Seriously, We spent the last two years telling him that Obama was not who he thought he was, but rather was who he was. What a pathetic fool.

At least he can admit it partially, though (Kmiec)

David Brooks, you are an idiot. You should be disqualified from voting ever again.

Hahahaha …..

But couldn’t you have come up with some better adjectives?

Moron, ignoramus, retard, Xanax crazed chimpanzee, etc

n/t

I have been getting into knock down drag out arguments with friends who voted for the one. Of course I told them before the election what a crock Obama was. All they would say is how horrible Bush was.
And Obama is better? Not by a longshot. So as my friends get fired and their business slows down I “get in their face” and say “How do you like Obama now?”.

If you know a lib it is time to turn the tables - get in their faces - and tell them Obama is the worst President evah!!!!!!

Therein lies the truth. He was hedging his bets. He stands for David Brooks. He was hoping to become relevant. He lost the bet. ‘Bye David.

Moderates STAND FOR NOTHING…they are moderates because they have NO CORE VALUES! they demean the majority of Americans by not STANDING FIRM on any set of PRINCIPLES!

The bottom line moderates SUCK!

Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy

nominee refused to go after Obama on anything.

and seek them out in the upcoming special elections, 2010, and 2012. I’m sure they truly are madder than hell. As for Brooks and the other moronic commentariat, they can burn in hell. That tiny sliver of slime might as well join the Democratic Party because they are not welcome back. Brooks is such a damned fool that he cannot help but revert to form at the end of his “essay,” which would have earned a C or D in your average state college political science class. At least he has admitted he is a moderate so that when he gets his last few seconds of his last minute of his 15, the left-wing interviewer will know it is a blatant lie when he presents Brooks as a “conservative spokesman.”

OK, now we have Buckley and Brooks in the gallery of fools. We’ll watch as their numbers increase. These men simply have put their finger to the wind and know a storm is about to bjlow over this Administration they aided and abetted. They are little more than populists who ingratiate themselves with high society rather than people who work on the line. They are even more despicable than the latter.

We now must focus on winning elections…from NY20 onwards. Laughing at Brooks and company is fun sport but shouldn’t divert our attention from winning.

Really, Brooks?

Based on what? Was it the drug snorting in his formative years or the sweetheart real estate deal he got from felon Tony Rezcko that inspires you?

This is the thing that bothers me the most about the sycophants in the press. They make broad statements that don’t have an iota of fact as if they are just accepted truths about Obama.

I, for one, am not fooled.

but I never thought he would be as wrong on the economy as he is.

I knew he would expand government, but I’m shocked to the extent.

Really, how anyone could have talked themselves into thinking Obama was a moderate is beyond me.

No David, actions proceed from character and reveal character. And the more that comes out, the less tenable it is to claim:

His words are responsible; his character is inspiring. But his actions betray a transformational liberalism that should put every centrist on notice.

What Brooks is saying here is either contradictory or he’s holding on to a forlorn desperate hope that somehow Obama is just a bit misguided in his actions and with some nudging will become inspiring once more.

But that “inspiring” was strictly air - the reality is far different. We’ve got a dangerous character on our hands.

The only question is whetherl David figure this out before or after his one-way trip to the gulag.

Yeah, “assert” your moderate core values.
Sheesh, what an idiot.

Why is it the more education you get the more likely you are to reject what’s right in front of your nose. Hamas charter says “we will destroy the Zionist entity” and liberal elites say “see they want peace.”

Obama grew up with leftists, was educated by leftists, went to church with leftists and palled around with leftists and Brooks saw this and said “See? He’s really a moderate like me!”

David Brooks, you are an idiot?

In a word:

YES!!!

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson

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We believe in nothing? Principles are for dummies? We’ll compromise on any leftist issue as long as we can stick it to the right wing? We’ll sell out for civility, comity and bipartisanship?

I mean…seriously. What would a moderate manifesto consist of?

Please write one for us David…you’re so much smarter and high brow than the rest of us…can you please climb down off your mountain top perch and enlighten us please?

The “Big Tent” analogy isn’t the correct one…the correct one is a MAGNET…we need to be a MAGNET that draws these independents in who are sick and tired of what’s going on in Washington—Fred Thompson

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I don’t believe he ever became a US citizen. I might be wrong, but I don’t think so. He can’t vote all he can be is an idiot. He does that very well.

