Posted on 12/12/2015 10:45:26 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
PBS: Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's comments on banning Muslims from entering the U.S., a campaign surge for Sen. Ted Cruz, plus assessing Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s first month on the job.
Brooks says Republican Senators would rather vote for a Democratic Majority Leader than "universally unpopular" Ted Cruz.
JUDY WOODRUFF, PBS NEWSHOUR: When it comes to Trump, David, I know we have been talking about him, but this week, with the statement about keeping Muslims out of the country, is this just more of the same of what we have been hearing from Donald Trump, or are we hearing something at a completely new level?
DAVID BROOKS: I think it’s a different level.
The man is a genius for attention, an addict of attention, and therefore a genius of getting it. And so this I think is a different level for a couple of reasons. First, it is bigotry of a naked sort. The Mexican stuff was bigotry, too, but this strikes me as a higher level.
Second, an offense against religious liberty. And, third, because of the way Trump has now risen to prominence, it has reverberations around the globe, in the way the stuff even he said earlier about Latin Americans didn’t...
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Oh, man, when you lose David Brooks, you’ve lost...nothing.
there was no reputation to lose after dear leader got done destroying it-
And we should care about the opinion of pole-smoking faggots like David Brooks for what reason?
Saying we should keep our citizens safe is a horrible thing to do?
Notice the Saudis didn’t want to take ANY ‘refugees.’ Speaks volumes. Two have already been arrested in Finland as being ISIS executioners.
David Brooks is gonna be CROSS with you.
Perhaps you will even receive a STERN email...
I live abroad. Trump has done nothing to damage America’s reputation. Most people around the world can’t wait until Obama is gone.
He must lack the all important crease in his slacks....at least according to this slacker.
David Brooks is a joke. I have nothing to add about him.
Remember that slaughtering of the hospital awhile back? Down the memory hole. There may be an explanation for it. But, they stopped manufacturing new ones and no brass will suffer. And none of *US* gives a damn.
But I guarantee a lot more Muslims are ticked off about that than by anything Trump had to say. Wouldn’t you?
LOL... All I have to say to this news is-— Shiver Me Timbers...
“an offense against religious liberty”
I’ll never understand these people.
Are they really this dumb or just pretending to be dumb?
Muslims are free to practice their religion. Trump only called for travel restrictions.
Is this guy implying that all 1.6 billion muslims in the world have a constitutional right to a US visa?
These people are a joke.
At this point, I don’t give a rats patoot what people overseas “think” about us. Let them hate us while they are getting smoked by their beloved jihadis.
Well put.
Leave it to the leftist drama queen at PBS to spew forth more ridiculous nonsense.
Totally mess something up for seven years, and in the eighth year find (or manufacture) some Republican gaffe or controversy and then blame the effects of all the past liberal failures on that one incident.
Obama spent the last seven years systematically ruining foreign relations with our traditional allies as he reached out to our enemies, so now liberals want to blame Trump's recent comments for our fall in standing.
-PJ
These media turds really stink!
It just never even occurs to the liberal media.. that showing strength and being strong against Islamic terrorism would influence Muslims to attempt to reach out in a moderate way to Christians and attempt to seek common ground with them... The Liberals only see being strong against Muslims as insulting them and driving or pushing them away from Christians... Common sense seems to not play any part in their thinking..
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