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antiimperialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:45 PM Original message |
David Brooks: Obama would be better president than Hillary Clinton |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ok...this ought to be interesting... |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. He said the same thing about Dean |
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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. About the same as Hillary planning to use Bush 41 in her administration. nm |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Poor ol 41 just sits around crying at the drop off a hat. What is he... |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. s--t. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Right wing nuts are either 1) Great admirers of Senator Obama, or 2) having |
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antiimperialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. My theory: Since Hillary would win even some Southern states, Brooks is rooting for Obama |
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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. And most polls show that Obama does better with Independent voters (and even some GOP voters). nm |
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antiimperialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Hillary does better with "voters", period |
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insanad (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 07:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
37. Her Own Worst Enemy |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Former Gov. Mabus (MS) & Congressman Carson (OK): Barack Wins in the Red States |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm going to categorize the responses to this thread before they're posted |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 06:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. You forgot: David Brooks admits that Obama is the candidate conservatives most prefer. |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. Dennis Kucinich |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Word. Up. nt |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 06:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Yup. /nt |
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antiimperialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Or maybe Brooks hates Krugman so much that he's praising Obama |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I'd pay money to watch a NYTimes op/ed cage match. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think David Brooks was actually saying |
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NOVA_Dem (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 12:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. I don't like HRC but that was funny! Too bad for her that... |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 12:18 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That's a serious point. I have always attributed the "angry white male" phenomenon |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. Is the NYT's going to endorse anyone? |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. They only endorse before Super Tuesday. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I imagine they will endorse before NY. |
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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. Hillary has flip flops? I always thought her positions were always consistent? |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
19. Brooks is a wingnut who has never been right about anything. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. What part of "Hope" do you not understand? |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
24. this is an endorsement Obama certainly doesn't want. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
25. Republicans can dream of a better America too... |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
26. I am no Hillary lover but if Brooks said it....it must be crap. |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Exactly what I was thinking n/t |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
27. Well, there's one endorsement that Hillary would never want!! |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 06:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. She already got W's... doesn't get much worse than that. n/t |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
28. What seperates Obama from Clinton and Edwards |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 06:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Obama can't flip flop. Obama never makes a commitment in the first place. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. The other way is to have a long consistent progressive record |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. While running for the Senate, Obama said he would not vote for an additional $87 billion for the war |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Obama has voted against unconditional funding. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
29. Obama supporter here, but I can't fucking stand David Brooks |
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gmudem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
30. Anybody who takes this at face value is being foolish |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
31. If ever there were a better reason NOT to vote for Obama... /nt |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
36. "Obama possesses tranquility." Oy vey! |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 07:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. "I will crush them" |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
42. Who cares what that smeghead thinks? |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. My God! I never knew Brooks was so smart, and Krugman was an idiot! |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
44. ugh, isn't he that RW tool? |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
47. I like Obama but I don't need that weasel to tell me who to vote for. |
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