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  We understand why a Republican like David Brooks would try to paint Obama like this, but why the heck is David Gregory saying it's a very interesting point? It's back to the "who would you drink a beer with" routine from rich, Republican elites that have nothing in common with the average, working class of this country. Does John McCain's 100 million dollar wife and their life style make him more like a Burger King guy or a Country Clubber? And let's ask Brooks when was the last time he ate at an Applebee's or TGIF? I'm just asking.

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DAVID BROOKS, "NEW YORK TIMES": Obama‘s problem is he doesn‘t seem like a guy who can go into an Applebee‘s salad bar and people think he fits in naturally there. He has to change to be more like that Applebee‘s guy and as he‘s done that he‘s become much more transactional. Much more, I‘m going to deliver this and this and this to you on policy.

Scarce says:  "John Sidney McCain III is the son of a four star admiral and was named commander of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theater His uncle was U.S. Army Brigadier General William Alexander McCain. John McCain? He graduated 894/899 of his graduating class at Annapolis. Without his father/pedigree he likely would not have graduated.

I‘ve been speaking to Obama campaign people in the last few days. I think they are a little too complacent about the fall election. I think they don‘t quite realize they‘re going to have to do a few big changes to get his identity more in tune with independent voters who right now see Barack Obama as Jeremiah Wright‘s guy and sort of a question mark. An attractive question mark.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

GREGORY: I think it‘s a very interesting point, Todd. And something that the Obama campaign needs to start contending with soon, what do you say?

PURDUM: I think it‘s an excellent point but I think Barack Obama‘s biggest strengths when he ran for the Senate in Illinois was how well he was able to campaign downstate. Let‘s not forget, his grandparents are as corny as Kansas in August. They are his mother‘s parents from Kansas. He talks ability growing up eating not only sashimi in Hawaii but Jello salad with grape halves which I can tell as a son of the Midwest is a quintessentially kind of Midwestern dish.

So if he could let that side of himself out and loosen up a little bit, eat a few donuts and hot dogs and not worry about his diet, it may sound trivial. I think that kind of stuff is stylistically important and I think he has the ability to do it and he certainly has the potential to do it, if he just pays attention.

GREGORY: I knew we‘d get an allusion to Broadway before long.

Thanks, Todd. Gene, your take on that?

ROBINSON: He‘s not an Applebee‘s guy? Is he an Olive Garden guy? I tend to take it more seriously when it‘s delivered by people who actually eat at Applebee‘s more than once in a decade.

GREGORY: You don‘t?



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315 comments

David Brooks is helping show how stupid neocons are. Thanks, Dave...DUH!!!

I'm not an Applebee's kind of guy. WTF's your point, brooks?

p.s. fuck applebee's.

You don't think the GOP isn't seeing this broken rigged DNC at work? They know Obama was pushed over the line by Dean, Pelosi, and a byzantine system of caucuses.

Is not being "an Applebee's type of guy" supposed to be a bad thing? I don't know any of the candidates personally, but I doubt any of them are spending time at Applebee's unless it is for a photo-op. I've been to Applebee's a couple of times, and from what I remember, my tongue wasn't impressed and my stomach was in pain, so if Obama isn't an Applebee's type of guy, then I mark it as good judgment.

Is he running for President, or auditioning for a role in, Office Space?

L.A. Confidential @ 3:

You don't think the GOP isn't seeing this broken rigged DNC at work? They know Obama was pushed over the line by Dean, Pelosi, and a byzantine system of caucuses.

Thank you Rush Limpbough

Attila the Appeaser @ 5:

Is he running for President, or auditioning for a role in, Office Space?

I think they are shooting for Everybody Loves Obama

Where would he hang out?

Obama can't hang out where any rich, elite Republican's eat. He'd get arrested because he's black.

Attila the Appeaser @ 6:

L.A. Confidential @ 3:

You don't think the GOP isn't seeing this broken rigged DNC at work? They know Obama was pushed over the line by Dean, Pelosi, and a byzantine system of caucuses.

Thank you Rush Limpbough

The DNC has done the job without his help.

What dumb-assed analysis, and I'm sure that idiot received a royalty check for the plug. I don't look at fitting in at Applebee's or happy hour as critieria for the presidency.

Then again, Maybe Bush should've been spending the last 8 years at Happy hour or eating salad and bad wings. I'm sure half the world would agree.

There is no salad-bar at Applebee's.

Jay Severin Has A Small Pen1s @ 8:

Where would he hang out?

Obama can't hang out where any rich, elite Republican's eat. He'd get arrested because he's black.

Axelrod used the race card to convince the world that Clinton was a racist in order to gain sympathy votes for Obama.

Anybody reading this and that just might find themselves in the same room with David Brooks, has my permission to beat the ever-lovin' shit out of the SOB...and mean all of it which might mean there'll be nothing left of the prick.

Additional generic comment about his/her candidate not winning his/her nomination.

Keep it up. You might just get what you wish for.

Who the fuck wants the leader of the free world to be someone you'd see at Applebee's?

It's so funny that Brooks represents Republicans in PBS and NPR when there are so many others so much smarter than he.

Ummm...I am a left wing elitist, an artsy fartsy airy fairy resident of the People's Republic of California and I can't even afford to buy the gas to get to Applebee's...even if I WOULD eat the food. I'd rather sit in my kitchen and talk foreign affairs over a home cooked meal and a glass of cabernet with Obama.

Jesus Hussein Christ @ 11:

There is no salad-bar at Applebee's.

LOL! I was about to make the same point. Obviously David Brooks isn't an "Applebee's" type of guy either

I called my Applebee's today to make sure I was correct and they do not have a salad bar. Just goes to show how much these people who make these comments have no idea how "regular people" live their lives.

I am certainly an average (read 'struggling') American with a family. I hate Applebees.
And TGIF. I can't stand this expectation that we, the common folks, must like to poison ourselves with MSG-riddled overrated fast food!

Why is it so hard to understand that we do not need a buddy in the highest position in the country? What we need is a highly educated, erudite, open-minded person who can begin the long work of fixing this mess this administration has put us in.

