charlyvi
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:24 PM
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PBS--David Brooks--The Essence of His Weirdness |
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What is it exactly about David Brooks that makes him so weird? Not that I'm against weird, but I can't exactly put my finger on it. Is it his glasses? The kinetic movements he makes with his hands and arms as he's speaking? The hair? Eyes? What, exactly?
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:25 PM
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1. He is the kid who got beat up in school because of boogers on his nose |
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His whole presence just says loser weenie.
It's visceral. I just loathe him.
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:26 PM
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2. How about; his corrupt evil soul? |
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He's a slimy creep, it goes to the bone.
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:27 PM
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3. people tend to look like that when they spend time with Bill Kristol |
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:30 PM
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4. Don't forget about his teeny little girly hands |
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:36 PM
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I looks like a little mild, meek, mad scientist who looks harmless but can destroy the world--then wonders what happened! YIKES
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:30 PM
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5. He's got a slight lisp, I think |
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Edited on Tue Jul-27-04 08:33 PM by supernova
something about his speech is off.
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charlyvi
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:32 PM
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6. His voice is way soft.... |
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which doesn't match with his jerking movements when he's talking....WTF?
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:35 PM
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7. Alright, I'm going to get flamed... |
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I'm watching the coverage on PBS (no cable), and I don't mind Brooks at all. He's giving as fair a shake as I'd ever expect from a conservative commentator.
I can't stand his writings in the Times though. Just saying.
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charlyvi
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:37 PM
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10. I don't think you should get flamed. |
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It's just that he seems WEIRD. Odd. Off of center. Even before he opens his mouth.
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:37 PM
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There's clearly something wrong with that guy |
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I can't exactly put my finger on it, either. Part of it has to do with insincerity- the guy will say or write just about anything and it's often obvious that he doesn't actually believe it.
I also think he wants to be considered an intellectual, but he's not that smart. Like George Will, he's a phoney and he knows it... and he fears that other people know it, too.
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:37 PM
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9. The way he smirks/grins when he talks. |
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The nasty things he says and the mind-mannered way he says them.
Sometimes I want to smack him, but truthfully he's miles better than Paul Gigot or William Safire, the two guys who sub for him when he's not there.
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:39 PM
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11. You think it's a smirk? |
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I mean, that's the weird thing about him. Do his lips really go that way or is it actually a smirk? Or is this his normal expression? Hell, I don't know.
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:41 PM
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12. He's not smarmy like Hannity, but it's a word |
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like smarmy.
Like a permanent rictus(sp?) grin that never goes away?
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:41 PM
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13. What if he married Coulter? |
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:41 PM
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But I think it's the things he says. Always. It's like he's one of those false prophets raving in the the desert. But in a quiet, polite way.
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Tue Jul-27-04 08:42 PM
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15. It's also his utter desperation |
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