I really, really like David Brooks. A lot. He's a fantastic writer and thinker, his delivery on Friday evenings on The News Hour beside Mark Shields is pitch perfect, and his clubby sort of Brooks Brothers Republicanism has always appealed more to me than some of the red meat populism currently masquerading as ideology and ideas. He's an insightful social trend-spotter and, well, he just seems like a pretty nice guy.
But man, does he have a BLIND SPOT for this administration. He's Chris Matthews psyched about our dreamy President, and today, he's got a column up that raises the Prince of Amtrak (Joe Biden) to levels of legitimacy generally not seen outside the pages of Daily Kos.
I'm all for giving the other side their due, but c'mon David. This one's a bit much.
He's out "tingling" Chris "Tingles" Matthews? Wow, that is hard to do.
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ReplyDeleteHe's a country club Republican. He's the kind of guy who ordinarily would be a moderate Democrat but that's just too working class for his Manhattan tastes. He's always willing to compromise, lives for it actually. He's the absolute picture of reason... or gutless, take your pick.
ReplyDeleteHe's a blue blood elitist and most every Democrat's favorite Republican.
Sorry CW, have to disagree with you on this one.
That's OK Hammer. If I had to bet, I'd have figured we'd not see eye to eye on this.
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