Grand Ol Party.....bullshit. McCain's private jet and eight different homes.........don't feed us this bullshit Brooks. Obama is being under estimated.....wait and see.

L.A. Confidential @ 3:

You don't think the GOP isn't seeing this broken rigged DNC at work? They know Obama was pushed over the line by Dean, Pelosi, and a byzantine system of caucuses.

You're records broken. Do you have any other tracks?

Umm.....I dunno if the Applebee's in your necks of the woods are different than the ones I've been to in Oklahoma, DC, Maryland, and Virginia, but I don't recall there being a salad bar, per se. Though they do have an ample list of salads on the menu.

As for Brooks ever having been to Applebee's, unless they are like that in Manhattan or Westchester county, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he's never been there before. Maybe had he prefaced it by saying, "Well, I sent one of my research assistants to an Applebee's, and he said the salad bar blah blah blah Barack Hussein Obama blah blah blah Reverend Wright blah blah blah (you have to understand, this is an approximation of the sounds I hear coming out of these right wing tools' pieholes when they criticize Obama)," he might have put it in a bit more honest perspective based on his experience.

Brooks thinks he is connecting with middle America by mentioning Applebee's. He probably saw one from the airplane window while catching a connecting flight in Topeka. He would be better off staying in NYC making snide comments about "fly over country" to his effete friends.

Whawhawha...? That's a pretty painful attempt at an insult.

Dumb it down more please.
Dumber and dumberer...

And is it just me, 0or is David Brooks the ashiest white man in America?

Last week Brooks, on NPR, blamed McClellan for Bush/Cheney's failed policies. Brooks really is a dumb fu(k. Through and through.

Last time I checked...the food at applebee's sux...who would want a president who ate that crap

wildekid @ 27:

And is it just me, 0or is David Brooks the ashiest white man in America?

No, that's just how he smells.

Trying to paint a black man as the elitest of the two candidates makes me laugh.

you retards with your Gregory worship.

Joe Tseng @ 2:

I'm not an Applebee's kind of guy. WTF's your point, brooks?

p.s. fuck applebee's.

I second that. Fuck applebee's and all fucking flare everywhere.

NishNish @ 31:

Trying to paint a black man as the elitest of the two candidates makes me laugh.

Trying to paint McCain as even being capable of winning the White House makes me laugh.

sharkcellar @ 33:

Joe Tseng @ 2:

I'm not an Applebee's kind of guy. WTF's your point, brooks?

p.s. fuck applebee's.

I second that. Fuck applebee's and all fucking flare everywhere.

Not all 37 pieces of flare!

Brook's comments were probably just to set up tomorrow's GOP talking points-- fried chicken and watermelon

Bush Is A Yankee @ 35:

sharkcellar @ 33:

Joe Tseng @ 2:

I'm not an Applebee's kind of guy. WTF's your point, brooks?

p.s. fuck applebee's.

I second that. Fuck applebee's and all fucking flare everywhere.

Not all 37 pieces of flare!

Actually, it's "flair." "Flare" would be if they were on fire.

Wayne in San Diego @ 18:

Jesus Hussein Christ @ 11:

There is no salad-bar at Applebee's.

LOL! I was about to make the same point. Obviously David Brooks isn't an "Applebee's" type of guy either

LOL +1
David Brooks is a fool who can't get his facts straight

Kanan @ 38:

Wayne in San Diego @ 18:

Jesus Hussein Christ @ 11:

There is no salad-bar at Applebee's.

LOL! I was about to make the same point. Obviously David Brooks isn't an "Applebee's" type of guy either

LOL +1
David Brooks is a fool who can't get his facts straight

Which is why he's on TV. :-/

Krisken @ 22:

L.A. Confidential @ 3:

You don't think the GOP isn't seeing this broken rigged DNC at work? They know Obama was pushed over the line by Dean, Pelosi, and a byzantine system of caucuses.

You're records broken. Do you have any other tracks?

Just because I see through the game makes me a bad guy?

Whatever gets ya off.

c&l why did you bury the lead?

"APPLEBEE'S DOESN'T HAVE A SALAD BAR!"

Watching/listening to McCain.........god not this again terrible speaker. This guy has been in government his whole life all 71 years. Fake smile John....the guy is a vet I appreciate that. I'm personally tired of this brawn over brain behavior. This guy morphed into a neocon.. he isn't a conservative republician and the GOP knows it. This guy has been in government healthcare his whole life a social program.Graduated 894 out of 899 wow I didn't know that. Hopefully he thanked his father and grandfather...for getting into the naval academy. Terrible speech...yes Obama is the nominee we have to make it happen......oh yeah applebee's sucks

L.A. Confidential @ 40:

Krisken @ 22:

L.A. Confidential @ 3:

You don't think the GOP isn't seeing this broken rigged DNC at work? They know Obama was pushed over the line by Dean, Pelosi, and a byzantine system of caucuses.

You're records broken. Do you have any other tracks?

Just because I see through the game makes me a bad guy?

Whatever gets ya off.

No, it's because you're a sore loser.

Pardon the OT:

Congratulations Senator Obama

What? Does Applebee's have a "no racists allowed " policy that keeps Obama out?

Cevink @ 45:

What? Does Applebee's have a "no racists allowed " policy that keeps Obama out?

Could you whine a little louder, please?

"We've certainly had our differences over the last sixteen months. But as someone who's shared a stage with her many times, I can tell you that what gets Hillary Clinton up in the morning -- even in the face of tough odds -- is exactly what sent her and Bill Clinton to sign up for their first campaign in Texas all those years ago; what sent her to work at the Children's Defense Fund and made her fight for health care as First Lady; what led her to the United States Senate and fueled her barrier-breaking campaign for the presidency -- an unyielding desire to improve the lives of ordinary Americans, no matter how difficult the fight may be. And you can rest assured that when we finally win the battle for universal health care in this country, she will be central to that victory. When we transform our energy policy and lift our children out of poverty, it will be because she worked to help make it happen. Our party and our country are better off because of her, and I am a better candidate for having had the honor to compete with Hillary Rodham Clinton."

I can just see his supporters eye's glaze over during that part.

