tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post5875063747123790201..comments2024-03-28T13:48:05.714-04:00Comments on Progressive Eruptions: CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST DAVID BROOKS CALL SARAH PALIN A FATAL CANCER ON REPUBLICAN PARTYShaw Kenawehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-75108084666667178122008-10-09T15:51:00.000-04:002008-10-09T15:51:00.000-04:00gordon,All I know about Brooks is what I read--his...gordon,<BR/><BR/>All I know about Brooks is what I read--his books and columns, and what I hear him say on PBS' The News Hour.<BR/><BR/>He's conservative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-5362434867439907152008-10-09T12:12:00.000-04:002008-10-09T12:12:00.000-04:00Shaw,All I can do is paraphrase something someone ...Shaw,<BR/><BR/>All I can do is paraphrase something someone else said about Brooks, which is, he knows his audience (New Yorkers) and knows who signs his paycheck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-55560315315797916772008-10-09T09:50:00.000-04:002008-10-09T09:50:00.000-04:00Sarah Palin "represents a fatal cancer to the Repu...Sarah Palin "represents a fatal cancer to the Republican party"<BR/><BR/>She is their future.<BR/><BR/>I look forward to the diminishment of the GOP to the level of Bob Barr and Ralph Nader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-41358859421940980002008-10-09T08:28:00.000-04:002008-10-09T08:28:00.000-04:00gordon,I know you consider yourself conservative, ...gordon,<BR/><BR/>I know you consider yourself conservative, therefore, anyone who isn't as far right as you are is not conservative.<BR/><BR/>That doesn't make it so.<BR/><BR/>I have been reading him for years. David Brooks is a conservative.<BR/><BR/>Niebuhr's philosophy evolved over the years, as most thinking people do. But what I admire about him was his spot on indictment of the domestic terrorist group,the Ku Klux Klan. (which, at one point in America's shameful history, boasted 2 million in membership!) The Klan had most support among lower class whites who had to compete directly against immigrants. Niebuhr said the Klan was "one of the worst specific social phenomena which the religious pride of peoples has ever developed."<BR/><BR/>Nothing wrong with that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-4747093781970493462008-10-09T00:33:00.000-04:002008-10-09T00:33:00.000-04:00Hey Shaw,Before you say David Brooks is a "conserv...Hey Shaw,<BR/><BR/>Before you say David Brooks is a "conservative columnist," you might want to ask a few, you know, <I> actual </I> conservatives if <I> they </I> think he's conservative. You'll probably get a look, a snort, and a comment to the effect of, "yeah, right."<BR/><BR/>I wonder if you remember the last president who had a deep abiding love for good old Reinhold? Here's a hint: he nagged the Nobel Peace Prize committee for years and years until they finally gave him one (2002) to make him go away.<BR/><BR/>I'm just sayin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-57874343708232427822008-10-08T19:09:00.000-04:002008-10-08T19:09:00.000-04:00Even though Palin's politics are far right, the ri...Even though Palin's politics are far right, the rightist noise machine seems to be scapegoating her for the failure of "Keating Five" McCain's doomed campaign. It's fun watching them feed on their own.libhomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537213558568338561noreply@blogger.com