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Paladin

(28,257 posts)
Fri Jul 19, 2019, 11:18 AM Jul 2019

Yet another sign that trump may have gone too far:

"Donald Trump Hates America" is the title of the latest NYT column from David Brooks.

When a middle-of-the-road hack like Brooks starts going dark on you, that's a sign of trouble. I'm sure Brooks will get back to pissing me off with his next column, but I'll credit him with this one.

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Yet another sign that trump may have gone too far: (Original Post) Paladin Jul 2019 OP
Brooks has had a moral awakening. He rediscovered his Jewish roots and became more enlightened. CTyankee Jul 2019 #1
I haven't seen that matt819 Jul 2019 #2
Mark Shields used to so gently wipe his ass, back when I used to watch the TV machine... pangaia Jul 2019 #3

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
1. Brooks has had a moral awakening. He rediscovered his Jewish roots and became more enlightened.
Fri Jul 19, 2019, 11:22 AM
Jul 2019

I don't think that means he became a liberal Dem. He just reordered some of his priorities. I think Dump was the last straw for him. I say "good for him." I believe in redemption. I never believed he was a bad guy, just misguided.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
2. I haven't seen that
Fri Jul 19, 2019, 11:24 AM
Jul 2019

But I would put money on the fact that somewhere in that piece Brooks is going to lambaste Democrats for something. Doesn't matter what. Brooks is so formulaic. Whatever he's writing about, he throws in a critique of liberals or Democrats and their failure to do something or other.

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