Brooks has the gall to quote Buckley's line about the 2,000 people in the phone book being preferable as a governing body to the faculty of Harvard et al -- then disagree with it -- then claim Buckley disagreed with it -- then go on to prove the truth of the aphorism on himself. What an ass!
Maybe this is all a misquote -- but, I think probably not.... Brooks & Peggy Noonan must be having high tea together, with some chemical chasers.
Brooks is definitely hallucinating.
David Brooks being his eastern elite catty metrosexual self.
Ah — here’s the quote by the man himself on YouTube — no way to dissociate himself from it — including the fatal cancer quote —
Where did you come up with this BS? An email from whom? I am not buying it.
Brooks, is at best, a Rockeffeller, limp-wristed, country club, psuedo-intellectual, dweeb who could only pass as a Republican in Lower Manhattan. Not anywhere else.
Palin has all Dems and most Pubs scared.
Let’s get her in there.
McCain/Palin Nov 4th 2008
The NYC beltway types indicated a year ago that they wanted to see a black guy win.....to heal our nation, or some such affirmative action pap.
Well, they will get their wish, and will see an even greater rift in our nation.
Because they..the media and the DNC have cheated and corrupted this election.
Paybacks will be a bitch.
Here’s what is so galling:
One may agree or disagree with whether Palin’s approach is “anti-intellectual.” (I disagree and believe she is challenging eggheaded Ivory-Tower naive liberals, as did Ike vs. Adlai Stevenson.)
But let’s keep some perspective and just write, “I don’t like her approach and think it’s wrong.”
Instead, Brooks goes off the proverbial deep end. Not only is Palin’s approach a “cancer,” but it’s also a “fatal” one.
Mr. Brooks, get it together.
I don’t understand the benefit of republishing obvious garbage on Free Republic.
CANCER, Heres your Cancer, Obama Cancer!
Ayers Obama Chavez!
Ayers has since lectured the Marxist dictator of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, on using public education as an instrument for advancing “revolution.” Meanwhile his stepson, Chesa Boudin, has gone to Caracas as an “adviser” to the anti-American Chavez.
Oh, by coincidence, Chavez and Castro are two of the dictators Obama said he’d like to give face time as president of the U.S.
It gets worse when one looks at Obama’s political organization.
Obama’s own Web site has held at least 15 favorable mentions of Che Guevara, according to a count by blogger Henry Gomez.
When an Obama precinct captain in Houston flew a Cuban flag bearing Guevara’s likeness, Obama said only it “disappointed” him and “does not reflect (his) views.” He never publicly ordered the flag down, nor rejected Guevara’s blood-soaked communism.
Another Obama supporter, acting in Obama’s name, secretly contacted Colombia’s Marxist FARC terror chief Raul Reyes to tell him that Obama would cut off U.S. military aid to Colombia to hinder its war against FARC, as well as deny Colombia free trade, a strategy FARC considers key to overturning Colombia’s democracy.
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=294880428846293
Brooks if this is true, let the party die and we will rebuld a new, revitalized one, with Sarah at the helm.
A writing based on flawed premises = zero.
David Brooks spoke frankly about the presidential and vice presidential candidates Monday afternoon, calling Sarah Palin a "fatal cancer to the Republican party" but describing John McCain and Barack Obama as "the two best candidates we've had in a long time."
I saw the video. I apologize. Brooks is one of these elitist country club Reps who hates conservatives. His arrogance is only exceeded by his ignorance.
brooks went to the dark side long ago.
this must be a resentment to her personal views regarding appropriate behavior and that mating habits do not establish special rights.
At this point in time, I would rather trust Palin than any of the corrupt politicians in DC.
David Brooks, you are not ready to be a journalist or pundit. I say that because you write as a person that embodies all that the masses hate.
If you and your buds had done so well, we would not have the problems we are dealing with right now.
David, dunce hat, corner.
You see, pseudo-intellectuals are always impressed by other psuedo-intellectuals, because they intuitively recognize their own lack of true intellectual content and are impressed by any display of superficial intellectual ability.
All real intellectuals are intuitively anti-intellectual. The first of them all was Socrates, who famously said “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing”
Palin is a fatal blow to RINOs. She and Bobby Jindal are the current and future stars of conservatives. I’m excited about our future.