Takes ten years to learn his trade” -- Japanese proverb
Time again for another exciting episode of..."Guess the Subject/Guess the Writer."
Ready?
From today's New York Times:
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There are plenty of team players in government who do whatever the leader says. There are too few difficult members, who have complicated minds, unusual perspectives, the toughness to withstand the party-line barrages and a practical interest in producing results.
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Time's up and pencils down.
Subject: Joseph Isadore Lieberman.
Writer: David Brooks. David. Fucking. Brooks.
And in all seriousness, how could possibly have been otherwise?
I mean, according to Bobo's meretricious metrics, Lieberman is as close to being the Perfect Democrat as is humanly possibly: one who took wildly wrong, Wingnut positions on more issues than I can count, stabbed members of his own Party in the kidney over and over and over again, all while standing on a pile of whining, lying sanctimony high enough to knock satellites out of orbit, blatting about non-partisanship.
(Greenwald nails a few dozen more theses to that Villager Cathedral Door here:
...And Alex Pareen also has a few sprigs of cilantro to toss into the stew:
This is all just the small illustrative tip of the iceberg that is Joe Lieberman's hideous, destructive political career. It leaves out his alliance with the worst religious extremists in the country, such as Rev. John Hagee, his steadfast refusal as Homeland Security Chairman to investigate some of the Bush administration's worst failures and abuses, and -- of course -- his overarching, unyielding, blind support for anything and everything Israel does, even trying to construct similar absolute allegiance to Israel as a litmus test for American politicians. In a 2008 report, Think Progress compiled all the ways that this Democratic Hero has not only failed to support progressive values, but led the way in waging war on them, and this amusing Gail Collins column from yesterday perfectly captured Lieberman's rotted "character."
The evidence of Lieberman's usefulness is that he voted for various things the Democrats wanted him to vote for, eventually. But politics -- especially in the Senate -- is about more than the final vote. It's about the process. And Lieberman acted as poisonously as he could during the process of passing legislation like the healthcare reform bill. He helped drag it out and he killed the Medicare buy-in for no reason other than spite. Brooks knows this full well...)
Brooks can peddle such twaddle -- and believe it with all his widdle heart -- because, like his own spectacular failure on the matter of Iraq and his subsequent, squirmy, self-absolving, whitewash of that failure, Bobo has never been one to let mere Reality stand in the way of dropping yet another steaming load of fact-free, intellectually bankrupt, "Centrism Uber Alles" claptrap smack into the center of the op-ed page of the New York Times.
Because at this point, that is literally his only stock-in-trade.
Which is why he is truly America's leading Conservative intellectual.
9 comments:
I would pay good money to see a debate, or read a lengthy email exchange, between you and Brooks.
Have you ever thrown down the gauntlet...slapped him across the mug with a leather glove and demanded satisfaction? Clearly, it has been done metaphorically, and in no uncertain terms...but perhaps such subtleties are lost on the yellow prevaricating butt gobbler.
Maybe we can get Soros to cover the purse.
Ah, so good for breakfast!
If only we could get your review into every newspaper in the country.
That would be a true victory for democracy.
S
David Brooks has never been one to let mere Reality stand in the way of dropping yet another steaming load of fact-free, intellectually bankrupt, "Centrism Uber Alles" claptrap smack into the center of the op-ed page of the New York Times.
P.S. Are you choosing the work vers? Funny!
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Bobo is important. You are unimportant. He caught the bus. You missed the boat.
What? In light of the society destroying flaws in what passes for Bobo's thinking and his unwavering belief in his untethered analysis, you subject him to ridicule and derision?
Bobo is a beacon for America. An ominous, scary strobing beacon, warning of core breach, but that doesn't matter. All that matters is that his implausible explanations buoy our faith-based society because that's all that's preventing teh E-Vil from consuming us all.
That Lieberbaby photo always scares the bejezus outta me...
Con-artists usually stick up for each other - because most of the time they're the only ones who will.
This really made my day=)
Hey cousinavi:
I would pay good money to see the corporate media allow ANY reasonable person with a strong progressive argument to regularly face off against their golden children (Brooks or Peggy Noonan, etc) - but I don't see it happening under the current circumstances.
They are strangling progressivism in America not only by direct (and as in Brooks' case, indirect) criticism but by allowing such a minimal amount (Rachel Maddow, etc) of our voices to get through it gives the IMPRESSION we are a fringe element.
The case of David Brooks on the PBS "News Hour" is an interesting case of lessons learned from the Nixon/Kennedy debates, where Kennedy beat Nixon in terms of appearance. They count on Mark Shields rumpled, haggard, rather weak appearance to play poorly vs. Brook's more 'vigorous' image.
Wait, Bobo thinks the perfect Democrat is one who acts like a Republican? I'm shocked!
Seriously, he's been pimping Lieberman for over a decade, especially on PBS and NPR. It's a perfect way to appear to be a "reasonable" conservative, and shill conservatism in the guise of "bipartisanship"
Sheezus that pic is scary shit! I heard about the DB article regarding Droopy Dog and wondered what hilarious bilous screed you'd come up with. I like a terse sober analysis of David Fucking Brooks. Tip O the hat to yee.
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