Comments for David Brooks Tries His Hand as a Romney Speechwriter at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 11 out of 11 comments http://www.cepr.net Sat, 18 May 2013 11:37:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/david-brooks-tries-his-hand-as-a-romney-speechwriter#comment-19256 On Twitter this morning, even the Serious Set were commenting what a pathetic column Brooks had offered up. Thanks to Dean Baker who suffers so we don't have to. - Frankly Curious Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:27:13 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/david-brooks-tries-his-hand-as-a-romney-speechwriter#comment-19251 No matter who wins the election, we're fracked. - diesel Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:02:55 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/david-brooks-tries-his-hand-as-a-romney-speechwriter#comment-19250 Thanks for the post, Dr Baker - shovel duty ain't easy. The more I get into this the more I am dismayed to see the illogical writing of such notable pundits. How can they get it so wrong so often? So much of what they say does not make sense and I am grateful there are people like you who continually point it out. One would think that being right should make might. - Widgetmaker Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:24:39 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/david-brooks-tries-his-hand-as-a-romney-speechwriter#comment-19249 Brooks is a fundamentally dishonest person. He is not worth reading. Waste your brain cells elsewhere. Try smoking something. I promise it'll be better for you. I actually prefer Douthat. I don't agree with him but I find a certain level of honesty there. Brooks is just a front. - f.fursty Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:48:19 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/david-brooks-tries-his-hand-as-a-romney-speechwriter#comment-19248 Babbling Brooks is in the difficult position of having to put conservatives in the best possible light. With the Republican Party now dominated by a far-right element that has lost touch with reality, that ain't easy. To keep his job, Brooks has to review books of sociological nonsense and lie a lot, but hey, that's exactly what he's paid to do. Give him some credit. - Roger Bloyce Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:19:44 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/david-brooks-tries-his-hand-as-a-romney-speechwriter#comment-19245 Awesome post, Dean. I particularly loved this line: [quote]We now know that most U.S. corporations are managed by big cry babies who are unhappy unless they are constantly told that they are wonderful people[/quote] Ruthless and true. - JSeydl Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:35:07 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/david-brooks-tries-his-hand-as-a-romney-speechwriter#comment-19242 I always love hearing politicians or the media describing a policy as being "anti-growth", as if by design: "Yeaa we just really wanted to cut back on some growth with this one, too much of that going on right now.. and uhh, we feel like this bill will get us there." All this of course while both parties are figuring out the most politically feasible ways to push through austerity: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/us/senate-leaders-at-work-on-plan-to-avert-fiscal-cliff.html?hp&_r=0 Sighh, what a country. - jerry Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:39:16 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/david-brooks-tries-his-hand-as-a-romney-speechwriter#comment-19239 That is what New York Times has been, is, and shall be. Why do you assume a huge for profit corporation would have a different agenda, except to be a rag for richest, and to take the last piece of winter rag of the poor and give it to the richest. That is the American dream, rags for riches. - Nassim Sabba Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:54:44 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/david-brooks-tries-his-hand-as-a-romney-speechwriter#comment-19238 The next president is going to face some wicked problems which forces me to do the Dubya thing in upcoming debates in order to win by strapping a wireless voice receiver to my back underneath the fake blue collar outfit or $8k suit, whichever is perceived. This will subdue spontaneous outburst gaffes with mild electrical shocks that have set me back in the campaign, replaced with well tested responses like "There you go again, Taxing anything means less of it and When spending cuts of $3 result in $1 of new tax revenue they pay for themselves". All orchestrated into the mic by a VSP behind the Wall Street curtain a few feet away. - Last Mover Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:25:56 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/david-brooks-tries-his-hand-as-a-romney-speechwriter#comment-19236 http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/romney-speech-after-secret-tape-12824014 - Richard Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:20:34 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/david-brooks-tries-his-hand-as-a-romney-speechwriter#comment-19235 writes far better and far more honest speeches for Mitt For Example - Richard Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:15:35 +0100