Reply #10: "just a fraud with a manly bearing" - LTTE/NYT

[vademocrat]

I've sent this to the NYT today (after spending days trying to respond to his entire column)

"After reading David Brooks' op-ed column(8/31/04)I've got to say it's one of the greatest pieces of subtle sarcasm I've ever read. I really thought he was writing a positive piece about the Republicans until I reached the last sentence:

"...the essential contest -- will be over who really has courage, who really has resolve, and who is just a fraud with a manly bearing."

"...just a fraud with a manly bearing" is the best description of George Bush I have ever seen. It evokes images of him strutting around playing fighter pilot under a "mission accomplished" banner and playing Hollywood movie cowboy as he looks into the camera and dares the Iraqi rebels to "bring it on". On the other hand, John Kerry actually has been under enemy fire, has proven his courage, has demonstrated his resolve so there really is no contest. Thank you, Mr. Brooks, for summing it up so well.