Bobo is a registered agent for Applebys. I wonder how much they'll slide him for the plug?

Remember all the people who justified voting for Bush because they thought it would be fun to rub dicks with him? The American electorate is largely made up of morons.

This just in:

Ghost of William F. Buckley, jr., claims Obama unfit NASCAR Dad.

jimt @ 49:

Remember all the people who justified voting for Bush because they thought it would be fun to rub dicks with him?.../blockquote>
Um. Ew.

>Without his father/pedigree he likely would not have graduated.<

Without his father/pedigree he wouldn't have been admitted.....

Why don't we let the smart guys/gals run the country for a while, and see how that works.

Somebody gave me a $50 dollar Applebee's gift certificate for christmas. Haven't used it, and probably won't. I may give it back to them next christmas. The food is better at home, the atmosphere isn't made up, and I don't have to rely an an idiot teenager to get fed. And I don't have to listen to any teen-age idiot banter.

Well, one, but I can send her to her room....

Brian Meehan @ 52:

>Without his father/pedigree he likely would not have graduated.<

Without his father/pedigree he wouldn't have been admitted.....

Why don't we let the smart guys/gals run the country for a while, and see how that works.

The smart ones are, well, too smart to be running for public office.

L.A. Confidential @ 12:

Jay Severin Has A Small Pen1s @ 8:

Where would he hang out?

Obama can't hang out where any rich, elite Republican's eat. He'd get arrested because he's black.

Axelrod used the race card to convince the world that Clinton was a racist in order to gain sympathy votes for Obama.

Blah blah blah blah blah................

from the same assholes who brought you the "have a beer with bush over kerry" bullshit. fuck these assholes. I hope Obama knocks this type of shit off right off the bat.

How did he cinch the nomination when it's not legally confirmed until the convention?

Oh the rules have changed now? Okay whatever.

NoGWBpolicyleftinplace @ 54:

L.A. Confidential @ 12:

Jay Severin Has A Small Pen1s @ 8:

Where would he hang out?

Obama can't hang out where any rich, elite Republican's eat. He'd get arrested because he's black.

Axelrod used the race card to convince the world that Clinton was a racist in order to gain sympathy votes for Obama.

Blah blah blah blah blah................

You'll learn.

joe cantwell @ 41:

c&l why did you bury the lead?

"APPLEBEE'S DOESN'T HAVE A SALAD BAR!"

Fuck right! Applebee's and their stupid "No Salad Bar" policy!

Why can't we talk about that?!?! Is it that John Amato actually Homer Applebee, the restauranteur and evangelical who claims that chickpeas are the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge? Or is Amato merely a patsy for Rev. Applebee?

If I don't see a post on this, like pronto, I'm outta here!

I agree... can we have an intellect for a change.Obama stands for something that's more difficult than standing for nothing......many of us understand change some don't and don't want to.

L.A. Confidential @ 56:

How did he cinch the nomination when it's not legally confirmed until the convention?

Oh the rules have changed now? Okay whatever.

God, are you a f-ing sore crybaby loser.

L.A. Confidential @ 47:

"We've certainly had our differences over the last sixteen months. But as someone who's shared a stage with her many times, I can tell you that what gets Hillary Clinton up in the morning -- even in the face of tough odds -- is exactly what sent her and Bill Clinton to sign up for their first campaign in Texas all those years ago; what sent her to work at the Children's Defense Fund and made her fight for health care as First Lady; what led her to the United States Senate and fueled her barrier-breaking campaign for the presidency -- an unyielding desire to improve the lives of ordinary Americans, no matter how difficult the fight may be. And you can rest assured that when we finally win the battle for universal health care in this country, she will be central to that victory. When we transform our energy policy and lift our children out of poverty, it will be because she worked to help make it happen. Our party and our country are better off because of her, and I am a better candidate for having had the honor to compete with Hillary Rodham Clinton."

I can just see his supporters eye's glaze over during that part.

That's only because your looking in the mirror!

Bush Is A Yankee @ 46:

Cevink @ 45:

What? Does Applebee's have a "no racists allowed " policy that keeps Obama out?

Could you whine a little louder, please?

I tell you what, if *I* ran for president and had been attending a Church pastored by David Duke or some other vile KKK figure FOR 23 YEARS, could I count on your vote? What is the difference? He is either a racist, an idot, or (this is my favorite) BOTH. Fuck Obama and his radical racist chums. If he had any brains at all, he would have disavowed those bible thumping morons 22 and 3/4 years ago....Oprah did.

L.A. Confidential @ 57:

NoGWBpolicyleftinplace @ 54:

L.A. Confidential @ 12:

Jay Severin Has A Small Pen1s @ 8:

Axelrod used the race card to convince the world that Clinton was a racist in order to gain sympathy votes for Obama.

Blah blah blah blah blah................

You'll learn.

What? That you haven't.

NoGWBpolicyleftinplace @ 61:

L.A. Confidential @ 47:

I can just see his supporters eye's glaze over during that part.

Spell much?

Cevink @ 62:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 46:

Cevink @ 45:

What? Does Applebee's have a "no racists allowed " policy that keeps Obama out?

Could you whine a little louder, please?

I tell you what, if *I* ran for president and had been attending a Church pastored by David Duke or some other vile KKK figure FOR 23 YEARS, could I count on your vote? What is the difference? He is either a racist, an idot, or (this is my favorite) BOTH. Fuck Obama and his radical racist chums. If he had any brains at all, he would have disavowed those bible thumping morons 22 and 3/4 years ago....Oprah did.

That's nice. Next.

I wish this constant need of the right to celebrate ignorance would just stop. You can hear it constantly in country music. The idea that if someone who is not particularly curious about the world around them but has a good heart somehow makes them better than the ones that have a driving need to know the real facts. For them the idea that truth is based mostly on opinion and facts all depend on your point of view is natural. Knowledge is not evil and the end doesn't justify the means. Forest Gump is not a hero of mine.

I wish there was an Air America tv channel. I don't have a TIVO so I can't fast forward past these shithead news personalities whenever Keith Olbermann isn't on screen.

