NYT's Brooks: Obama Behaved 'Like a Spurned Prom Date' Friday
By Noel Sheppard | July 26, 2011 | 10:09
Has Barack Obama lost New York Times columnist David Brooks?
In his piece Tuesday, the so-called conservative said the President last Friday "lectured the leaders of the House and Senate in the sort of patronizing tone that a junior high principal might use with immature delinquents...personalizing the issue like a spurned prom date":
Obama never should have gone in front of the cameras just minutes after the talks faltered Friday evening. His appearance was suffused with that ''I'm the only mature person in Washington'' condescension that drives everybody else crazy. Obama lectured the leaders of the House and Senate in the sort of patronizing tone that a junior high principal might use with immature delinquents. He talked about unreturned phone calls and being left at the altar, personalizing the issue like a spurned prom date.
Certainly strange to see on the pages of the Gray Lady, especially from its so-called conservative columnist who at times has exhibited the same thrill up his leg for Obama that MSNBC's Chris Matthews unashamedly boasts about.
But that, for the time being, seems to be waning as Brooks said the President has diminished himself in this debate ceding authority to more experienced political leaders:
This should be a humbling moment for the White House, and maybe a learning experience. There are other people who have been around Washington a long time. They know how to play this game. As a result of their efforts, we may see some debt reduction but nothing big and transformational. Obama won't get his centrist election boost. Republicans won't have to wrestle with tax increases. Democrats won't have to wrestle with entitlement reform.
The Old Guard wins. Obama's televised campaign speech Monday night was behind the times. The action has moved to Capitol Hill.
Indeed.
Through his own actions, the former junior Senator from Illinois has effectively rewritten Rudyard Kipling's classic renaming it "The King Who Would Be Man."
That someone at the Times - even one of its phony conservative columnists - would play the part of the narrator makes it even more entertaining.
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Well, hey...
Submitted by packman on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 10:26am.
the "One" is not used to not getting his way all the time. How did you expect him to act, David? Perhaps like the spoiled intellectual twit that he is?
"...Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread..." ~Thomas Jefferson
"Intellectual"? Are you kidding me?
Submitted by no tingly legs on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:31am.
Someone who thinks they speak "Austrian" in Austria and pronounces corpsman as "corpseman" is not an intellectual by any stretch of the imagination. Not even on bizarro world.
He had enough knowledge to get him through . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 4:00pm.
. . . all 57 states in 2008. I don't seem to be hearing quite the level of praise for his intellect as we were subjected to in 2008/2009. I think even a few of his MSM fans are backing off from that claim.
Don't feel too bad for
Submitted by ant on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 10:31am.
Don't feel too bad for Oblunder being left out. He still has his dictator fantasies and a little visit with the gringo-hating LaRaza seems to have perked up his spirits.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/07/feeling-slighted-absent-obama-te...
It's sad that some (dems and RINOs) want to give citizenship to a group of people that would applaud a President saying he wished his power was absolute and unquestionable. Sad, but not surprising, not anymore.
LOL--dictator fantasies...
Submitted by StarAZ on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:41am.
Yes--if it weren't for us tiresome citizens with our opinions, fears, demands, televisions and our talk radio and dopey old Congress with its pledges and promises and traditions, all would be fine.
Damn those old white men with
Submitted by ant on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 2:37am.
Damn those old white men with their 'checks and balances'...and G-ddamn America.
Obama seems to think being
Submitted by Free Stinker on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 10:33am.
Obama seems to think being President = "getting your way with congress". He should have been paying more attention during the Bush-43 presidency.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Others
Submitted by Unsane on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 12:24pm.
Indeed, Clinton thought this in 1993-1994. When he got to DC he thought everyone in town and elsewhere was going to bend over and do everything he wanted upon demand. He found out the hard way and in fact his attitude, I think, went a long way to causing the spectacular election result of 8 November 1994.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Body language
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 10:39am.
I know I mentioned this in another area, but I'll say it here too, but watching for a couple of minutes with him ON MUTE was all I could tolerate. What I saw was that his body language was all over the place and you could see his eyes flashing with anger or petulance every so often.
I would love to see a body language expert say something about this. Reminded me of a couple of dictators.
-Jon
I call that
Submitted by StarAZ on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:38am.
I call that his baleful stare.
I can't believe it!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 10:56am.
I agree with something David Brooks wrote. Maybe he is a conservative after all.
Naaahhhh. What was I thinkin'? I'm gettin' a little crazy here.
He sees the relevancy train
Submitted by optimist on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 12:16pm.
He sees the relevancy train leaving the station, and he knows that he better jump aboard real fast.
Brooks
Submitted by Unsane on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 12:28pm.
Nah. Mr. Brooks just needs to see The Shahinshah's crease in His pants. That will excite Mr. Brooks all over again.
