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When a society loses its memory, it descends inevitably into dementia. Mark Steyn
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March 18, 2010

David Brooks faces the strange changes

Well, at least for now. And it hath made him "morose." He describes himself as "on the ledge." Jennifer Rubin quotes from his latest comments:

Brooks is left, as many of us are, blinking in disbelief:

It’s unbelievable that people even talk about this with a straight face. Do they really think the American people are going to stand for this? Do they think it will really fool anybody if a Democratic House member goes back to his district and says, “I didn’t vote for the bill. I just voted for the amendments.” Do they think all of America is insane? … It’s just Democrats wanting to pass a bill, any bill, and shredding anything they have to in order to get it done.

So I think we can agree that this is not moderate, not thoughtful, and not Burkean. (And it turns out that a perfectly creased pants leg was not a sign that “he’ll be a very good president.”) What we have learned is that Obama is willing to use radical means to defy the popular will and enact a massive expansion of government. Maybe the rubes understand Obama fairly well, after all. They figured out quite some time ago that the entire campaign message — change, hope, post-partisanship, nonideological, fiscally sober — was a ruse. And they understand how immoderate both his methods and his aims are.

I personally am not out on a ledge. (But then I never bought the whole Obama campaign whoop-de-do.) Should this pass, I have infinite faith that the American people will deliver a mortal electoral blow to those politicians who thought they could shred anything to get their way. And then bit by bit — or in one fell swoop — the elected replacements for the shredders will rip out ObamaCare. So there’s no reason to be morose. Elections are great corrective exercises, and one is just around the corner.

I believe commenter archer52 may disagree with this optimistic scenario. But I'm with Jen, Smitty, and [gulp] Mr. Brooks, who, though morose after his reality-mugging, doesn't believe the people will stand for this. I don't think they will, either.

A pep-talk, if you need it, from RS McCain.


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Posted by jill at 9:24 AM
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3 comments:

  1. No, they won't stand for it. Dark times are coming if this passes, especially via "deem" and pass.
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  2. Brooks has a limit than can be reached?

    Amazing! Gee. I guess the limit is the ignoring or shredding of the Constitution and the rights of the people.

    Thanks David, that is like telling me five minutes after I got shot in a robbery that the other guy was wrong. Where were you when he was waving the gun around??

    Brooks is an idiot. Like I've said before the communists used to call them "useful idiots" which were defined as relatively uncommitted people who by their own arrogance, education, political opinion or philosophy actually support the communist agenda. Artists, poets, students (anti-war protesters during Vietnam), newspapermen (remember NYT's Durant?), intellectuals and professor who all want to tinker with other people's lives. The communists love them because it gave their agenda legitimate cover. However, all "useful idiots" have a shelf life. Some, maybe most, grow up or discover they were wrong. Once that happens, the communists kill them off too.

    You watch, if Brooks starts complaining, he'll get jumped by the left.

    On a side note, I was nice about my real opinion of Brooks and cleaned up the post out of respect for your site. I will not be as nice on mine.

    God, I really, really hate intellectual nimrods.
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  3. Pundette, My Love, I would be tickled to witness Wee Davey Brooks, a crystal thimble of Cherry Kijafa balanced 'twixt his elegant and dainty digits, talking down to Smash McKenna, Horse Keane, Eugenius Callaghan and Bohala Ward concerning the nuanced debate over Health Care as it impacts upon the Helots of my 'Hood.

    Better tnan dollar pint night.
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