David Brooks

Feel Good Journalism

David "Dr. Feelgood" Brooks

David Brooks (The Two Obamas) demonstrates the effects of breathing the sulfur laden air at 620 8th Ave, at best, or alternatively the Stockholm Syndrome.  Brooks is to Bill Safire, his predecessor as the Times' token op-ed American, as Mayor Bloomberg is to Ronald Reagan.  To wit. “ God, Republicans are saps. They think that they’re running against some academic liberal who wouldn’t wear flag pins on his lapel, whose wife isn’t proud of America and who went to some liberationist church where the pastor damned his own country. They think they’re running against some naïve university-town dreamer, the second coming of Adlai Stevenson. ” I don't know about you, but at this early juncture I'm yelling, "WTF you talking about boy?"  The second coming of Adlai Stevenson?   You Tube is choking with video of this poseur stumble-bumming his way through historically, and otherwise inaccurate  bombinations. Sigh, there's more. “  This guy is the whole Chicago package: an idealistic, lakefront liberal fronting a sharp-elbowed machine operator. He’s the only politician of our lifetime who is underestimated because he’s too intelligent. He speaks so calmly and polysyllabically that people fail to appreciate the Machiavellian ambition inside. But he’s been giving us an education, for anybody who cares to pay attention. Just try to imagine Mister Rogers playing the agent Ari in “Entourage” and it all falls into place. ” I know that Brookes's audience are politically ignorant and polarized Liberals, and he feels obliged to sucker them in with this sweet talk before lowering the boom on Obama for voting “present” nearly 130 times.as an Illinois State Senator, instead of tackling "tough issues."  But come-on Brooksy, ain't you doing the same thing here, by pandering to the very people who most need a dose of reality?  Get tough, or get out., ya freaking wimp. Cuzzin Ricky