I for one won't forget Mr. Brooks' obsessive devotion with the Shahinshah. He's done.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Obama's lack of real world
Submitted by Kenyon Schraeder on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:17am.
Obama's lack of real world job experience shows. Had he even once in his career been made to participate in union contract negotiations under the threat of a far-reaching and expensive strike, he'd have realized that you cannot simply go around marginalizing others all the while proclaiming that you're the adult in the room.
Mike Quill took Mayor John V. Lindsay out to the woodshed and held New York City's public transportation ridership hostage for almost two weeks during the "great" transit strike of 1966. And, when all was said and done, his workers got pretty much most of what they wanted. There have been many other examples of "protracted negotiations" as well, including the just-resolved issues involving the NFL.
Obama lacks the humility and grace to actively and effectively participate in and not simply direct the outcome of negotiations toward a truly common goal. He is the quintessential spoiled brat in the room.
Speaking of good quotes
Submitted by StarAZ on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:42am.
Geo Will called Obama, with his demogoguing, Huey Long with a better tailor. You've still got it, George!
The speech last nite, though, was lackluster at best...Bush bad, balanced whatever that means, good...etc. Lackluster is not Huey--get with it, Mr President.
As for Brooks--I decided long ago that he has nothing to say to me--is he out of love with the pants crease?...I can't figure it.
And yet -- he received the
Submitted by ThisnThat on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 12:44pm.
And yet -- he received the Nobel peace prize? What was that all about? Any way they can take it back?
__________
“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
And for this year?
Submitted by BuffNBone on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 2:36pm.
Maybe they'll award him this year's Nobel Prize for Economics.
Yeah...........kinda like
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 12:49pm.
Yeah...........kinda like Sissy Spacek in that one movie!!!
The Obamacon continues,
Submitted by H_Tuttle on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 1:50pm.
The Obamacon continues, though fewer and fewer are falling for it.
David's Once A Year Conservative Take
Submitted by felizagain on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 3:46pm.
No, he hasn't lost David. The conservative who isn't a conservative...to anyone but the New York Times & PBS.
But, the behavior, words, tone, were so obvious, even David had to acknowledge it.
He looked bratty, mad, and fed up with anyone disagreeing with him.
Not presidential.
Not a leader.
We need a president.
We need a leader.
Don't get cocky though...he's likely still going to win.
But,he's not as sure a thing as he was before.
Brooks = Loser
Submitted by Slyrr on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 4:48pm.
Oh please. Obama hasn't 'lost' Brooks. Just show Brooks a picture of Obama's pants (and the crisp, crisp crease in them), and he'll be taking it into the bathroom with him inside of two minutes.
Brooks is a card-carrying liberal democrat, and a member of Obama's media whore/slave brigade. Any half-hearted 'complaints' he may make, he'll be doing so under direct orders from his lord and master to make him 'seem' conservative and continue being the Democrats' fake 'conservative' at the NYT.
Professor Pinhead Missed the Prom
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:02pm.
Although I hate the sound of Blowbama's voice, I had to watch this desperate attempt to make himself relevant in this debate. He reminds me of the scrawny douchebag who always got picked last when people were choosing sides for a game.
Let's face the facts.. Clownboy has issues, most of which started when his Daddy abandoned him. "Dreams of My Father"? What was that book about? About how his daddy was more interested in whoring around than he was in the growth of his big-earred dope?
I can't wait for this arrogant punkass to be sent packing back to Chicago and into the loving arms of Reverend Wright and Billy Bomb Ayers.
The Obamination... A crisis leading to a catastrophe..(please donate to MRC)
Well, since you asked...
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:11pm.
Yes. I grew up surrounded by thousands of them. They called themselves conservatives. Coincidentally, their rhetorical style was very similar to yours.
Jer
And speaking of inbreeding...
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:16pm.
"jer" your whole name keeps getting cut off.
Isn't your full name jer-koff?
Thought so.
The Obamination... A crisis leading to a catastrophe..(please donate to MRC)
Oh great...
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:28pm.
another Dorothy Parker with the punny wordplay and a potty mouth to boot. Most of your since-departed predecessors stuck to the hilarious Jer[k] insult. A few of the cruder ilk added the imbecilic jer-koff variation. You've quickly ensconced yourself in the latter ranks. Well done.
Jer
Hey Jerkoff, Here's a Tip
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:40pm.
You could probably craft your witless retorts a bit faster if you didn't waste time combing the cockroaches out of your beard while you preen in front of the mirror practicing how you would talk to non-inflatable women in your ramshackle doublewide.
It's not my fault you're a bitter out of work former census taker whose "ilk" are a bunch of like-minded libutards who spend their nights having each other over for Obama Circle Jerks.
Did you get banned from the Huff-Po site?
