Anyone who doesn’t agree with Rush Limbaugh and/or Fox News isn’t a Republican. Therefore, David Brooks isn’t a Republican. This is the sad reality of the modern GOP. And the media’s quest to be neutral instead of objective allows for it to continue.

What’s happening here, David Brooks calling out republicans? Next thing you know, Fox news will admit they’re nothing but a propaganda machine for the republicans and the tea-party.

Rino!

“Conservative columnist for The New York Times David Brooks”

Will you stop it please? The guy is not a conservative. He’s another left wing attack dog of the right like Kathleen Parker. Can you name a single liberal who goes after Democrats like this, or can you find an example of Brooks going after the left like this? Nope.

“Instead, principled Republicans are doing exactly what they were elected to do in 2010 and are refusing to go along with any plan that they feel would harm the economy even further.”

Exactly. Brooks is not a conservative and we couldn’t care less what he says or writes.

Democrats have been in charge now since 2006 and the “blame the Republicans” chorus has stopped since then. At what point are Dmeocrats held to account for ANYTHING?

Dronetek Bulk Vanderhuge said: Can you name a single liberal who goes after Democrats like this, or can you find an example of Brooks going after the left like this? Nope.

And even if such evidence were produced, you’d find a reason to disregard it. Cognitive dissonance is funny on a small scale; dangerous on a large one.

The New York Times has finally broken down Brooks’ will. He is has turned to the dark side.

… said the mouth piece of Liberal Intelligentsia

Publius219 said:
Therefore, David Brooks isn’t a Republican.

you’re confusing Conservatives w/ Republicans… dimwit…

Anyone who believes the recalcitrant, serquedous republicans have legislated in any way, consistant with the precepts of normal legislative discourse are badly mistaken. Brooks is merely pointing this out to the abnormally hard headed.

Just curious if we will see anyone in the media attack this quote with the same vigor:

The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership . Americans deserve better. I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt limit.”/i> — Sen. Obama, 2006

“This is not a game. The debt ceiling is not something to toy with.” Again, Obama.

During George W. Bush’s presidency the debt limit was raised 7 times, with five of those coming under republican controlled congresses. Much of the recent debt is accrued debt, leftover from the Bush spending sprees of wars and tax cuts for the wealthy. Not to mention the “Medicare part D” gift he gave to the pharmaceutical companies, some of his biggest contributors. Now, the question is, why are republicans so debt conscious today? Oh, that’s right, there’s a Democrat in the White House.

Tedderman said:
During George W. Bush’s presidency the debt limit was raised 7 times, with five of those coming under republican controlled congresses. Much of the recent debt is accrued debt, leftover from the Bush spending sprees of wars and tax cuts for the wealthy. Not to mention the “Medicare part D” gift he gave to the pharmaceutical companies, some of his biggest contributors. Now, the question is, why are republicans so debt conscious today? Oh, that’s right, there’s a Democrat in the White House.

i guess the same reason senator obama voted against raising it in 2006 huh

No conservative would stay employed by the NYTimes after what they have done to the profession previously known as “journoliasm”.

Brooks is not a player in the conservative world. If he wants to take on someone, take on Obama and his flipflop regarding this issue; senator versus President.

I’m surprised this even got published here, well, actually I’m not; anytime a so-called conservative goes after conservatives, it gets highlights. Key being Brooks is “so-called”; he is employed by the biggest liars in the world and he has looked past their unethical behavior for a paycheck.

not worth paying attention to anymore

Obama needs to explain his vote against raising the debt ceiling in 2006 .

Why did he say he was doing it ?

And why did he actually do it ?

The mental disease known as lunatic-left d-cRAT socialist extremism DEMANDS that “If it exists, it MUST be taxed, regulated, controlled and totally and completely subject to the will and whim of BIG GOVERNMENT bureaucrats.” And whenever that atrocious behavior is in jeopardy of NOT happening, they become even more deranged, as brooks illustrates.

Maybe the Republicans are listening to the wishes of those who voted to put them into office….. the lunacy of 10 trillion dollars in debt in little more than ten years with the projected expansion of debt climbing much faster.. I think that conservative voters are saying stop it, let the chips fall where they may, sure, we will face hard times but no more so than those who came before us…. Was it easy for a generation of Americans to bring us through the Great Depression, was it easy for Americans to volunteer to fight in World War II… Was declaring our Independence from Great Britian not an act of not only great courage and sacrifice, but most assuredly one of self destruction as our forefathers invited a revolutionary war against what was then the most powerful nation on the face of the earth.

No, the republican base is telling these politicians that the time has come to face the folly of all your reckless decisions and put this country back right again for the generations that follow… Republican voters are telling their politicians that as a people we have the cajones to face hard times if it means fixing this nation for our children, and as poiticians if they do not have the balls to do so then their political future is in grave peril.

