David Brooks speaks out against Palin

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David Brooks speaks out against Palin
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Wed, 10-08-2008 - 9:11pm

Conservative pundit says Palin represents 'fatal cancer' to GOP Buzz up!

The liberal Huffington Post reports that David Brooks, a PBS commentator and conservative columnist for the New York Times, said today that Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's scorn for ideas "represents a fatal cancer" to her party.

Here's the account of Brooks' comments, made in an interview with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg.

Brooks said Palin has a troubling anti-intellectual attitude. "Reagan had an immense faith in the power of ideas. But there has been a counter, more populist tradition, which is not only to scorn liberal ideas but to scorn ideas entirely. And I'm afraid that Sarah Palin has those prejudices. I think President Bush has those prejudices," Brooks said.

Brooks said Palin is "absolutely not" ready to be president or vice president, but had praise for nominees John McCain and Barack Obama. The Huffington Post quotes him as saying he has been "dazzled" by some of his interactions with Obama, a Democrat.

I realize people will discount this because The Huffington Post interviewed him, I saw this article in USA Today online. This is the underlying issue I have with Sarah Palin, that David Brooks articulates so well. I really wish McCain had made a better pick of a running mate - this pick makes me question his judgment. I am having a very difficult time getting past it.

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Wed, 10-08-2008 - 9:19pm

***I really wish McCain had made a better pick of a running mate - this pick makes me question his judgment. I am having a very difficult time getting past it.***


Ditto.

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Wed, 10-08-2008 - 9:19pm

I have no issue with his statements or with who interviewed him ... he has a right to his views and his thoughts.

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Wed, 10-08-2008 - 9:32pm

David Brooks has to understand that the Republican party

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Wed, 10-08-2008 - 9:38pm
Then I guess I won't be a republican much longer. I had a hard time the last four years with Bush as president. It has been such a disappointment that I nearly switched parties this spring but I held out even though I didn't think McCain would survive the primary season. Now I find that I am no longer feeling supportive of him either. It is not a good time to be a republican in DC.
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Wed, 10-08-2008 - 9:45pm

don't let this poster and her views of what the party is define it for you .....


nor this board for that matter


her words are certainly true of some of the posters here, of some republicans in general but not all


don't get so wrapped up in one issue, or one choice, or one plan ...


look at the whole picture and base your decision of who to vote for based on that .... not the party


and yes I am voting for McCain, and I am a registered democrat

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Wed, 10-08-2008 - 9:45pm
My husband was psyched about McCain

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Wed, 10-08-2008 - 9:48pm

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Wed, 10-08-2008 - 9:55pm

David Brooks has to understand that the Republican party

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Cynic: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.---Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.

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Wed, 10-08-2008 - 9:55pm
Consider yourself an independent and vote for the candidates you feel would do the best job regardless of their political affiliation.

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Wed, 10-08-2008 - 9:58pm
I don't plan such things, but McCain is getting on in years and has had cancer.

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