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Herring's a Walmart Hippie!
Conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks assailed the Tea Party and the extreme nature of today's Republican Party Tuesday on ComedyCentral's The Colbert Report. "The Tea Party is where the money is at, baby," said Stephen Colbert. "Why aren't you saying crazy stuff your in columns and if you pardon the expression, put some asses in the seats?" "Well, the Tea Parties they're like the hippies," Brooks responded. "The hippies wanted to stick it to the man and they were anti-establishment. So the Tea Parties are like the Wal-Mart hippies." Colbert jested that Brooks should be less moderate and shun news organizations that aren't sufficiently conservative. "You go on PBS," noted Colbert. "That's the enemy camp. You cannot be friends with these people. Okay?" "There's a conservative news channel and there's a liberal news channel," Colbert continued. "There's a conservative paper and a liberal paper. There's a conservative puffed corn chip and a liberal puffed corn chip. How can you possibly be in the enemy camp?" "Self loathing," said Brooks. "I've made it a career of self loathing. My joke is that being a conservative at the New York Times is like being chief rabbi at Mecca." "I actually think the world is complicated and I'm not for moderation for its own sake," he continued. "There's actually like a tradition in American life that started with Alexander Hamilton," explained Brooks. "But it's about the idea that you use government a little, not a lot, to increase social mobility. So, that's what I actually believe in. I'm part of a dead tradition." Colbert responded, "Ronald Reagan is rolling over in his grave." Brooks laughed and said Reagan was much more moderate than today's Tea Parties and the modern Republican Party. |
Herring's a Walmart Hippie!
On 3/4/10 11:36 AM, jps wrote:
Conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks assailed the Tea Party and the extreme nature of today's Republican Party Tuesday on ComedyCentral's The Colbert Report. "The Tea Party is where the money is at, baby," said Stephen Colbert. "Why aren't you saying crazy stuff your in columns and if you pardon the expression, put some asses in the seats?" "Well, the Tea Parties they're like the hippies," Brooks responded. "The hippies wanted to stick it to the man and they were anti-establishment. So the Tea Parties are like the Wal-Mart hippies." Colbert jested that Brooks should be less moderate and shun news organizations that aren't sufficiently conservative. "You go on PBS," noted Colbert. "That's the enemy camp. You cannot be friends with these people. Okay?" "There's a conservative news channel and there's a liberal news channel," Colbert continued. "There's a conservative paper and a liberal paper. There's a conservative puffed corn chip and a liberal puffed corn chip. How can you possibly be in the enemy camp?" "Self loathing," said Brooks. "I've made it a career of self loathing. My joke is that being a conservative at the New York Times is like being chief rabbi at Mecca." "I actually think the world is complicated and I'm not for moderation for its own sake," he continued. "There's actually like a tradition in American life that started with Alexander Hamilton," explained Brooks. "But it's about the idea that you use government a little, not a lot, to increase social mobility. So, that's what I actually believe in. I'm part of a dead tradition." Colbert responded, "Ronald Reagan is rolling over in his grave." Brooks laughed and said Reagan was much more moderate than today's Tea Parties and the modern Republican Party. Indeed. There seems to be little more within the GOP and its teabagger front group these days than hatred and vileness. Our resident teabagger, Herring, exhibits both in substantial quantities. I'm hopeful that real serious violence breaks out at a teabagger event soon, and that it is captured on video. Not between the teabaggers and those outside that movement, but among the teabaggers themselves. All being led by...Beck. |
Herring's a Walmart Hippie!
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Herring's a Walmart Hippie!
On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 10:50:45 -0600, Arbiter wrote:
In article , says... Conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks assailed the Tea Party and the extreme nature of today's Republican Party Tuesday on ComedyCentral's The Colbert Report. "The Tea Party is where the money is at, baby," said Stephen Colbert. "Why aren't you saying crazy stuff your in columns and if you pardon the expression, put some asses in the seats?" "Well, the Tea Parties they're like the hippies," Brooks responded. "The hippies wanted to stick it to the man and they were anti-establishment. So the Tea Parties are like the Wal-Mart hippies." Colbert jested that Brooks should be less moderate and shun news organizations that aren't sufficiently conservative. "You go on PBS," noted Colbert. "That's the enemy camp. You cannot be friends with these people. Okay?" "There's a conservative news channel and there's a liberal news channel," Colbert continued. "There's a conservative paper and a liberal paper. There's a conservative puffed corn chip and a liberal puffed corn chip. How can you possibly be in the enemy camp?" "Self loathing," said Brooks. "I've made it a career of self loathing. My joke is that being a conservative at the New York Times is like being chief rabbi at Mecca." "I actually think the world is complicated and I'm not for moderation for its own sake," he continued. "There's actually like a tradition in American life that started with Alexander Hamilton," explained Brooks. "But it's about the idea that you use government a little, not a lot, to increase social mobility. So, that's what I actually believe in. I'm part of a dead tradition." Colbert responded, "Ronald Reagan is rolling over in his grave." Brooks laughed and said Reagan was much more moderate than today's Tea Parties and the modern Republican Party. In question is this case raised by jps, and titled for arbitration as, "Does this boring post have a point?" The finding is "No." David Brooks speaks pure windbaggery and nobody cares what he says. The finding is binding. Aribitration now in recess. The Arbiter Don't you mean "idiocy is now in recess?" Mirror please, speaking of windbags. |
Herring's a Walmart Hippie!
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