Comments on: Brooks on Jindal’s rebuttal: ‘It’s just a disaster for the Republican Party’

By: Vincent

Vincent — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:44:55 +0000

Yeah, lets hear it for Bobby Lee Jindreaux, the true native son of the South. I don’t care if his grandma was Huey Long’s Hindu concubine. Go Bobby Lee! Tell them Libbber-als that they can just go f*** themselves. Who needs welfare, who needs medical care, who needs education. All we need is the Catholic church to tell us what to do, right ??

By: John Christian

John Christian — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:53:47 +0000

Iam surrounded daily by Republican reactionaries who cannot/will not get over the fact that they lost the field of play because they didn’t connect and didn’t compete. I love the word “irrelevant” because they have, indeed rendered themselves so. You lost your opportunity to lead. Get over it.

Bobby Jindal. Too bad, pal!

By: republican wilderness

republican wilderness — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:34:48 +0000

joseph… i admire your independence, but you need to understand the concern of liberals is not for themselves it is for fellow human beings. It is about a willingness to pay more taxes so that some child somewhere can get heathcare, a poor family can eat, a kid can get a pell grant to go to college. why is this so offensive to you ? i make 6-figures and don’t rely on the gov’t but as a christian i am concerned about others… if conservatives tend to be republican, and tend to be strongly christian, how do such folks not have this some concern ? maybe they are not really christian in the true sense….

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:22:30 +0000

For all you liberals out there who wake up everyday wondering and hoping how the government will take care of you and your family, and what government program you can benefit from today, you go ahead and live that sad pathetic life. For me, I wake up everyday and I earn a living. I take care of myself and my children. I do not rely on the government for my survival, I rely on me. It is hard and it’s scary, but it is the most free and empowering way to live life. I do not want the government to take care of me, I can take care of my self. I love liberals, the more the merrier. The world is a competitive place. You have to compete to survive, and I know when I compete against someone who depends on outside entities for their survival, I will beat them everytime. You keep sucking the government tit, and I’ll kick you butt everytime.

By: Judd

Judd — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:06:18 +0000

When David Brooks says “the country is in a panic right now” to justify supporting what’s going on in Washington shows he has absolutely no idea about leadership. Panic makes bad decisions. Panic is anti-intellectual. When the rest of the country is panicing, we need our leaders to be calm and make smart, intellectual decisions that will benefit the country in the long term, not to throw together gigantic spending bills as fast as they can under the belief that doing anything is better than doing nothing. Because the situation is so dire, it is imperative that decisions that are made are the right decisions that we arrived at through intellectual thought, not thrown together out of panic. Obama is a wonderful speech maker, but he has poor leadership skills. It seems to me that Pelosi is running this country, not Obama.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:18:49 +0000

Jindal is Brilliant! His speech was his off day. He will be back.

By: Joe Benevides

Joe Benevides — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:06:21 +0000

I also said “Oh God” when I saw BoJi slump around the corner. He looked horrible and walked like he had a broomstick shoved were the Sun never shines. He was the quintessential, nervous high school dork making his first speech before the student body as to why he and not the smart, cool, popular kid should be student body president.

Sorry, dork boy. You can be a Rhodes Scholar ’til you’re blue in the face, but if you don’t have the sense God gave a goose, you’re not going to be anything more that the girlfriendless president of the chess club.

By: What Happens When Conservatives anAnd Rightists Are Hoodwinked By David Brooks? « Zionist Anti-Communist

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:06:03 +0000

[...] 2009 It seems like Conservatives in general are being hoodwinked by David Brooks, whom recently attacked Bobby Jindal’s speech. While your resident blogger thought the Governor’s speech was [...]

By: Neil Thomas

Neil Thomas — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:26 +0000

Whether you are a liberal or conservative, whether Jindal appeared nerdy or timid in the rebuttal to Obama, one thing Jindal is not is a fool. He is a Rhodes scholar with an advanced degree in biology, and at 37, is the youngest Gov. in the country with am impressive professional resume.

When was it uncool for an intellectual to appear “nerdy”? Bill Gates appears to be nerdy in most of his public appearances. Style without substance is just an empty suit.

Listen, with a 60% favorable rating for Obama, anyone addressing the rebuttal for the GOP would be cast in a poor light. Unfortunately, Bobby Jindal got the call from his party. Certainly dissenting opinions will only make the country stronger, despite party affiliation.

Jindal has done a tremendous job in Louisiana, despite all its problems, including high crime, poverty, and corruption. I, for one, applaud Jindal and wish him continued success.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:24:12 +0000

“Brooks is another pseudo conservative in the George Will mold. The Washington insider who likes his cocktail parties, his sartorial indulgences (like a bow tie), and who views conservatism as an academic discipline, to be debated at with his “more liberal” colleagues over drinks and smoked salmon canapes.”

Next thing you’ll be saying that his former boss at National Review, William F Buckley, was also a ‘liberal at heart’. If you do even the smallest bit of research about the late Mr Buckley you’ll find that he fits the same description you’ve given of both Mr Will & Mr Brooks.

Your criticism of Mr Brooks & Mr Will is beyond laughable and it is truly sad that you think intelligent thoughtful people have no place in the conservative part of the political spectrum. Without them and similar intellects, it would be reduced to blowhards (Limbaugh) and morons (Palin).