tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post7793931504327532272..comments2024-03-28T21:32:41.763-05:00Comments on driftglass: Nostradumbass Returns to Form: The Ongoing Adventures of David Brooks.driftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-68608440211568703382023-03-20T09:51:25.402-05:002023-03-20T09:51:25.402-05:00Greetings BlueGal and Driftglass! :)
The current...Greetings BlueGal and Driftglass! :)<br /><br />The current pundit "wisdom" (for pundits who are not named David Brooks, apparently) is that Trump wins the primary and loses the GE. With much hesitation at believing anything is predictable in American politics any more, I lean that way myself. Of course, the Trump indictment (if it happens at all - I am far less than certain) may change the balance.<br /><br />In any case, I do hope, slightly, for some bitter amusement at watching Brooks contort himself into knots insisting that Trump won't win the primary, only to watch Trump win the primary. Bitter amusement indeed.<br /><br />You've stated that Brooks' superpower is that he looks like a milquetoasty NPR nebbish in his suit and specs, while poisoning the American political discourse with his lies. I disagree. Brooks doesn't have any superpowers. What he has, is backers with bottomless wallets.<br /><br />Brooks lies no less than Fox News, and for anyone actually observing recent history, the lies are no less blatant. Brooks will never be held to account, because the NYT's imprimatur still holds some sway (as it shouldn't).<br /><br />I hope I live long enough to read a history book (preferably more than one) which denounces Brooks for the huckster, liar, and poisoner he is. He is a stain on this country and a polluter in more ways than one. And the NYT needs to get the same treatment. They're an openly conservative rag, not a reputable and honest broker. Not for a while.<br /><br />Also, Republicans just admitted what most of us already strongly guessed, that they overtly cheated (with American hostages as bargaining chips) to deny President Carter re-election. Nice times! Way to stay classy, Repubs!<br /><br />I hope more Americans are beginning to see Republicans for what they are, and what they have been for a long, long time now. They lie. They cheat. Promises are nothing but word-sounds to them. Integrity, morality, probity, honesty, humility - more word-sounds, ephemeral, devoid of meaning. Nothing but tools in a toolbox, levers and pulleys to manipulate their rabid base. Newt Gingrich will say literally anything to get ahead, and deny it 5 minutes later. There's no solidity in them, no final truth. Gingrich is among the most blatant examples (as is Trump), but they're of a type. Others just hide it better (sort of).<br /><br />I hope more Americans are willing to see these realities and act on them. It's long, long past time.<br /><br />Thanks for all you do.Jon Sitzmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-87206876838249287622023-03-19T16:34:34.363-05:002023-03-19T16:34:34.363-05:00Well, rethinking it.
I think for 2034 it is going...Well, rethinking it.<br /><br />I think for 2034 it is going to be the Governor NY, Kari Lake.<br /><br />Oh, you deny she is NT governor? She is governor of at least three states right now all at once.<br /><br /> Don't believe me. Just ask her.<br /><br /> So Kari Lake with VOP Donny Jr. verse Marj Freeney with vp Bobert for the last standing choice for GOP primaries.<br /><br />There is always the moderate Tucker/ Victor Orban ticket?<br /><br />The campaign promise,, Ball tanning for every Americana. Including Laura Ingraham and Jennine PirroRobthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233719178495413876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-26988324059524423432023-03-19T15:35:22.192-05:002023-03-19T15:35:22.192-05:00 Cocaine bears? Pffft! My friend Everett (kind of ... Cocaine bears? Pffft! My friend Everett (kind of a strange dude, a Republican Deadhead with a poly-sci masters from Stanford who was a top notch delivery driver and a good friend) went camping in Yosemite and took some liquid LSD dropped on salad croutons so they could trip in nature. They bundled their food and hung it from a tree branch with a rope, just as the park rangers suggested, and while they slept, bears pulled their food down and ate it all.<br /> They went home the next day, disappointed, but uneaten...<br /><br /> -Doug in Sugar Pine dinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-50934111220631678012023-03-18T20:16:14.933-05:002023-03-18T20:16:14.933-05:00Sorry, I think it is going to be Herman Cain.
Don...Sorry, I think it is going to be Herman Cain.<br /><br />Don't give MAGA that liberal deep state Woke lie that he is dead.<br /> Tucker told us Herman Cain presently is in Venezuela With Hugo Chavez working on the voting machines. <br /> So don't even try that liberal democrat Woke line that Hugo Chavez is dead. <br />He couldn't be dead for I heard on the FOX he was not dead. If he was, wouldn't Brooks, Tucker, Bannon , Tucker, Brooks or Alex Jones be talking about it? <br /><br />It has the makings of one of those , "Day of the Dead" movie scripts doesn't it?<br /><br /><br />Robthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233719178495413876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-14488112044934283122023-03-18T15:35:54.206-05:002023-03-18T15:35:54.206-05:00Mr. Glass:
One of your best columns ever. Brooks ...Mr. Glass:<br /><br />One of your best columns ever. Brooks is such a waste of protoplasm. CardinalJedihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880669257665451868noreply@blogger.com