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In reply to the discussion: Republican columnist & commentator David Brooks said the following after the White House insult of Zelenskyy [View all]
llmart
(17,634 posts)70. Don't know if you've ever read any of his latest books but...
he admits that he has evolved from who he was as a younger man. He speaks and writes about it often. I do believe that his wife had a hand in that process also.
After hearing him speak about his evolution as a human, I am willing to give him kudos for being a man who actually evolved as he got older, unlike most men.
Would that every Republican would be so honest about their moral failings of the past and change.
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Republican columnist & commentator David Brooks said the following after the White House insult of Zelenskyy [View all]
Swede
Mar 2025
OP
Pukes like you helped, that's where the nausea comes from - it's a deep sense of guilt eating at you
Blues Heron
Mar 2025
#2
FWIW, Brooks taught a course at Yale a while back. It's "not nothing" that Yale would do this.
CTyankee
Mar 2025
#32
No, Joe Walsh is a fierce anti-Trumper. Still conservative, but very much pro-democracy.
summer_in_TX
Mar 2025
#73
He slammed dems at each and every turn - I heard him every time I tuned in to Brooks and Capehart
Blues Heron
Mar 2025
#39
That "intellectually alive" list is murderer's row of disingenuous suckups and propagandists.
Ursus Rex
Mar 2025
#53
I'm going to put you on ignore now so I don't need to even see anything more from you. n/t
elocs
Mar 2025
#41
why are you a big brooks fan or something? I cant stand his idiotic smarmy style.
Blues Heron
Mar 2025
#61
Good poinits. The sentiment I agree with but Brooks is no different than the FAFO rethug voters...
brush
Mar 2025
#52
I've had my disagreements with Brookes, but he just hit all the right notes. He speaks for me.
Hekate
Mar 2025
#7
He owes us all an apology, a resignation, and a pledge never to utter another word on TV or in print ever again
Blues Heron
Mar 2025
#9
As if they couldn't see this coming. It was all published in the Project 2025 and heralded at cpac
lindysalsagal
Mar 2025
#14
Swede, here's the source for what you posted. Maybe add this link to the OP?
highplainsdem
Mar 2025
#15
I welcome him to the moment but do not forget for a moment how he shilled for the war against Iraq that had
mahina
Mar 2025
#30
I believe he has, based on this quote from his article in The Atlantic last October:
femmedem
Mar 2025
#35
Hey Brooks your about a day late and dollar short.................go the fuck away.............
turbinetree
Mar 2025
#48
You see posts "I can't believe they still worship Trump" yet can't resist denigrating when someone finally gets it.
Swede
Mar 2025
#59
Dont be naive - a couple of those 75 dollar shots and brooks will back to slamming dems in no time
Blues Heron
Mar 2025
#62
"trying to create a world that's safe for gangsters, where ruthless people can thrive."
SleeplessinSoCal
Mar 2025
#67
Nothing new for the gop: remember the Battle of Baghdad? The gop has always lied and cheated to get rich.
C Moon
Mar 2025
#71