“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance form foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies.
Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that ‘ the buck stops here.” Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. America deserves better.”

___ Senator, Barrack Obama (D-IL), March 20, 2006____

I agreed with this statement when Obimbo made it, and I still agree with it today. Apparently, it only takes an administration change, and the power it brings with it to put this statement in his rear-view mirror. If it doesn’t apply to his agenda, then he just ignores it.

Tedderman said:
During George W. Bush’s presidency the debt limit was raised 7 times, with five of those coming under republican controlled congresses. Much of the recent debt is accrued debt, leftover from the Bush spending sprees of wars and tax cuts for the wealthy. Not to mention the “Medicare part D” gift he gave to the pharmaceutical companies, some of his biggest contributors. Now, the question is, why are republicans so debt conscious today? Oh, that’s right, there’s a Democrat in the White House.

Conservatives will not defend Bush on the debt issue, prior to Obama, Bush’s presidency produced more debt and any other, and although as an issue it had not come to the public consciousness nor had it reached crisis status. Now comes president Obama who is increasing debt at pretty much triple the rate that did Bush.. and it has become an issue most thinking people can not concieve anyway that this can continue… Our current crop of politicians on both sides of the asile seem to think it impossible to get back to the spending levels that we had when president Obama came into office just a short time ago… this is insanity. So, tell me oh wised one, where does all this spending lead us?

Dronetek Bulk Vanderhuge said:
Democrats have been in charge now since 2006 and the “blame the Republicans” chorus has stopped since then. At what point are Dmeocrats held to account for ANYTHING?

Hello? Were you asleep during the whole “professional left” flame with Robert Gibbs?

–Cobra

The NYT has made itself irrelevant , like the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes .

Totally meaningless .

HYPOCRITS, every damn one of you republicans is a raging HYPOCRIT! The profits of companies making billions in profits and the money taken by the millionaires and billionaires is somehow sacrosanct to you, but the working poor the sick and the elderly can be driven out of their homes and into the streets. Not one single millionaire or billionaire would be forced to eat cat food if they were taxed even 90% of their incomes, yet you all don’t seem to mind if the poor have to. HYPOCRITS!

The $1 Trillion is a joke, It is 100B a year from the discretionary 10% and is all back-loaded to not take away any more beyond the 40B already cut from this year’s budget. It does not touch defense or entitlements. In the end this is just our chicken S#it leaders with their fingers up their a$$e$, pondering to the extremist voices in their heads.

Brooks just ensured he would stay on the Progressive Whine and Cheezeeeee PARRRR TEEEE list.

Well, Shit!
David Brooks??
Hell, we just need to pack it in now. That IS the END.
Repubs, when you lose David Brooks, you have lost the Country!
Or something like that!
David Brooks???????!!!!!????
OMG

Oh please, he is no Republican, at least not anymore, big time RINO., along with the likes of Scarborough and others. If the truth were told he probably voted for obama.

Brooks doesn’t get it because Brooks isn’t a Republican. In the 4yrs or so I’ve been paying attention to his name (since its ALWAYS preceeded by ‘Republican David Brooks’ I’ve never once heard of him saying anything that remotely resembles a Republican. By Republican you must mean he’s in the center-left wing of the Democratic party, somewhere to the left of Bill Clinton.

Earth to David. The Rs won the biggest landslide in 70 years. They didn’t win based on a platform of raising taxes. People sure have a short memory.

Who is this bone head? Never heard of him. He sounds like just another Progressive mouthpiece. These guys are getting desperate. Do they really think anyone besides mush headed college kids and unions are buying their line of BS? We are not going to let these socialists, whos agenda it is to destroy the American economy, to keep fear mongering us with predictions of total economic collapse if we do not SPEND more. Spending money we don’t have is what got us into this mess. Even the Unions are saying they are not going to donate cash to candidates who don’t do what they want. I guess even they understand it’s time to cut back.

They aren’t fit to govern.

Let’s put spending back to 1999 levels. Problem solved.

skoorbekim said:
you’re confusing Conservatives w/ Republicans… dimwit…

Their ballots look the same. I make no distinctions. Call yourself whatever you want.

dougx said:
Let’s put spending back to 1999 levels. Problem solved.

And of course that wouldn’t create any new problems, either. Tell that to the Baby Boomers.

Conservative columnist for The New York Times

If David Brooks is a conservative, I’m a tossed salad.

It’s too bad the GOP lost this brand of Republicans and got hijacked by the teabaggers and the extreme neo-cons.

scristanti said:
Oh please, he is no Republican, at least not anymore, big time RINO., along with the likes of Scarborough and others. If the truth were told he probably voted for obama.

