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Cirque du So-What

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8. He engages in dialogue with EJ Dionne (WP, Brookings Institution) every Friday on NPR
Sun Feb 8, 2015, 01:49 PM
Feb 2015

I listen on the way home from work, and I get the impression that Brooks was never in the fire-breathing conservative corner.

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The flying pigs - nice touch! Cooley Hurd Feb 2015 #1
Where is chicken little? onecaliberal Feb 2015 #2
you asked? kpete Feb 2015 #3
Perfect! onecaliberal Feb 2015 #6
Anyone watching the entire speech would say the same.....Chucky did not have time for 17 minutes? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #4
Sometimes Brooks says things that make you think Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #5
He engages in dialogue with EJ Dionne (WP, Brookings Institution) every Friday on NPR Cirque du So-What Feb 2015 #8
Right, he wasn't. elleng Feb 2015 #20
I read what he has to day once in a blue moon Warpy Feb 2015 #22
Did Chuckie need a fainting couch or did he just let it go?.....n/t monmouth4 Feb 2015 #7
No, but Andrea Mitchell did. She was very angry with Obama... Cali_Democrat Feb 2015 #15
What would be the media reaction today to Mr Lincoln's telling the nation that it had sinned. . . Journeyman Feb 2015 #9
That is a damned good question (one I'm scared to contemplate). Your allusion to KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #16
His prayer speech was dumb. We don't need to be discussing Crusades, TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #10
Have you watched the entire speech video or read the transcript, because discussing specifics helps? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #11
His point kpete Feb 2015 #12
I am opposed to mixing religion and politics. TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #13
Humility kpete Feb 2015 #14
He's not the guy to give me guidance in humility. TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #17
never mind then kpete Feb 2015 #18
Agree! BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #19
One will never, EVER be able separate religion and politics. George II Feb 2015 #23
And that's fine bluestateguy Feb 2015 #21
Well done, David Brooks. He got it in one. Politicians want self-congratulation at the Prayer B'fast Hekate Feb 2015 #24
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