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Soundbite: David Brooks Has Fallen Out Of Love With Andrew Sullivan

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At the Atlantic, I start with Andrew Sullivan and I inevitably cycle through almost all of them. I used to agree with Andrew quite a lot but he went on this transition from right to left. I liked him better on the right and especially during the middle of his transition. Now I find I know what he’s going to say.

David Brooks discusses his reading habits in today’s edition of ‘What I Read’ at the Atlantic Wire.

And you know what, he’s right. Sullivan’s long, painful, honest departure from the Right that began leading up to the 2004 election and culminated in early 2008 when he jumped firmly on the Obama bandwagon was absolutely fascinating. And I would argue quite important. That’s not to say Sullivan has stopped being interesting, he hasn’t not by a long shot. But somewhere between his unrelenting bashing of Hillary Clinton (the candidate…he’s warmed to her as Sec. of State) and his sometimes disturbing fascination with Sarah Palin, he has become a tad less necessary.

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  • ex politicalmedia hack

    Sullivan is, was and always will remain a sh*thead jerk.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dylan-Schenker/43100853 Dylan Schenker
  • http://www.anonymousfinch.com AnonymousFinch

    “Sometimes disturbing fascination with Sarah Palin”? You mean his incessant calls that she release her gynecological records in order to prove that she really gave birth to her son? I wouldn’t call that a “sometimes disturbing fascination.” I’d call that a pathological obsession that excludes him from the arena of legitimate debate. Honestly, that is a hundred times more bizarre than anything Glenn beck has ever been accused of (which, in turn, is a thousand times more bizarre than anything Glenn Beck has ever actually done).

  • Banjo

    Brooks’ insipid comment about Sullivan is about as strong as you can go as a “conservative” columnist for the NYTimes. See Frank Rich for how far a liberal columnist can go in discussing conservatives. It’s the difference between tap water and firewater.

  • Bias-Media

    You don’t have to be on the ‘Right’ to want to bash Hillary Clinton; likewise, not everyone on the ‘Right’ necessarily likes Sarah Palin.

    Fact is, Sullivan never was a conservative because he never knew what being a conservative means. He was and is a Liberal advocate who is trying to redefine what conservatives *should mean* in his views; just like how every Liberal tries to redefine every word in the English dictionary (ex: Obama is NOT a socialist, he just advocates various socialist policies…wh-hat?).

    Just because you bash Hillary Clinton on certain issues, or agrees with some of the Republican on some moral issue does not make you a Conservative.

  • Scum

    To confess that you ever, at any point, even if just for a fleeting moment, admired Andrew Sullivan is to announce to the world that you have the I.Q somewhere between that of a grapefruit and a melon, looking up with envious eyes at the cognitive powers of an avocado.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Boutros-Boutros-Gali/1130377518 Boutros Boutros Gali

    Who ever believed that Andrew Sullivan was conservative? He’s a poopoo boy.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Hogan/179500970 Stephen Hogan

    “Fact is, Sullivan never was a conservative because he never knew what being a conservative means. He was and is a Liberal advocate who is trying to redefine what conservatives *should mean* in his views”

    That’s only if you accept an absolute, concrete, objective definition of what it means to be a conservative. I’d argue that there is no definition or set of definitions that encompasses all conservatives. Same thing for what it means to be liberal. You can tell by just asking different people. Sure, they’ll give you a number of similar traits and beliefs, but there will always be disagreement in some area.

    You’re too Aristotelian. Get with the Wittgenstein.

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