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The re-education of David Brooks
The re-education of David Brooks
P.J. Gladnick at Newsbusters has the story of how the White House dispatched a team of four operatives to persuade David Brooks to back off his threat to lead an army of moderates to oppose the Obama agenda . Gladnick observes: So either the four overseers of the White House were masters of ...
Brooks: Boehner’s spending freeze would be ‘insane,’ GOP is ‘stuck with Reagan.’
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 ...
Brooks: A Spending Freeze Would Be 'Insane.' (video)
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'General' David Brooks Sings Obama Love Ballad
'General' David Brooks Sings Obama Love Ballad
newsbusters.org — It has been only ten days since the New York Times house conservative, David Brooks, suddenly discovered... that "Barack Obama is not who we thought he was." As a result, the White House sent out a special team of four high level officials to ... (more) 'General' David Brooks Sings Obama Love Ballad
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Capture The Brooks
JustOneMinute — As the Beltway game of " Capture the Brooks " continues, let me note this flawed detail at Newsbusters:Brooksie is being coy in this on-line chat with Gail Collins but apparently one of the Four Horsemen of the ABrooksalypse was The One his bad self: Ms. Collins took that as a "yes", and in light of the Brooks' subsequent fawning over Obama's education proposals I think she is correct to do so.  We can also detect a hint as to sources in Brooks' follow-up , where the emphasis is in the original: It took a high powered team to win this round of ...

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