Thank Allah that George Sr. toured those flag factories to highlight the fact that Dukakis looked silly in uniform. God knows that we need a President who looks butch as Commander-In-Chief.

Also, tell ABC to start rerunning Pushing Daisies from ep. 1. I kept telling people they had to see it from the beginning.

I have no words…

…which is probably the most intelligent thing I will say today.

Oh. My God! According To Jim is still being produced? It’s the Flinstones, but without the enlightened feminist politics or cute dinosaurs acting as kitchen appliances while muttering “eh, it’s a living”.

We may not like it, but issues like Jeremiah Wright, flag lapels and the Tuzla airport will be important in the fall.

…top contender for the most unremittingly stupid but revealing sentence of the piece. They will be important because Bobo and that merry band of witless simians that passes as the punditocracy will make them important through endless chatter, not because they matter to the average voter. Whether Chimpy’s inner circle had White House meetings to discuss the specifics of when, where, and how to torture people can’t seem to find the light of day, but whether Barack Obama wears a flag lapel pin is a matter of national urgency…

The journalist’s job is to make politicians uncomfortable, to explore evasions, contradictions and vulnerabilities.

Brooks didn’t read the entire NY Times memo on this.

This “job” description only covers sex scandals and guilt-by-association character smears.

As for the issues of war, peace and prosperity — hey, did you get sprinkles on your McCain donut, too??

Blows? The whole network sucks goats.

Sucking goats is the job of Mickey Kaus!

Am I the only one who remembers that George S. was in the Clinton White House? How was it not an incredible conflict of interest for him to have “moderated” this mess? The bits that I saw were painful. Brooks is delusional.

What’s troubling is the gap between the magnitude of our challenges and the smallness of our politics—the ease with which we are distracted by the petty and trivial.

Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope

“We may not like it, but issues like Jeremiah Wright, flag lapels and the Tuzla airport will be important in the fall. Remember how George H.W. Bush toured flag factories to expose Michael Dukakis. It’s legitimate to see how the candidates will respond to these sorts of symbolic issues.”

Hey asshole, if these “issues” have a shelf life of three days, it’s only because morons like you keep shoveling it.

“We may not like it, but issues like Jeremiah Wright, flag lapels and the Tuzla airport will be important in the fall. Remember how George H.W. Bush toured flag factories to expose Michael Dukakis. It’s legitimate to see how the candidates will respond to these sorts of symbolic issues.”

Like, totally.

Like, I was like, totally going to base my vote on petty things like the war and the economy?

But then, like Obama totally doesn’t wear a flag pin and has this gnarly minister person?

And Hillary like, totally lied about getting shot at?

It’s all so totally serious.

Valley Girls and Bobo for McSame in ‘08!

Brooks, of course, is endlessly fascinated by these everyday things that might not seem important at first glance, but radiate deep symbolic meaning when one reflects upon them. Every time Brooks goes to the bathroom, he spends hours looking at his work product and asking himself, “What does this mean? What does this mean?!?”

Such serendipity between Bobo, Gibson and Steffi.

Which slimy troll bridge do they live under, again?

I had NO IDEA that Gibson is such a bloviating airhead. That dude had to be sucking down quite a few people to get where he is.

Bush Senior toured flag factories to “expose” Dukakis? Expose what? That he’s “unpatriotic”? Here’s a big Fuck You, Mr. Brooks.

I’m sorry, but after surveying the general tone of responses to last night’s debate, the following must be said:

1) What the hell did you expect? Look at the crap atop the TV ratings heap, and smell the rich, heady aroma of stupidity;
2) Anyone who hasn’t made up their mind yet should probably have their voting rights suspended.

Good point, Capt’n. Every election year I get excited about politics, and then I meet someone who hasn’t even thought about it yet and my optimism level drops a bit lower with each experience. If you can’t see the difference between McSame and either democrat, then you have the same level of selfawareness as a box of rocks.

Brooks is stuck in the 90s, when the economy was good, our soldiers weren’t getting killed in pointless wars, and people could afford the luxury of wondering if Clinton was getting blowjobs. Now we are grappling with serious issues, and making the candidates uncomfortable is not the issue. They would be uncomfortable if we asked when they lost their virginity, but grown-ups know the stakes are more important. That’s why the Rev. Wright flap, the McCain recipe debacle, and the bitter remark are dead. The lapel pin business will die right along with them.

We may not like it, but issues like Jeremiah Wright, flag lapels and the Tuzla airport will be important in the fall. Remember how George H.W. Bush toured flag factories to expose Michael Dukakis. It’s legitimate to see how the candidates will respond to these sorts of symbolic issues.

NO BOBO, those are not legitimate issues! Last night’s debate served one purpose — it destroyed any credibility that Hillary, Charlie and George had left. They are dead to me. Brooks achieved idiot status long ago.

I think presidential debates need to be produced by the league of women voters and PBS. Period.

I really like the “We may not like it…” preamble there. As if he’d really like to move on to substance but those damned silly voters just won’t let him. Scarborough uses the same schtick.

And the stupid asswipe didn’t even have comments, I guess he’s learned his lesson by now.
I once read that Bill Clinton chased Stephanieapolis down the hall and kicked his ass over something and that’s why Stephanie hates him. Is that true?

While you have them on the line, tell them that According To Jim blows too.

Hey, that’s the Iliad of the workin’ man! I knew you goddamn liberals hated ordinary Americans!