So hubby said, "Why don't you iron the sheets?"

[LAS14]

Important - Hubby does the laundry and we almost never iron anything, but I have a basket of sheets that I've decided to give to Goodwill and want them sort of ironed.

He suggested this because he wanted me to watch an hour long talk by David Brooks. I don't like listening to stuff that long. He really wanted me to. So I did. I'm glad I did. If there are any DUers who can handle an hour long talk, I'd love to hear your reaction.

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[dhol82]

1. Ok, I have bookmarked.

Getting ready for bed and just don’t have the time now.

[TeamPooka]

2. I'll just leave this here: Fuck David Brooks. twice.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Who is Brooks and why the FU?

[Gabi Hayes]

7. Start here....myriad more examples of his jagoffness

I was the op-ed editor at The Wall Street Journal at the peak of the Whitewater scandal. We ran a series of investigative pieces “raising serious questions” (as we say in the scandal business) about the nefarious things the Clintons were thought to have done back in Arkansas.

Now I confess I couldn’t follow all the actual allegations made in those essays. They were six jungles deep in the weeds. But I do remember the intense atmosphere that the scandal created. A series of bombshell revelations came out in the media, which seemed monumental at the time. A special prosecutor was appointed and indictments were expected. Speculation became the national sport.

In retrospect Whitewater seems overblown. And yet it has to be confessed that, at least so far, the Whitewater scandal was far more substantive than the Russia-collusion scandal now gripping Washington.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/opinion/russia-investigation-trump.html

Absolutely read some of the comments. They reveal just how much of a fool (tool?) Brooks truly is

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. That'll work. fuck him.

thanks.....

[LAS14]

12. He is, after all, the conservative commentator on the newshour, and that comment was...

... back in June. I wouldn't recommend his conservative views. But see if you think this talk at Davidson was to be rejected on its merits.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

14. Whitewater was more substantive?

How many people actually went to jail over it? The only thing that the 5,6, 7(?) year long investigation of Whitewater by 2-3(?) people produced was the impeachment of President Clinton, albeit over a TOTALLY UNRELATED MATTER. The Trump/Russia investigation has already produced several indictments, plea agreements, likely with more to come.

[Exotica]

8. neocon war monger too

Before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Brooks argued forcefully for American military intervention, echoing the belief of commentators and political figures that American and British forces would be welcomed as liberators. In 2005, Brooks wrote what columnist Jonathan Chait described as "a witheringly condescending" column portraying Senator Harry Reid as an "unhinged conspiracy theorist because he accused the [George W. Bush] administration of falsifying its Iraq intelligence.

The Certainty Crisis
From the March 7, 2003 London Times: George W. Bush's waffle-free directness alarms the fashionably doubtful commentariat.
11:00 PM, MAR 09, 2003 | By DAVID BROOKS

http://www.weeklystandard.com/article/3604


The Collapse of the Dream Palaces
From the April 28, 2003 issue: Mass destruction of mistaken ideas.
12:00 AM, APR 28, 2003 | By DAVID BROOKS

http://www.weeklystandard.com/article/3820



The Harry da Reid Code
By DAVID BROOKS
Published: November 3, 2005

https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E5D8163EF930A35752C1A9639C8B63



you will vomit reading that shit

[TeamPooka]

10. He is a huge Republican idiot.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Lol nope.

Fuck David Brooks.

[Gabi Hayes]

5. Ay ...... frickin men. He and Mr. Friedman Unit ought to have a preening contest.....

See whose arm reaches farther behind his own back, gaining the most leverage for self pattage

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=friedman%20unit

[Ms. Toad]

4. Loved it.

Since I'm only half listening, I expect I'll listen again.

[blake2012]

9. Why would I listen to that shithead for 10 minutes

Let alone an hour.

[LAS14]

13. See my reply #12.