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PBS Staff RINO David Brooks Rants 2012 GOP Debates Were 'Looney Tunes,'
NewsBusters.org ^ | November 9, 2013 | Tim Graham

Posted on 11/09/2013 11:47:34 AM PST by Kaslin

New York Times columnist David Brooks always knows he's sitting on a liberal Democrat set at the PBS NewsHour. PBS viewers don't want a real conservative that makes conservative arguments. Only insults are welcome. So in praising Chris Christie on Friday's show, he said the 2012 GOP presidential debates were "Looney Tunes." He was dead serious.

But when the subject turned to liberal Democrats in New York City, he made a very mild crack about the "Democratic intelligentsia, such as it is," and immediately retracted and apologized:

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the rest of the title is: Then Apologizes for Mild Dem Joke
1 posted on 11/09/2013 11:47:34 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
I maintain that when Conservative David Brooks debates Liberal EJ Dionne on NR, Dionne will occasionally allow that Obama perhaps made a mis-step here or there, or maybe mis-spoke in some small way. Brooks will quickly disagree with that. Obama is perfect. He's right on the money. Brooks is thrilled with the president almost all the time.
2 posted on 11/09/2013 11:54:48 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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To: Kaslin

Painfully obvious they’re trying to change the subject.


3 posted on 11/09/2013 11:59:36 AM PST by Kenny
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To: Kaslin
"The GOP debates were Looney Tunes"

Actually, he's right, they were... In 2014 we need one good, solid conservative running against the GOP's hand-picked RINO. Have the two of them hold five face to face debates with Republican moderators and let the best person win.

To insure party unity the losing candidate will be the VP running mate.

4 posted on 11/09/2013 12:06:54 PM PST by Russ (Repeal the 17th amendment)
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To: Kaslin

especially the one where george stephanopulus (sp?) couldn’t get his dirty little mind out of everybody’s underpants.


5 posted on 11/09/2013 12:17:48 PM PST by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: Kaslin

Never waste my time watching PBS but I’m familiar with the pretend ‘conservative’, David Brooks. He is total fraud who is on that network only to mislead the gullible that buy his act and assume he is reflecting conservative thought. Hardly.


6 posted on 11/09/2013 12:17:57 PM PST by Jim Scott
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To: Russ
How many debates were there? Something like 25?

I could take his comment at face value -- 25 debates is madness, looney tunes -- but given David Brooks's record people are going to interpret it as insulting to the candidates (and even to the people who voted for them).

That really can't be avoided.

7 posted on 11/09/2013 12:24:04 PM PST by x
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To: Kaslin

I still want to know which 3 Departments Perry wants to close.


8 posted on 11/09/2013 12:29:12 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Kaslin

That’s the sort of thoughtful and descriptive characterization we’ve come to expect from Brooks.

Once he burst onto the scene, exposing the volatility of the Clinton’s relationship, during their Arkansas years, he was outed, so as to discredit both he and his writing.

Continuing to fear the blackmail of further revelations, Brooks has continually written for the liberal side, while pretending a “conservative” label.


9 posted on 11/09/2013 12:48:54 PM PST by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Conservative David Brooks”

Who?


10 posted on 11/09/2013 12:52:11 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: BenLurkin

“I still want to know which 3 Departments Perry wants to close.”

Perry’s performance was horrible.
Too bad; as he would have made an excellent President.
I thought I heard he was having some nasty back issues at the time.


11 posted on 11/09/2013 1:23:37 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Under the Democrats; the Lincoln Memorial is closed; but the southern border is open)
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To: Jim Scott

Kathleen Parker is another faux conservative. And of course, there’s Joe Scarborough.


12 posted on 11/09/2013 2:00:10 PM PST by SC_Pete
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To: HereInTheHeartland
I thought I heard he was having some nasty back issues at the time.

IIRC Perry had very recently had back surgery and may have still been on some pain killers. Except for that debate he might have been the current President. His handlers were probably responsible for that topic. He obviously wasn't speaking from conviction, unlike his usual forthright style.

Those debates were really stupid. All they did was give fodder to liberal media types to attack Republicans.

13 posted on 11/09/2013 2:43:35 PM PST by Freee-dame
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To: BenLurkin
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So does Perry.

14 posted on 11/09/2013 4:14:51 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Kaslin

Brooks is such a desperate wannabee.


15 posted on 11/09/2013 9:33:56 PM PST by AdaGray (Primary Them All)
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