washingtonmonthly.com - 3/3/2009
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MUSHY, MEANINGLESS MODERATION.... During last year's presidential campaign, President Obama presented voters with his vision of fundamentally changing the way the federal government does business. He won, and his vision is reflected in his first budget outline to Congress. David...
swampland.blogs.time.com - 3/3/2009
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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 ...
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On Moderation
thedemocraticstrategist.org - 3/3/2009
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thedemocraticstrategist.org —
David Brooks penned a column for The New
York Times today that is destined to become a...
classic of its type. His editors seem to think so as well, titling his essay: "A Moderate Manifesto." Its main thrust is to...
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The Ultimate David Brooks Column
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Our Interrelated Crises
Matthew Yglesias —
... that Barack Obama is trying to do too much at once. Steve Benen retorts that “The notion that multiple problems — healthcare, energy, education, infrastructure, economic growth — may be inter-connected seems to elude Brooks entirely.” ...
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.” ...
The Moderate Road to Hell
Comments from Left Field —
... will have to sketch out an alternative vision. This is a vision of a nation in which we’re all in it together — in which burdens are shared broadly, rather than simply inflicted upon a small minority. This is a vision of a nation that does not try to build prosperity on a foundation of debt. This is a vision that puts competitiveness and growth first, not redistribution first.
David Brooks is just too easy to ridicule.
We’re talking “mushy, meaningless moderation“:
Reading his very frustrating column, it ...
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