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David Brooks: Obama 'Impeachment Is Obviously Cloud Cuckoo Land'
Breitbart TV ^ | July 11, 2014 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 07/12/2014 12:10:35 PM PDT by EveningStar

On Friday's broadcast of PBS's "NewsHour" New York Times columnist David Brooks and Creators Syndicate columnist Mark Shields took on the House Speaker John Boehner's lawsuit against the Obama administration, which alleges oversteps in executive authority by the Obama White House.

Both acknowledged Boehner's gripe with the Obama administration had merit, but were skeptical of the lawsuit's chances. However, they both also took on the alternative offered by former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK), which was to impeach President Barack Obama.

Both dismissed that course of action as well, with Brooks calling it "cloud cuckoo land."

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boehner; davidbrooks; highwaytrustfund; impeachment; judywoodruff; markshields; obama; palin; pbs; sarahpalin
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To: ifinnegan

That’s exactly right, and that goes for all of these so-called journalists that smear Palin


21 posted on 07/12/2014 1:12:08 PM PDT by snappahead (if your gonna be dumb, you better be tough.)
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To: EveningStar
Recently stumbled upon a PBS television program from the mid '80s with Milton Friedman on YouTube which featured a young David Brooks. Young Brooks, described as a Social Democrat, was just as misguided then as he is now. Friedman schools young Brooks.

Tyranny of the Status Quo with Milton Friedman

22 posted on 07/12/2014 1:15:34 PM PDT by AHerald ("Do not fear, only believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: EveningStar
Oops. The video link in my previous post (#22) to you was incorrect. Here is the correct link:

Milton Friedman - Tyranny of the Status Quo - Part 1 - Beneficiaries

23 posted on 07/12/2014 1:18:59 PM PDT by AHerald ("Do not fear, only believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: EveningStar
Mark Shields is still around? I think he pretty much invented the term "chickenhawk" back in the '80s. I bet he can't stand Brooks!

I miss Bob Novak.

24 posted on 07/12/2014 1:25:10 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (Peace On Earth! Purity of Essence! McCain/Ripper 2016)
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To: EveningStar

Cloud Cuckoo Land?

Unfortunately only in today’s Liberal controlled world. Just reverse the roles and parties, if Sarah Palin, or any other conservative, was doing the things Obama was doing s/he would not only have been impeached but would now be residing in a cell in Leavenworth.

But that’s not how it is, Mr. Obama because of his party, his skin color and his far left politics is immune to the remedy the constitution allows for actions such as his.


25 posted on 07/12/2014 1:29:50 PM PDT by The Working Man
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To: EveningStar

David Brooks is a known asshole.

From: http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/31/the-obligatory-david-brooks-really-impressed-with-obamas-pants-post/

That first encounter is still vivid in Brooks’s mind. “I remember distinctly an image of–we were sitting on his couches, and I was looking at his pant leg and his perfectly creased pant,” Brooks says, “and I’m thinking, a) he’s going to be president and b) he’ll be a very good president.” In the fall of 2006, two days after Obama’s The Audacity of Hope hit bookstores, Brooks published a glowing Times column. The headline was “Run, Barack, Run.”…


26 posted on 07/12/2014 1:30:07 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: EveningStar

Taking the constitution seriously = “Cloud cuckoo land” in the rarefied atmosphere of the Beltway.


27 posted on 07/12/2014 1:33:35 PM PDT by denydenydeny (Admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt one has for others.-Tocqueville)
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To: denydenydeny
Taking the constitution seriously = “Cloud cuckoo land” in the rarefied atmosphere of the Beltway.

Only there?

28 posted on 07/12/2014 1:36:29 PM PDT by x
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To: faithhopecharity

“Secretary General of the UN(azis) , perhaps? It’s been mentioned before ...and he’d fit right In there”

The Secretary of the UN may not be from one of the permanent members of the Security Council.


29 posted on 07/12/2014 1:39:00 PM PDT by DugwayDuke
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To: EveningStar

30 posted on 07/12/2014 1:39:11 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: DugwayDuke

And the president of the USA ( or his daddy) may not be from Kenya or Indonesia, either.


31 posted on 07/12/2014 1:41:50 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Run, Barack, Run
32 posted on 07/12/2014 2:21:37 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

33 posted on 07/12/2014 2:36:59 PM PDT by JPG ("So sue me". OK, we will.)
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To: EveningStar

But impeachment was the only serious solution for Nixon.

Can anyone get quotes from liberal dinosaurs about Nixon’s unforgivable crimes. And can anyone find even one article calling impeachment frivolous or ridiculous.

Finally, how many Republicans joined in on the call to impeach.

How can these two-faced bigots ever call anyone a hypocrite?


34 posted on 07/12/2014 2:44:55 PM PDT by Kenny
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To: EveningStar

The same crowd laughed at Paula Jones too. There are no consequences to being wrong if you toe the party line.

Brooks isn’t even a Republican-he’s loves government at its present size.


36 posted on 07/12/2014 2:48:06 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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To: selfdefense

Exactly. If she were really irrelevant, the media wouldn’t talk about her all the frickin time.


37 posted on 07/12/2014 2:49:53 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: EveningStar
The liberal republican, who does not know why he is a republican, cannot name one major issue where they can provide a contrast from democrats, has no core principles or ideals. Such a one is in "cloud cuckoo land", and Brooks is in the forefront. The NYT loves their pet pretend repub.
38 posted on 07/12/2014 6:18:00 PM PDT by Moorings
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