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David Brooks Backs Away from Trump 'Outrage Level 11'
NewsBusters ^ | April 28, 2017 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 04/28/2017 2:49:16 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

It seems as if New York Times columnist David Brooks has crawled back from the Antifa ninja play warrior resistance limb he went out on right after the last election and has decided that he can now just barely tolerate the crease in the pants of President Donald Trump. His April 28 column has announced that he is dialing back his "Outrage Level 11" Trump derangement syndrome  down to a mere level 3 or 4 on the outrage scale.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antifa; blogpimp; davidbrooks; donaldtrump; tds
David Brooks suddenly notices that the Antifa ninja play warrior gig makes him uncomfortable.
1 posted on 04/28/2017 2:49:16 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

The fact that David Brooks draws a paycheck for the crap he spouts never ceases to amaze me.


2 posted on 04/28/2017 2:52:14 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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To: PJ-Comix

It’s all about superficial external appearances for David Brooks, for some strange reason. It’s not as if he’s a prime example of aesthetic perfection in his person, himself. But, he’s decided that Antifa isn’t cool anymore and is more embarrassing than Trump. Nothing deeper than that, like Paris Hilton changing her hairstyle.


3 posted on 04/28/2017 2:54:10 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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Trumps bombing of the Syrian government turned around a lot of neocons, neoliberal, and mccainiacs. All they really hated about him was his promise not to do more regime-change wars. They now think he is reconsidering that promise. This fact, and his failure to push hard for the wall, is making Brooks and like-minded rest easy


4 posted on 04/28/2017 2:54:52 PM PDT by WilliamIII
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No, it’s not about appearances, it’s about policy. Brooks is an interventionist, Iraq War supporter-a McCain-type. After Trump bombed Syria, McCain, Lindsay - and now Brooks - are suddenly smiling. They think he’s a born again regime-changer, and they may be right


5 posted on 04/28/2017 2:58:16 PM PDT by WilliamIII
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To: WilliamIII

They’re never right.


6 posted on 04/28/2017 2:59:12 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: PJ-Comix

The NYT as the flagship of the Ministry of Propaganda could do better than David Brooks for a fake conservative.


7 posted on 04/28/2017 2:59:56 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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Who could forget the brilliant political “analysis” of Brooks and Mark Shields?

Toss in Judy Woodruff and you’re got a real brain trust going on there.

Idiocy works well these days. Apparently.


8 posted on 04/28/2017 3:00:45 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: WilliamIII

Could be that President Trump told DACA recipients to rest easy, signaling that the only illegal aliens that will be removed are those caught and convicted of other crimes.


9 posted on 04/28/2017 3:02:40 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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How about we just ignore this clown?


10 posted on 04/28/2017 3:03:13 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
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“David Brooks draws a paycheck”

That makes it commercial speech and not free speech. It should be regulated (for him) exactly the same way he wants the 2nd Amendment regulated. In other words, not allowed.


11 posted on 04/28/2017 3:15:21 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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After Trump bombed Syria, McCain, Lindsay - and now Brooks - are suddenly smiling. They think he’s a born again regime-changer, and they may be right

One bombing several weeks ago, in retaliation for gassing his own people, and these folks think he has suddenly become a "regime change" interventionist?

Deluded and deranged is right

12 posted on 04/28/2017 3:17:36 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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As a reciprocal act, I will lower my liberal outrage from level 100 to level 95.


13 posted on 04/28/2017 3:35:53 PM PDT by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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I get David Brooks and David Frum and David Brock confused. Which leftist idiot is which?


14 posted on 04/28/2017 3:37:16 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Too much of a male menapausal yentrocity for me.


15 posted on 04/28/2017 4:21:38 PM PDT by Titus-Maximus (It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)
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Who cares?


16 posted on 04/28/2017 5:12:29 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: WilliamIII
Trumps bombing of the Syrian government turned around a lot of neocons, neoliberal, and mccainiacs. All they really hated about him was his promise not to do more regime-change wars. They now think he is reconsidering that promise. This fact, and his failure to push hard for the wall, is making Brooks and like-minded rest easy

Say what? If you had watched his speech for the NRA, you would know that the last sentence is wrong.

17 posted on 04/29/2017 3:13:39 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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