We Never Learn.
By we, I mean good, progressive Democrats. If you don’t believe me, just go look at Bob Somerby’s meticulous documentation of just how dumb we liberal democrats are.
We are constantly played for suckers by the media, I mean mainstream media, and we play Charlie Brown to their Lucy every time.
Every, sickening, obvious, bloody, time.
Teacherken’s plaintive 'what do you think' is one more piece of evidence that we just love being played for fools.
Let’s dispose of the obvious first: David Brooks does NOT respect Ted Kennedy. Never has, never will.
If you don’t believe me, here is what Brooks said about Ted Kennedy in 2003.
If the Pelosi Democrats had won yesterday's vote, the Saddam Doctrine would be enshrined in every terrorist cave and dictator's palace around the world: kill some Americans and watch the empire buckle.
A few days ago the Pelosi Democrats came up with a fig leaf alternative to the Bremer plan, which would have reduced U.S. control of reconstruction and shifted power to the World Bank. When that plan went nowhere, the Pelosi Democrats were faced with a choice: trust Americans or choke off the funds. They voted to choke off the funds.
And so in Pelosi's Iraq, there would be little money for children's hospitals, jails, clean water and schools. In Pelosi's Iraq, everyone would begin preparing for the post-U.S. power vacuum. The Kurds would rush to independence, the Sunnis would stock up on weapons, and the Shiites would call in Iran to help them in the coming civil war. The dream of an Iraqi constitution would die in its crib.
For the roster of the Pelosi Democrats, look at those who voted against the Bremer plan. Some names are obvious: Dennis Kucinich, Ted Kennedy and Barbara Boxer.
David Brooks REALLY hates the Clintons. Viscerally, irrationally, reflexively hates them. So do his fellow writers at the NYT: Maureen Dowd, Bob Herbert and now, Bill Kristol.
That goes the same for Chris Matthews, only ten times more.
From the time Bill Clinton ran for and got elected in 1992, the Village Elders have hated the idea of the village hicks from Arkansas in the White House. Long before Monica Lewinsky, way long before he wagged that infamous finger, well before Hillary pushed national health care, the establishment in Washington D C have detested the upstarts from Arkansas.
If you want to know just how much Brooks hates the Clintons, here is what he said two weeks ago:
Bill Clinton’s talk of a "fairy tale," which was used in the context of the Iraq debate, is now being distorted into a condemnation of the civil rights movement. Hillary Clinton finds that in attacking Obama, she is accused of being hostile to the entire African-American experience.
In two weeks, Bill Clinton has gone from "... now being distorted..." to " ... toxic attempts to ghettoize Barack Obama".
David Brooks is a soulless piece of crap that writes for the New York Times. I am sorry to see that Teacherken finds him interesting because he somehow says something that pleases teacherken – Clinton is Bad, Obama is Good.
These Village Elders are putting their thumbs on the Democratic scale, to borrow a telling phrase from Somerby. They hate the Clintons. They want you to choose Obama. So they are telling you how Vile the Clintons are, like they have told you for the last 15 years.
And you are falling for it.
Vote for Obama because you like what he stands for over Clinton’s positions.
Don’t vote for him because you believe the Clintons are manipulative and Evil. And certainly not because David Brooks says so.
Because David Brooks hates the Clintons. Viscerally and completely.