Wonder what sort of mea culpa she’s experiencing? Maybe the shame is too great to actually fess up like David Brooks?

Moderates are like the squishy, slimy oysters that live in the center of and with the protection of the hard outer shell (the shell representing principled conservatives of course)!

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…all thought they’d be toasts of the town with their newfound “enlightenment” on HopeandChange.

Peggy, at least, probalby got invites to all the best parties. I can’t see anybody wanting to really hang out with the other two.

All 3 sold their major principles down the river and trashed the rest of us in the GOP. Brooks needs to suck up somewhat to the left to keep his job - he IS at the old gray hag, after all. The others? I don’t waste my time on them anymore.

The best way to give these columnists the heave-ho is to ignore what they write. Note to you folks at Hot Air: Stop linking to Parker. I don’t care what she says and won’t waste my time. Don’t help her out by redirecting traffic her way.

My MIL was telling me today how left wing!!!! Obama was, and how he “lost” her.

I see it all clearly, now: I should have known that she must have read it in the NYTimes. This paper is the Bible for some folks… I guess we just better thank Zeus that this article found it’s way into that rag…

If Brooks and so many other moderates were fooled by Obama and are having buyers’ remorse, then why, at every opportunity, does the press and their minions keep telliing us that the public is solidly behind him with such high approval numbers? One such suckup is John Harwood of CNBC, formerly of the Wall Street Journal. I couldn’t stand his writing there, and I can’t take him on the tube now either. I have to change the channel when he is speaking.

With all of this disappointment in Obama, why are his polls not reflecting it?

Brooks is not only an idiot…
He must be the Village Idiot number one.!!

he would have known Obama was a pure Marxist leftist when he wanted to spread Joe the Plumbers wealth around, even though Joe didn’t have any yet. And if Brooks had paid any attention at all, he would have confirmed that Obama was a crook when he nominated a Treasury Secretary who owed more in back taxes than Joe probably makes in a year (and didn’t seem interested at all in spread the TS’s wealth around).

Yes, Brooks is one, but he is hardly alone. I encountered scores of them over the past year. Obama was hugely successful at seducing them.

it seems to me that his prescription is to join the conservatives in fighting the Obama leftward statist agenda. All of his recommendations ask moderates to do what conservatives are already doing in objecting to the current Administration’s plans. Of course, he doesn’t put it that way. He couldn’t admit to himself that the conservatives were correct, but in a round about way, that’s exactly what he’s saying.

Dead Skunks, David Brooks and yellow lines. What is a Moderate Conservative anyways? Somebody that believes in conservatism — sometimes. What was it that Goldwater said “moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” How about moderation in the pursuit of anything is not a virtue. Stand for something or stand for nothing. Erickson has, yet another, excellent post.

at how duped people were. Of how ridiculously they projected their wild utopian dreams on the Obama’s blank slate of change. They invented fantasies wayyy beyond Obama had even hinted at. I read on some architectural blog about “If Obama was a building….he’d be….” and described some feel good piece of concrete. Good gawd people, you are truly pathetic.

I didn’t like history subjects in school and thought they were a waste of time. Oh now I know how important it is to be in a position to write history and teach its lessons so we don’t repeat history’s mistakes.

but I wouldn’t blame on it his moderate conservative leanings. I consider myself a moderate conservative and I knew that Obama was a solid-core liberal who would likely lurch this nation to the left if given the chance.

Michael Medved had a fair point today. We lost an election, so as conservatives, we need to broaden our base and our appeal. David Brooks is not the enemy here, and notwithstanding his boneheadedness about Obama, he’s pretty smart, he’s reasonably articulate and he conveys a generally conservative message in his columns.

They thought that a country populated by fellows like Brooks would be an easy mark. So they attacked us on 9/11, and expected only a few airstrikes and lots of diplomatic hot air in response.

They didn’t count on Dubya. And the US military.

Now, be honest: if YOU were a jihadhi, and you thought David Brooks was a typical American, wouldn’t you expect America to fold at the first sign of any real trouble?

Oh, and Bird Dog that goes for you too.

Where’s my lettuce.