Who Is the Conservative? David Brooks vs. Ted Cruz

The Imaginative Conservative ^ | Bruce Frohnen

[don-o]

There is more, of course. Mr. Brooks is careful not to actually accuse evangelicals of bigotry for their opposition to same-sex marriage. But he does say they are on the losing side of history and will only be "further marginalized" by opposition to it. And this is the crux of his effete pique. Mr. Brooks, for all his increasingly silly claims to be conservative, is quite convinced that "history" is on the side of those like Mr. Obama who seek a new order, in which the state distributes goods and status to all people. Confident he will always get or keep "his," Mr. Brooks can only define Christianity as encouraging the state to see that the masses are kept quiescent with handouts.

That this vision is not conservative, and that it bears little relationship to America outside Mayor Bill de Blasio's realm should be obvious. That our chattering classes, should they continue to adhere to this vision, either will become irrelevant or eventually find themselves fighting over the last silk stockings at Barneys even as the mobs break down the doors, also should be clear. Unfortunately for Mr. Brooks, it appears that sufficient attention to one's cuff links precludes recognition of unpleasant realities until it is too late to do anything about them. Best, then, to leave Mr. Brooks to his well-upholstered kennel to defend the standards of a rotted-out ruling class.

[don-o]

Fine writing. More at source.

[MrEdd]

David Brooks we all for Crystal Mangum and Mike Nifong, before he became against them.

[Soul of the South]

Brooks is a conservative only in the sense he and other leftists falsely apply the label to him. In reality he is a progressive elitist, like the rest of the editorial staff at the NYT.

[DaveyB]

I didn’t know Brooks was running for office.

[Pelham]

” That our chattering classes, should they continue to adhere to this vision, either will become irrelevant or eventually find themselves fighting over the last silk stockings at Barneys even as the mobs break down the doors, also should be clear.”

Clever. This fits Larry Kudlow as well.

[Pelham]

“I didn’t know Brooks was running for office.”

Much as it may violate standard practice around here you always have the option of reading the article to find out what the author was getting at.

[Souled_Out]

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" The natural born citizen clause in the Constitution has inadvertently proven to be an effective Litmus test for determining who is a true conservative willing to protect and defend the Constitution versus those person who pretend to be conservatives while actually abrogating and subverting the Constitution to the detriment of the Republic."

House Atreides

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Ted is as much a conservative as he is a Natural born citizen.

[ozzymandus]

I don’t need to read anything by fake David Brooks. I know what he is.

[nonsporting]

Sodom and Gomorrah were on the losing side of history.

Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9,10)

The unrepentant sodomites (and others) are headed for hell. And hell is a place of eternal torment.