Tuesday, June 9, 2009

David Brooks shovels Democratic
talking points on Sotomayor

Just what we needed, a "conservative" columnist pushing Democratic Party agitprop for a woman he admits is a "poster child for identity politics":
More than any current member of the Supreme Court, she worked her way up through the furnace levels of the American legal system. . . .
She is quite liberal. But there’s little evidence that she is motivated by racialist thinking or an activist attitude.
As I said, I'm not apoplectic about her Jet-All-The-Way "wise Latina" shtick, but the fact that Brooks is pro-Sotomayor should be all the reason anyone needs to be anti-Sotomayor.

A basic life principle: Always do the opposite of whatever David Brooks says, and you can't go too far wrong.

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5 comments:

  1. Why would any genuine conservative apply a
    "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard to judge her intentions, considering her background educational history and connections? This is not the time to be shy about insisting on a nominee who at least appears to be impartial. I don't see what the GOP risks by making an issue of her affirmative action bent at the hearings. She may be confirmed, but the chance to mobilize public opinion is priceless.

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  2. I thought that was the Tom Friedman rule?

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  3. “”””I thought that was the Tom Friedman rule?”””

    I thought that Tom Friedman and David Brooks was the same person. He just swaps glasses for a mustache. Has anyone seen both of them in the same room at the same time?

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  4. Friedman, Brooks...what's the difference?

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  5. the most interesting man in the worldFri Jun 12, 12:09:00 PM

    What's sad is that Brooks replaced Safire as the token conservative on the NYT. It must be Stockholm syndrom.

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