L.A. Confidential @ 57:

NoGWBpolicyleftinplace @ 54:

L.A. Confidential @ 12:

Jay Severin Has A Small Pen1s @ 8:

Axelrod used the race card to convince the world that Clinton was a racist in order to gain sympathy votes for Obama.

Blah blah blah blah blah................

You'll learn.

So will you, tonight, right now as a matter of fact. Enjoy!

Don't worry, you won't have to wait too long to cast your vote for Sidney. Have you sent a donation yet?

NoGWBpolicyleftinplace @ 63:

L.A. Confidential @ 57:

NoGWBpolicyleftinplace @ 54:

L.A. Confidential @ 12:

Blah blah blah blah blah................

You'll learn.

What? That you haven't.

Go play games with some other kids. I'm way over your head, and besides you aren't going to listen anyway.

Bush Is A Yankee @ 65:

Cevink @ 62:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 46:

Cevink @ 45:
Could you whine a little louder, please?

I tell you what, if *I* ran for president and had been attending a Church pastored by David Duke or some other vile KKK figure FOR 23 YEARS, could I count on your vote? What is the difference? He is either a racist, an idot, or (this is my favorite) BOTH. Fuck Obama and his radical racist chums. If he had any brains at all, he would have disavowed those bible thumping morons 22 and 3/4 years ago....Oprah did.

That's nice. Next.

Ah, so I see you have nothing of sense to say in light of my argument. Being dismissive isn't going to get your man elected.

I want to see *SOMEONE* tell me why there are two standards here; one for whites and one for blacks....isn't that what equality is all about?

We tried the man "you'd most want to have a beer with".

8 years later, we woke in the gutter with the worst hangover ever.

Wait! Can someone tell me if they've ever spotted David Brooks at Applebees? Does he even know where one is?

What a fucking idiot!

Shan @ 71:

We tried the man "you'd most want to have a beer with".

8 years later, we woke in the gutter with the worst hangover ever.

Yeah. He gave the country a Mickey Finn and date raped us.

Kanan @ 68:

Don't worry, you won't have to wait too long to cast your vote for Sidney. Have you sent a donation yet?

I'm waiting for the "Great Unifier" to start Unifying. If he's not man enough to do that I'll write in Clinton.

She has more balls then BO anyway.

L.A. Confidential @ 69:

NoGWBpolicyleftinplace @ 63:

L.A. Confidential @ 57:

NoGWBpolicyleftinplace @ 54:

You'll learn.

What? That you haven't.

Go play games with some other kids. I'm way over your head, and besides you aren't going to listen anyway.

Could you please explain something to everyone LA? I was under the impression you were a Dem Party member, or supporter. I was under the impression you hated the corporate run Repugs. Yet you are sounding all bitter about the DNC. Is the Clinton name not associated with the DLC, which by the way, is the corporate controlled branch of the Dem Party, that is almost identical to the Repugs. Should it not make you happy that the Dem Party is basically overruling this faction?

Cevink @ 70:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 65:

Cevink @ 62:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 46:

I tell you what, if *I* ran for president and had been attending a Church pastored by David Duke or some other vile KKK figure FOR 23 YEARS, could I count on your vote? What is the difference? He is either a racist, an idot, or (this is my favorite) BOTH. Fuck Obama and his radical racist chums. If he had any brains at all, he would have disavowed those bible thumping morons 22 and 3/4 years ago....Oprah did.

That's nice. Next.

Ah, so I see you have nothing of sense to say in light of my argument. Being dismissive isn't going to get your man elected.

I want to see *SOMEONE* tell me why there are two standards here; one for whites and one for blacks....isn't that what equality is all about?

Uh, hey, arsehole. I'm a Republican. He's not my candidate. But then again, neither is McSame. But it just goes to show everyone that anyone who disagrees with your pouting automatically, to you, is an Obama supporter. Simple, yet stupid.

Maybe it's because I'm English, but I'd rather have lunch with Obama than McCain. I don't think McCain is a down-to-earth approachable guy just because he swears a lot. I think he seems rather intimidating, actually.

L.A. Confidential @ 40:

Krisken @ 22:

L.A. Confidential @ 3:

You don't think the GOP isn't seeing this broken rigged DNC at work? They know Obama was pushed over the line by Dean, Pelosi, and a byzantine system of caucuses.

You're records broken. Do you have any other tracks?

Just because I see through the game makes me a bad guy?

Whatever gets ya off.

There is nothing that will be said to make your tune change. You see shadows and movements that aren't there. My only regret is that others who come to this site looking for information will still be assaulted by the misinformation you and others have been spewing for months.

Despite your claims in other threads, you have shown that you had no intention of getting behind the Democratic party nominee. Sadly, this leaves everything else you say suspect. Everything you say is now tinged with deception.

So, go ahead, keep trolling, if that's what gets you off.

Just realize that everyone else here sees your sad display for what it is. I just hope someone's paying you for it.

Ooooops

Hillary Wins South Dakota

Celia @ 77:

Maybe it's because I'm English, but I'd rather have lunch with Obama than McCain. I don't think McCain is a down-to-earth approachable guy just because he swears a lot. I think he seems rather intimidating, actually.

I'm willing to bet that Grandpa has to gum his food anyway, so you wouldn't want to be there anyway. LOL

That's the sound of pundits wanking hard. Applebees? Really? That's the best you can come up with, David Brooks? And you, David Gregory, you have turned out to be an incredible hack, good only for being Karl Rove's dance partner. End the pundit wanking now!

Kay @ 4:

Is not being "an Applebee's type of guy" supposed to be a bad thing? I don't know any of the candidates personally, but I doubt any of them are spending time at Applebee's unless it is for a photo-op. I've been to Applebee's a couple of times, and from what I remember, my tongue wasn't impressed and my stomach was in pain, so if Obama isn't an Applebee's type of guy, then I mark it as good judgment.

Compare the look of Obama to your average 'Bob Allen' type Republican, Obama is a health conscious Liberal with a fondness for salad and good food,
and yer average Repiggie is a fat blob who pigs out at buffets and similar pig troughs, and overdoses on growth hormone and antibiotic infused red meats, hence their 'roid behavior and twisted take on the world.

