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David Brooks Wakes Up Late: 'Barack Obama Is Not Who We Thought He Was'
newsbusters.org - 3/3/2009
David Brooks Wakes Up Late: 'Barack Obama Is Not Who We Thought He Was'
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Perhaps it is time to award the New York Times house conservative, David Brooks, a kewpie doll for having at long last a very brief moment of mental clarity. Brooks, who has been making a habit lately of bashing conservative Republicans such as Sarah Palin, emerged ever so slightly from his ...
Brooks: Boehner’s spending freeze would be ‘insane,’ GOP is ‘stuck with Reagan.’
thinkprogress.org - 3/8/2009
Brooks: Boehner’s spending freeze would be ‘insane,’ GOP is ‘stuck with Reagan.’
— thinkprogress.org — This morning on ABC’s This Week, conservative columnist David Brooks addressed House Minority Leader John Boehner’s recent... call for a “ freeze on government spending ” in response to the quickly worsening economic conditions. ... (more) Brooks: Boehner’s spending freeze would be ‘insane,’ GOP ...

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iowahawk.typepad.com - 3/4/2009
I Daresay It Is Time We Deal With the Mutineers Aboard the S.S. Conservatism
— iowahawk.typepad.com — [ed. note: a number of you have written requesting I invite T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII back... for another analysis of the sad state of the conservative movement. After some cajoling and a bottle of VSOP, he agreed.] T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII ... (more) I Daresay It Is Time We Deal With the Mutineers Aboard ...

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swampland.blogs.time.com - 3/3/2009
On Moderation
— swampland.blogs.time.com — David Brooks writes today as a moderate-conservative anguished by Barack Obama's budget. I've known David for almost... twenty years now. We've had many wonderful conversations, publicly and privately, over those years, and I value the quality of his ... (more) On Moderation

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David Brooks Beclowns Himself (This Is Not A Recording)
doubleplusundead — David Brooks Beclowns Himself (This Is Not A Recording) Shock! He expresses disappointment in Obama. Those of us who consider ourselves moderates — moderate-conservative, in my case — are forced to confront the reality that Barack Obama is not who we thought he was. His words are responsible; his character is inspiring. But his actions betray a transformational liberalism that should put every centrist on notice. As Clive Crook, an Obama admirer, wrote in The Financial Times, the Obama budget “contains no trace of compromise. It makes no gesture, however small, however ...

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Damned Either Way and Frankly Fine With It — The Moderate Voice
No surprise. David Brooks has taken his lumps today, from both ends of the political spectrum. On the left , Steve Benen labels Brooks current opining a “very frustrating column.” On the right , Allahpundit gives Brooks clinched props before scolding him “for not realizing ...
New York Times Crashed-and-Burned Watch (Worst David Brooks Column Ever Edition) — J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles
Back when there was a bipartisan fiscally-conservative socially-liberal opportunity-enhancing internationalist moderate faction to belong to, I was a proud member of it. The New York Times should be ashamed of letting David Brooks steal my name. The whole of the Obama budget is too the sum of ...
“I’m sorry” campaign begins for Obama supporters? — Sister Toldjah
Well, not exactly, but Michelle Malkin points to today’s David Brooks column in the NYT in which he admits that the Democrat he routinely praised during the 2008 presidential campaign season is not the guy he thought he knew. Money quote: “Those of us who consider ourselves ...
Moderation for moderation’s sake — Crooked Timber
David Brooks has been getting a lot of flak for this column (which is a follow up from this one a week earlier). We [moderates] sympathize with a lot of the things that President Obama is trying to do. … But the Obama budget is more than just the sum of its parts. There is, entailed ...