well said. Thank you. //nt |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Anyone with access to Brooks' work over the years and a sense of integrity would be surprised. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. First David Brooks column I have read in its entirety in an awfully long time |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
7. He's with David Frum and the other cultured Republicans |
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hwmnbn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
8. Shhh... quiet... don't let the wingnuts know... |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
10. Brooks is conservative, but he's not stupid. |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
11. Brooks can be very good sometimes |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The Jekyll-Hyde analogy fits Brooks to a tee. |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. yeah I get lucky sometimes. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
13. I don't read his column, but I see him regularly on PBS NewsHour |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
17. "It is the story of media mavens who claim to represent a hidden majority but who in fact represent |
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The_Commonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. Brooks is a weenie! |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. hahaha, they can be cooked and eaten too |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Brooks is right on this |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's not surprising really. Brooks has always been at odds with the corpulent junkie. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. The GOP has been the direct recipient of Atwater Politics for decades... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
26. Evening kick |
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