L.A. Confidential @ 79:

Ooooops

Hillary Wins South Dakota

LOL Says Fox. Figures you're a Fox watcher.

L.A. Confidential @ 3:

You don't think the GOP isn't seeing this broken rigged DNC at work? They know Obama was pushed over the line by Dean, Pelosi, and a byzantine system of caucuses that Bill Clinton navigated without complaint in 1992 but that Mark Penn never seemed to bother researching before mapping out his General Election strategy. For a primary.

FIFY!

Well just another case of an idiot saying something stupid.
None of the Applebees I have ever been has a salad bar.
Just another case of an idiot republican making something up and not getting it right.
Why would anyone listen to this fool brooks?

I'll take Tweety over David Gregory any day!

Biggus Diggus @ 86:

I'll take Tweety over David Gregory any day!

Take 'em both.

L.A. Confidential @ 79:

Ooooops

Hillary Wins South Dakota

17% in doesn't make a winner.

Just because someone makes millions of dollars and writes for the NY Times means they know what they are talking about and David Brooks is example 1A. In fact, I would say if you make millions and write for the Times it MEANS you probably have absolutely no idea how most people live in this country at all.

Where I come from there is no Applebee's, I can't make a decent comparison (are they nice?). Taco Bell and Arby's didn't survive here, and Burger King is barely hanging on. We're hoping that the Boston Pizza that arrives here lasts awhile.

Welcome to Timmins, Ontario, where you can see poutine and perogies even in pizza parlours and chinese restaurants. God's truth. And one solitary place that serves decent sushi, and another that makes good espresso. It's coming up in the world, bit by bit.

And plenty of Tim Horton's: one of the busiest drive-thrus in Canada.

And No Obama, no Clinton, just a McCain wannabe called Harper.

L.A. Confidential @ 79:

Ooooops

Hillary Wins South Dakota

You have a wicked sense of humor L.A.
But I found it quite funny.LOL

L.A. Confidential @ 12:

Jay Severin Has A Small Pen1s @ 8:

Where would he hang out?

Obama can't hang out where any rich, elite Republican's eat. He'd get arrested because he's black.

Axelrod used the race card to convince the world that Clinton was a racist in order to gain sympathy votes for Obama.

I won't be long before we don't have Hillary Clinton to kick around anymore!

I would say she should go out gracefully but she passed that opportunity up a long time ago.

Bush Is A Yankee @ 76:

Cevink @ 70:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 65:

Cevink @ 62:

That's nice. Next.

Ah, so I see you have nothing of sense to say in light of my argument. Being dismissive isn't going to get your man elected.

I want to see *SOMEONE* tell me why there are two standards here; one for whites and one for blacks....isn't that what equality is all about?

Uh, hey, arsehole. I'm a Republican. He's not my candidate. But then again, neither is McSame. But it just goes to show everyone that anyone who disagrees with your pouting automatically, to you, is an Obama supporter. Simple, yet stupid.

Ah, a republican....I will try to use smaller words.

Who is *your* candidate, Sunshine? Were you hoping one might mysteriously drop out of the sky at the last moment? Maybe you're sitting back hoping JC might make it in time for the party? I still see you typing words, but not really putting together any cohesive thought. I didn't see you "disagree" with anything, only putting bad 4-6 word sentences together in the hopes that your lack of content would go unnoticed....it hasn't.

argghhh. i hate this type of thinking.

here's a story that takes a HUBE BITE OF TRUTH
david brooks problem is that he's an idiot and he connects with other idiots but he doesn't connect well with reason.....yet he still has a job making hundreds of thousands of dollars....WTF?

L.A. Confidential @ 79:

Ooooops

Hillary Wins South Dakota

Giving her . . . maybe 15 delegates?

That's awesome. Now if she can magically produce 185 more, she's a shoo-in. Proving once again, that math works.

Ron @ 88:

L.A. Confidential @ 79:

Ooooops

Hillary Wins South Dakota

17% in doesn't make a winner.

You're going to make him cry.

Bush Is A Yankee @ 83:

L.A. Confidential @ 79:

Ooooops

Hillary Wins South Dakota

LOL Says Fox. Figures you're a Fox watcher.

No wrong again junior I run scans from all the News Sources. As well as more official sites as well not connected to the MSM.

Better move along now.

Applebee's guy = White guy.

And Brooks is right. Its gonna be uphill...backwards...all the way.

Pity.

mudshark @ 91:

L.A. Confidential @ 79:

Ooooops

Hillary Wins South Dakota

You have a wicked sense of humor L.A.
But I found it quite funny.LOL

Wow someone recognizes it. I need an agent.

#50 that's frinkin funny
'' ghost of William F. Buckley,Jr. claims Obama unfit NASCAR dad.

Cevink @ 93:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 76:

Cevink @ 70:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 65:

Ah, so I see you have nothing of sense to say in light of my argument. Being dismissive isn't going to get your man elected.

I want to see *SOMEONE* tell me why there are two standards here; one for whites and one for blacks....isn't that what equality is all about?

Uh, hey, arsehole. I'm a Republican. He's not my candidate. But then again, neither is McSame. But it just goes to show everyone that anyone who disagrees with your pouting automatically, to you, is an Obama supporter. Simple, yet stupid.

Ah, a republican....I will try to use smaller words.

Who is *your* candidate, Sunshine? Were you hoping one might mysteriously drop out of the sky at the last moment? Maybe you're sitting back hoping JC might make it in time for the party? I still see you typing words, but not really putting together any cohesive thought. I didn't see you "disagree" with anything, only putting bad 4-6 word sentences together in the hopes that your lack of content would go unnoticed....it hasn't.

Uh. I don't owe you shit or shinola. Next.

ConcernedCanuck @ 75:

L.A. Confidential @ 69:

NoGWBpolicyleftinplace @ 63:

L.A. Confidential @ 57:

What? That you haven't.

Go play games with some other kids. I'm way over your head, and besides you aren't going to listen anyway.