The Obamination... A crisis leading to a catastrophe..(please donate to MRC)
And that glob of irrelevant
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:52pm.
drivel is what you pass off as penetrating wit? Go hone your invective over at weasel zippers, where the high road is the one less traveled. Your act is destined for ignominy at this site.
Jer
Ignore this one, Jer
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:44pm.
I detect a potted plant.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 138 (and Counting)
so it seems Blonde*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:48pm.
Posts with no substance just personal attacks. Sure sounds like a plant. After only 16 weeks and already got it down pat.
You're right, Blonde....
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:53pm.
Anything I say will just egg him on.
I'll zip it.
Jer
Here's a clue Jer*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:57pm.
meet motormouth
Thanks, cajun...
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:13am.
Yes, the gentility of the rhetoric was an immediate tipoff to his moderate, church-going Christianity.
Jer
Well Jer*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:24am.
MotormouthKosbot better tread lightly. Its almost midnight and cajun's braves are in the 16th inning!!!
I heard McCann got hurt...
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:24am.
Hope not badly. That would be disastrous.
Jer
Not too bad Jer*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:29am.
But he has a strained oblique so he is on the 15 day DL. Not good news..;-(
What's an 'oblique'??? Did
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:35am.
What's an 'oblique'??? Did they have those back when I was in Little League???
yes killa*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:40am.
But have no fear, your obliques were never in any danger...;-)
Well............can you tell
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 1:14am.
Well............can you tell me what one is??? I want to check mine. I thought my checkbook was kind of oblique.............
Ok killa*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 1:20am.
If you are being serious. The oblique muscle is located outside of the rib cage on both sides. They go down toward the stomach to the hip. They are referred to as the left and right obliques. If strained, they hurt like hell when you try to turn the trunk of your body.
Of course I'm being
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 1:28am.
Of course I'm being serious......I like to learn new things. I think my obliques are OK (except my checkbook), but my rotator cuff has been hurting for a while from something I did at work.........fortunatly for me, this is off-season for the surf where I live, so I can let it rest up and get back to normal - although I still have to work!!!
'I go to work because I've got a country to support'...................Red Skelton.(And I think Red was a conservative!!!)
Careful killa*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 1:35am.
If your rotator cuff is damaged, this may cause you long term problems. Need to see about that.
And yes Red Skelton was a true patriot.
Check this out killa
Yeah............I"ve heard
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 2:22am.
Yeah............I"ve heard that many times...........my parents were Red Skelton fans, and my Dad was also real big on Groucho!!!
He also used to sit in his office and listen to Joe Rose (??),who might have been the original Rush Limbaugh............I like to tell this to my younger brother, who is a pathetic and hopeless lib............he REFUSES to believe me!!!!
See?
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:10am.
I'm really not mad at you.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 138 (and Counting)
Well, that's the best news
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:15am.
I've had in a long time.
Honestly.
Jer
I smell a barack_must_go / miss_me_yet return.
Submitted by The Vet on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:12am.
Look at the sig
This was his old one ---
Liberals ... we can't live with them, they couldn't survive without us ...
Best I can tell, last post of miss_me_yet was around 20 March.
Submitted by The Vet on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:38am.
It has been 18 weeks and 2 days roughly since 20 March.
Motormouth KOS account shows 16 weeks 5 days.
Timing seems right.
Let's not forget.
Submitted by The Vet on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:43am.
The pet nicknames, clown talk, homosexual sex fixation, sex and drugs insults, ass talk, etc...
It is all adding up.
Good work Vet*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:47am.
Barack_must_Go... asap
Hey Vet*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 1:02am.
I just saw this story. Did you guys know about this?
No one bothers us.
Submitted by The Vet on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 1:17am.
But we have private cemetaries here in littletowns Illinois. They do the thing at the school on Veterans Day. Not supposed to pray. Didn't stop the guest speaker. An 80 year old vet from WWII. Hee Hee Hee.
Atlanta wins in bottom of 19th in longest game in Braves history
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 2:04am.
[6 hrs 39 min].Braves runner was out by at least three feet...was tagged twice on two different parts of his body before he ever made it to home plate. Umpire obviously was ready to call it a night. Pirates are beside themselves. Braves wrap-up announcer Brian Jordan said it may have been the worst call he's ever seen. Them's the breaks.
Jer
I doubt if Wright wants to
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:11pm.
I doubt if Wright wants to have anything to do with Boy Blunder...........he basically threw him into the ditch,along with many others. And Ayers..........maybe more of the same - I don't think that Boy Barry is loyal to those guys - he got to where he wanted to get - and now he's got to pay back the unions and do what Soros and the other puppet-masters tell him to do. Wright and Ayers are past their use for Soetoro.............they almost made him look bad, excpect that the MSM wouldn't follow up on it, and the Kenyan Kreep ditched them while it still sounded 'believeable'.