Here’s your answer: http://www.blogforarizona.com/blog/2011/06/st-louis-post-dispatch-this-is-not-your-fathers-gop.html

dougx said:
Earth to David. The Rs won the biggest landslide in 70 years. They didn’t win based on a platform of raising taxes. People sure have a short memory.

http://www.freeourfreemarkets.org/2011/06/what-is-free-market-conservative-to-do.html#more

Notice the liberals, who always brag about the great 1990s, never want to return spending to the 1990s levels? They are so power crazed, and just cannot let go of the federal control of the People through excess spending.

dougx said:
Notice the liberals, who always brag about the great 1990s, never want to return spending to the 1990s levels? They are so power crazed, and just cannot let go of the federal control of the People through excess spending.

Notice how the asshats who throw up the strawman of returning to 1990s levels of Federal spending also call the return to 1990s level marginal tax rates some sort of Socialist move by Obummer towards turning us into being North Korea?

Ergo, ufit to govern.

Matt, you seem to be defending the Tea Party’s sincerity by alleging their stupidity.

I can easily believe they think they are saving the economy by drawing the no-spending line in the send. And that, I and any sensible economist will tell you, is very, very stupid. Ignorant. Uninformed. To start with, try Bill Gross of PIMCO, a pretty unimpeachable conservate financial source I should think.

Holding up the budget ceiling on the principle of “no taxes” (actually no repeal of egregious tax breaks for the wealthy) makes as much sense as dealing with a household budget imbalance by saying, “I know, first thing we do is let’s stop making payments on the home mortgage. What could go wrong?”

Insincere? Or stupid? Your call, Matt.

Another lame Matt Schneider hit piece, written with all the class, wordliness and journalistic integrity of a 12 year old.

Bottom line, most rabid GOP who have hijacked the party are completely ignorant of the fact that Brooks represents millions of GOP and Independents who are downright scared as the GOP has lurched awkwardly and dangerously to the extreme lunatic fringe of the spectrum, with a gullible, willing and lazy press all to gleeful to watch the “drama”.

Anyone who has read Brooks’ columns knows all to well that he regularly takes the Dems and and Obama to taks for many current issues. It just drives the lunatic fringe (literally) crazy that he isn’t being a good brown shirt and towing the current crazy drift of a party that has lost it’s bearings, its conscience, it’s spirt of compromise and its grip on reality.

Republicans are clearly putting the line in the sand to force democrats to be seen as the taxers and the repubs as the party that tried EVERYTHING to force spending cuts, but in the end, have to cave in to avoid the debt ceiling bankruptcy.

I can see the ads already, I believe people honestly see that problem is spending, not taxes, but the beauty of the marketing ads for the 2012 are obvious as well. Obama, democrats, spending problem. Repubs can’t stop them unless you vote them to the presidency and senate. The speeches, the interviews, etc. Reid’s impassioned plea for the cowboy poetry funding while unemployment remains at 9-10%. Bill Clinton would never be this dumb….l

How many idiot-rocks did they have to kick over before they found this moron? When a supposed Conservative has to resort to fear-mongering and fact spinning to be recognized, their message immediately becomes suspect.
Republicans are not fit to govern of they don’t give in to more of Obimbo’s socialist, out of control spending? That statement proves this guy is not fit to write for any newspaper, especially a Conservative rag.

“Yet if that’s the case, why aren’t Democrats and particularly President Obama, even more deserving of his scorn for allowing such a critical issue to remain unresolved right up until the deadline?”

This sentence alone pushed a button. So I wrote this long dissertation about the author. And after I did I erased it all, because all at once it struck me, you can’t argue with ignorance. It is meaningless. Who knows if Mr. Schneider believes what he writes or is just furthering the Party Lie. Either way it doesn’t make him any less ignorant. It is people like Mr. Schneider that remind me of the old saying…”Ignorance is Bliss”… and Mr. Schneider must be one of the happiest people on earth.

Let’s be honest. David Brooks is not a conservative. At best he is left of center moderate! It’s 2011, conservatives know who conservatives are! All masks have come off.

“from the New York Times” pretty much tells us all we need to know.

Wow. Brooks was giving a “tirade”? He was “hyperventilating”? By using language like this, the columnist is (once again) showing his true colors and biases—and hurting the Mediaite brand for objective reporting.

And, by the way, Brooks has a long history as a conservative columnist and has referred to himself that way. When Brooks calls out Republicans, it’s wake up time.

i was gonna reply ,but i learned a long time ago not to argue with stupid!

COULD BE.

I’M A LIBERAL AND PROUD OF IT.,BUT IT’S MY POLICY TO NEVER ARGUE WITH REPUBLICANS.IGNORANCE CAN BE OVERCOME,BUT NOT STUPIDITY!

THE ROCK NEXT TO YOU,YOU KNOW THE ONE IN KOCH LAKE.