Could you please explain something to everyone LA? I was under the impression you were a Dem Party member, or supporter. I was under the impression you hated the corporate run Repugs. Yet you are sounding all bitter about the DNC. Is the Clinton name not associated with the DLC, which by the way, is the corporate controlled branch of the Dem Party, that is almost identical to the Repugs. Should it not make you happy that the Dem Party is basically overruling this faction?

No. And I doubt it bothered LA this his candidate practically endorsed McCain over one of his own. Hillary got so close to McCain Bush was starting to get jealous!

L.A. Confidential @ 99:

mudshark @ 91:

L.A. Confidential @ 79:

Ooooops

Hillary Wins South Dakota

You have a wicked sense of humor L.A.
But I found it quite funny.LOL

Wow someone recognizes it. I need an agent.

Try deodorant first.

Why are Brooks and all of these other right-wing media hacks all trying to give Obama advice? Do any of their readers actually believe that they want him to win?

I told you this election was going to be insanity.

I also told you McCain was going to be the GOP front runner before the campaigns even started last year.

How do I work this?
Same as it ever was

Krisken @ 78:

L.A. Confidential @ 40:

Krisken @ 22:

L.A. Confidential @ 3:
You're records broken. Do you have any other tracks?

Just because I see through the game makes me a bad guy?

Whatever gets ya off.

There is nothing that will be said to make your tune change. You see shadows and movements that aren't there. My only regret is that others who come to this site looking for information will still be assaulted by the misinformation you and others have been spewing for months.

Despite your claims in other threads, you have shown that you had no intention of getting behind the Democratic party nominee. Sadly, this leaves everything else you say suspect. Everything you say is now tinged with deception.

So, go ahead, keep trolling, if that's what gets you off.

Just realize that everyone else here sees your sad display for what it is. I just hope someone's paying you for it.

Given the state of the Clinton campaign finances, I am willing to wager he has received a few paychecks in IOU form. And thus it explains his willingness to shove Clinton down our throats as an act of desperation to recoup those missing paychecks. Desperation brings the worst in people, and thus the unhinging is being monumental... albeit entertaining.

L.A. Confidential @ 74:

Kanan @ 68:

Don't worry, you won't have to wait too long to cast your vote for Sidney. Have you sent a donation yet?

I'm waiting for the "Great Unifier" to start Unifying. If he's not man enough to do that I'll write in Clinton.

She has more balls then BO anyway.

I have a feeling nothing Obama does will ever please you. Your girl lost and you just can't accept that. If you're really a Dem (I have my doubts) it's sad you would consider throwing your vote away so Sidney can appoint more conservative loons to the courts.

L.A. Confidential @ 105:

I told you this election was going to be insanity.

I also told you McCain was going to be the GOP front runner before the campaigns even started last year.

How do I work this?
Same as it ever was

Uh, I don't think anyone gives a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut.

slippy hussein toad @ 95:

L.A. Confidential @ 79:

Ooooops

Hillary Wins South Dakota

Giving her . . . maybe 15 delegates?

That's awesome. Now if she can magically produce 185 more, she's a shoo-in. Proving once again, that math works.

Fuzzy math works. Remember the 2000 election?

Bush Is A Yankee @ 103:

Try deodorant first.

Guy you need to do something else with your time.

Seek out a weaker opponent you can dominate or something. Good luck on that.

Yeah, and John McCain is an Applebee's type of guy?

Fuck Applebee's. Fuck David Brooks. Fuck this Joe Average meme.

Joe Average does not exist.

The people who care about who eats at Applebee's can eat shit.

you just can't get more DOWN HOME than applebee's
maybe he should eat a big mac just to satisfy brooks perceptions.
thats a fine test.

god this country is sooo stupid.

L.A. Confidential @ 110:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 103:

Try deodorant first.

Guy you need to do something else with your time.

Seek out a weaker opponent you can dominate or something. Good luck on that.

Yawn. I'll keep that in mind. God are you a sore loser.

L.A. Confidential @ 105:

I told you this election was going to be insanity.

I also told you McCain was going to be the GOP front runner before the campaigns even started last year.

How do I work this?
Same as it ever was

If you get a second where you aren't whining like a Taylor Marsh clone, would you please at least attempt to answer my post above?

Gregory is a douchbag tool of the highest order.

Typically White and Bitter Agent Hussein Provocateur @ 115:

Gregory is a douchbag tool of the highest order.

Apparently you haven't witnessed the fruity L.A. Confidential.

Bush Is A Yankee @ 103:

L.A. Confidential @ 99:

mudshark @ 91:

L.A. Confidential @ 79:

You have a wicked sense of humor L.A.
But I found it quite funny.LOL

Wow someone recognizes it. I need an agent.

Try deodorant first.

Dude, where are you sticking your nose?

Ye gods...stop it, stop it, STOP IT ALREADY!! What the @#$%^&* does being the sort of person "who can go into an Applebee‘s salad bar and [make] people think he fits in naturally there" have to do with whether or not that person is capable of being a good leader?!?! It has nothing whatsoever to do with it!!! Sure, that sort of person might have a lot of charisma and it certainly doesn't hurt for a leader to have that quality -- but unfortunately, I think that a lot of Americans mistake charisma for character even though they're not the same thing at all. To be honest, I have to put some of the blame on President Kennedy for the fact that Americans seem to value charisma so highly in a president because that was a quality which he unquestionably had. However, charisma is frequently also the quality which gives a good con man the ability to exploit his victims -- the ability to win other people over and put them at their ease -- but just because someone gives the appearance of being caring or honest or ethical doesn't mean that he is. It might not hurt for a President to have charisma, but it can actually hurt the people if and when it distracts them from the fact that there's little or nothing of substance underneath it -- and I find it virtually impossible to believe that Brooks doesn't know this.

Peter G @ 117:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 103:

L.A. Confidential @ 99:

mudshark @ 91:

Wow someone recognizes it. I need an agent.

Dude! That was weak! Totally! Dude!
Try deodorant first.

Dude, where are you sticking your nose?

Kanan @ 107:

I have a feeling nothing Obama does will ever please you. Your girl lost and you just can't accept that. If you're really a Dem (I have my doubts) it's sad you would consider throwing your vote away so Sidney can appoint more conservative loons to the courts.

