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Centrist Psychobabble
by John Cole| 25 Comments
This post is in: David Brooks Giving A Seminar At The Aspen Institute, Assholes, Both Sides Do It!
by John Cole| 25 Comments
This post is in: David Brooks Giving A Seminar At The Aspen Institute, Assholes, Both Sides Do It!
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catclub
Since it is another type of psychobabble, it is not even OT:
GoogleFinance Headline: “US Stocks Rise on Optimism Europe Will Make Progress on Crisis”
I think they have now accepted that Greece WILL default.
catclub
“They pick out the one factor that best conforms to their preformed prejudices and, like blind men grabbing a piece of the elephant, they persuade themselves they understand the whole thing.”
Self-aware much, BoBo?
Elizabelle
Thank you Driftglass.
fasteddie9318
I love it when wealthy chatterers call for consumption taxes. Because WE NEED TO SACRIFICE IN THIS COUNTRY, and by “we,” he means, “the rest of you.”
Pliny
It’s sort of funny that with all the false-equivalence bullshit on the occasional issue where it is completely false, no one points out/cares that “both sides do it” in the areas where there is no disagreement. Like enthusiastic support of quite literally anything the sociopaths running Israel feel like doing. Or the sociopaths running Wall Street.
Punchy
I had no idea what a morbidly obese fat fuck the Jersey gov was. That double first/last name matches his double chin. Lord knows if he ever became president, he’d surely create jobs, as every PapaJonhs in a 5 mile radius of Penn Ave would have double their cook staff.
Jewish Steel
Driftglass is awesome. So’s his podcast w/Bluegal.
fasteddie9318
@Punchy: On the plus
sizeside (see what I did there?), if the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man does run, maybe fucksticks like Brooks can fall back in love with the Republicans and once more leave us alone.MattF
Some people are impressed with Brooks, but it’s become clear that he’s a hack. Sociobabble, though, not psychobabble.
frapalinger
Driftglass. rules.
JPL
@Punchy: The View had a discussion about Christi today. I’m sure it will be up later online. The discussion had to do with whether or not appearance is fair game. Someone said McCain’s age was an issue and someone said Christi’s weight is a health issue and should be discussed. Biden is on the program talking about domestic violence, now.
Downpuppy
I also liked Dean Baker’s take on this Bobosity.
Numbers have always been kryptonite to Bobo.
Gilles de Rais
So should Bachmann’s mental health issue. As well as whatever it is that’s wrong with Perry (alcoholism, pain meds, early onset Alzheimer’s…any other guesses?)
MattF
@Gilles de Rais:
Perry is a Texas Republican.
B W Smith
@MattF: I suppose there is no cure for that.
JPL
@Gilles de Rais: Biden was asked about Bachmann and Perry and he responded that the Republican candidates with the exception of Huntsman were the same. As an example he used Perry’s statement on Social Security and he said they all wanted to privatize Social Security. I do love me some Joe!
daveNYC
Krugman chipped in on Brooks. Earlier he went after Friedman’s column.
Someone needs to tell the wankers at The Atlantic that this is what you’re supposed to do if one of your co-workers has their head up their ass.
B W Smith
@JPL: Thanks for the heads up on Biden’s appearance. The Violence Against Women Act was a great piece of legislation which at some point I am sure the ‘tea party’ party will eviscerate far beyond what the Supreme Court did in 2000. I wrote my thesis on programs for battered women and this act played a major role.
trollhattan
Kevin Drum has a go at Bobo today.
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/09/alternate-universe-strikes-again
Would it be okay to shorten the both-sides-do-it proponents to “Bofers”? I get tired of typing it.
slag
@Downpuppy: Agreed. This summary he provided was also a fairly useful reminder of how we got here:
I’m going to pull a David Brooks here and point the finger all around. First, the Pres should have pushed Congress (and us) harder and more adroitly, and the reason we know he didn’t is one that he expressed: He didn’t fully appreciate the depth of the recession at the time. Second, Congress. Enough said on that score. Third, wethepeople elected these incompetents to begin with. So, from what I can tell, everyone is at fault for this situation. Everyone except for David Brooks, of course.
norbizness
I steadfastly maintain that I would not be compelled to read David Brooks in the absence of Driftglass’ having done so.
catclub
@Downpuppy: “Numbers have always been kryptonite to Bobo.”
More like a Procrustean salad bar, well maybe a Procrustean bed of lettuce.
catclub
@trollhattan: “Would it be okay to shorten the both-sides-do-it proponents to “Bofers”? I get tired of typing it.”
Make you want to bust out the front toofs of the bofers.
me like.
Comrade Luke
Listening to his podcast now. Is he masking his voice? Sounds weird.
driftglass
Thanks, John!