When Obama becomes a man and starts unifying people and bringing them together then I will respect him. Until then he's just another slick politician. He better get started soon. Patience has it's limits.

Cevink @ 62:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 46:

Cevink @ 45:

What? Does Applebee's have a "no racists allowed " policy that keeps Obama out?

Could you whine a little louder, please?

I tell you what, if *I* ran for president and had been attending a Church pastored by David Duke or some other vile KKK figure FOR 23 YEARS, could I count on your vote? What is the difference? He is either a racist, an idot, or (this is my favorite) BOTH. Fuck Obama and his radical racist chums. If he had any brains at all, he would have disavowed those bible thumping morons 22 and 3/4 years ago....Oprah did.

an idot?

It's time for a cold beer. Or a cold beer distributer.

joe cantwell @ 121:

Cevink @ 62:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 46:

Cevink @ 45:
Could you whine a little louder, please?

I tell you what, if *I* ran for president and had been attending a Church pastored by David Duke or some other vile KKK figure FOR 23 YEARS, could I count on your vote? What is the difference? He is either a racist, an idot, or (this is my favorite) BOTH. Fuck Obama and his radical racist chums. If he had any brains at all, he would have disavowed those bible thumping morons 22 and 3/4 years ago....Oprah did.

an idot?

You're going to make him cry. Again.

ConcernedCanuck @ 114:

L.A. Confidential @ 105:

I told you this election was going to be insanity.

I also told you McCain was going to be the GOP front runner before the campaigns even started last year.

How do I work this?
Same as it ever was

If you get a second where you aren't whining like a Taylor Marsh clone, would you please at least attempt to answer my post above?

LOL Taylor Marsh? Who's that? Which post?

Biggus Diggus @ 81:

That's the sound of pundits wanking hard. Applebees? Really? That's the best you can come up with, David Brooks? And you, David Gregory, you have turned out to be an incredible hack, good only for being Karl Rove's dance partner. End the pundit wanking now!

Karl Rove's jail cell boyfriend.

and that's where independents are hanging out? applebee's
puhleeze
my older kids liked us to go there when they had a treasure chest for kids. i just don't see the connection. and i might say it sounds just a tad racist....would he be more comfortable at shoney's?

Bush Is A Yankee @ 123:

joe cantwell @ 121:

Cevink @ 62:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 46:

I tell you what, if *I* ran for president and had been attending a Church pastored by David Duke or some other vile KKK figure FOR 23 YEARS, could I count on your vote? What is the difference? He is either a racist, an idot, or (this is my favorite) BOTH. Fuck Obama and his radical racist chums. If he had any brains at all, he would have disavowed those bible thumping morons 22 and 3/4 years ago....Oprah did.

an idot?

You're going to make him cry. Again.

Isn't that the dog race up in Alaska?

Look... Lets not get carried away tonght... some are celebrating, some feeling hurt...

fwiw, I ran into David Brooks once when one of the SVPs took us out for a team-building lunch on the upper east side. Lunch entrees went up to $30+ dollars.

Obama's no Bobby Kennedy thats obvious.

Bobby brought EVERYONE together.

Put the "turd blossom"(Rove) in jail and hillary in white house as v.p.

Bush Is A Yankee @ 101:

Cevink @ 93:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 76:

Cevink @ 70:

Uh, hey, arsehole. I'm a Republican. He's not my candidate. But then again, neither is McSame. But it just goes to show everyone that anyone who disagrees with your pouting automatically, to you, is an Obama supporter. Simple, yet stupid.

Ah, a republican....I will try to use smaller words.

Who is *your* candidate, Sunshine? Were you hoping one might mysteriously drop out of the sky at the last moment? Maybe you're sitting back hoping JC might make it in time for the party? I still see you typing words, but not really putting together any cohesive thought. I didn't see you "disagree" with anything, only putting bad 4-6 word sentences together in the hopes that your lack of content would go unnoticed....it hasn't.

Uh. I don't owe you shit or shinola. Next.

Shit or Shinola? That would be a definite improvement on your attempts at topical witty banter with no content. Seriously, do you type these things just to see your name in print or is there some super-secret agenda you are working on developing, once you can stop the mental masturbation, let go of the death grip on your penis, and type with both hands?

You are a clever one, aren't you cupcake? Maybe we should vote for you...you'd look great on a ballot, maybe like a Douche/La Rouche ticket? No substance, but *great* alliteration. Oops, there I go with big words again....

L.A. Confidential @ 130:

Obama's no Bobby Kennedy thats obvious.

Bobby brought EVERYONE together.

and Hillary used him to divide....

No. 44 @ 111:

Yeah, and John McCain is an Applebee's type of guy?

Fuck Applebee's. Fuck David Brooks. Fuck this Joe Average meme.

Joe Average does not exist.

The people who care about who eats at Applebee's can eat shit.

Awww, yes. Can you feel the love???

Generation Obama...Change We Can Believe In.

Riiiiight.

Cevink @ 132:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 101:

Cevink @ 93:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 76:

Ah, a republican....I will try to use smaller words.

Who is *your* candidate, Sunshine? Were you hoping one might mysteriously drop out of the sky at the last moment? Maybe you're sitting back hoping JC might make it in time for the party? I still see you typing words, but not really putting together any cohesive thought. I didn't see you "disagree" with anything, only putting bad 4-6 word sentences together in the hopes that your lack of content would go unnoticed....it hasn't.

Uh. I don't owe you shit or shinola. Next.

Shit or Shinola? That would be a definite improvement on your attempts at topical witty banter with no content. Seriously, do you type these things just to see your name in print or is there some super-secret agenda you are working on developing, once you can stop the mental masturbation, let go of the death grip on your penis, and type with both hands?

You are a clever one, aren't you cupcake? Maybe we should vote for you...you'd look great on a ballot, maybe like a Douche/La Rouche ticket? No substance, but *great* alliteration. Oops, there I go with big words again....

You don't seriously think I'm reading your shit, do you? Jesus.

I have never eaten at Applebees. Then 5 or so years ago they had a horrible sexual harrassment suit against the company. Further reason why I don't go there. So to be a prez you have to eat at Applebees? Get real. I want someone totally brilliant, working 24/7 making the USA and world a better place.
No time to eat at a crappy place like that when he/she can avail themselves of the best cuisine in the world.

EliteLemming @ 133:

L.A. Confidential @ 130:

Obama's no Bobby Kennedy thats obvious.

Bobby brought EVERYONE together.

and Hillary used him to divide....

Who are you going to blame when Hillary is gone? Pathetic.

Bush Is A Yankee @ 123:

joe cantwell @ 121:

Cevink @ 62:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 46:

I tell you what, if *I* ran for president and had been attending a Church pastored by David Duke or some other vile KKK figure FOR 23 YEARS, could I count on your vote? What is the difference? He is either a racist, an idot, or (this is my favorite) BOTH. Fuck Obama and his radical racist chums. If he had any brains at all, he would have disavowed those bible thumping morons 22 and 3/4 years ago....Oprah did.

an idot?

You're going to make him cry. Again.

it's the lack of caring that belies their argument.

question: does he really support mcsame or is he just goofing around?
and if mcsame supports an idot like bush for eight years doesn't that make him an idot too?

cevink, your thoughts?

L.A. Confidential @ 120:

Kanan @ 107:

I have a feeling nothing Obama does will ever please you. Your girl lost and you just can't accept that. If you're really a Dem (I have my doubts) it's sad you would consider throwing your vote away so Sidney can appoint more conservative loons to the courts.

When Obama becomes a man and starts unifying people and bringing them together then I will respect him. Until then he's just another slick politician. He better get started soon. Patience has it's limits.

Ah, yes, so you'll "respect him".... I didn't see where you said you would VOTE for him....

Just as I thought... Perhaps you can call the DMV tomorrow and apply for a CHAOS vanity plate?

Bush Is A Yankee @ 123:

joe cantwell @ 121:

Cevink @ 62:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 46:

I tell you what, if *I* ran for president and had been attending a Church pastored by David Duke or some other vile KKK figure FOR 23 YEARS, could I count on your vote? What is the difference? He is either a racist, an idot, or (this is my favorite) BOTH. Fuck Obama and his radical racist chums. If he had any brains at all, he would have disavowed those bible thumping morons 22 and 3/4 years ago....Oprah did.

an idot?

You're going to make him cry. Again.

Typos happen, especially since I can type faster than you think Republican boy.

Cevink @ 140:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 123:

joe cantwell @ 121:

Cevink @ 62:

an idot?

You're going to make him cry. Again.

Typos happen, especially since I can type faster than you think Republican boy.

ROFL God you Shillary supporters are [Deleted. Keep it civil, please. Thank you. Site Monitor] when you're defeated aren't you?

Johnny2Bad @ 134:

No. 44 @ 111:

Yeah, and John McCain is an Applebee's type of guy?

Fuck Applebee's. Fuck David Brooks. Fuck this Joe Average meme.

Joe Average does not exist.

The people who care about who eats at Applebee's can eat shit.

Awww, yes. Can you feel the love???

Generation Obama...Change We Can Believe In.

Riiiiight.

Oh yeah the Love man just the kind of people I would like to welcome into my home.

Maybe if he showed a little ass-crack out the top of his pants, they'd think that was swell???? Our kinda people. Should the president of the USA look like a salad bar kinda guy, or be a bit more polished? Wonder what the queen (who he'll no doubt meet) would think. We saw Angela Merckel's reaction(s) to frat-boy bush.

David Brooks is an unmitigated ASSHAT.

He's useless in ANY other capacity.
*

can't we just all get along........i guess not

L.A. Confidential @ 142:

Johnny2Bad @ 134:

No. 44 @ 111:

Yeah, and John McCain is an Applebee's type of guy?

Fuck Applebee's. Fuck David Brooks. Fuck this Joe Average meme.

Joe Average does not exist.

The people who care about who eats at Applebee's can eat shit.

Awww, yes. Can you feel the love???

Generation Obama...Change We Can Believe In.

Riiiiight.

Oh yeah the Love man just the kind of people I would like to welcome into my home.

I doubt your trailer could hold any guests, Skippy.

Kanan @ 139:

Ah, yes, so you'll "respect him".... I didn't see where you said you would VOTE for him....

Just as I thought... Perhaps you can call the DMV tomorrow and apply for a CHAOS vanity plate?

OperationChaos is a farce. Of course Limbaugh likes to think he actually has an effect on this it's good for ratings.

Bush Is A Yankee @ 135:

Cevink @ 132:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 101:

Cevink @ 93:
Uh. I don't owe you shit or shinola. Next.

Shit or Shinola? That would be a definite improvement on your attempts at topical witty banter with no content. Seriously, do you type these things just to see your name in print or is there some super-secret agenda you are working on developing, once you can stop the mental masturbation, let go of the death grip on your penis, and type with both hands?

You are a clever one, aren't you cupcake? Maybe we should vote for you...you'd look great on a ballot, maybe like a Douche/La Rouche ticket? No substance, but *great* alliteration. Oops, there I go with big words again....

You don't seriously think I'm reading your shit, do you? Jesus.

Actually, I was wondering if your reading skills were up to par....I guess you settled that question Sunshine. Good job!

Cevink @ 148:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 135:

Cevink @ 132:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 101:

Shit or Shinola? That would be a definite improvement on your attempts at topical witty banter with no content. Seriously, do you type these things just to see your name in print or is there some super-secret agenda you are working on developing, once you can stop the mental masturbation, let go of the death grip on your penis, and type with both hands?

You are a clever one, aren't you cupcake? Maybe we should vote for you...you'd look great on a ballot, maybe like a Douche/La Rouche ticket? No substance, but *great* alliteration. Oops, there I go with big words again....

You don't seriously think I'm reading your shit, do you? Jesus.

Actually, I was wondering if your reading skills were up to par....I guess you settled that question Sunshine. Good job!

That's nice, Internet Tough Guy. Poor Clinton loser. Next.

Bush Is A Yankee @ 141:

Cevink @ 140:

Bush Is A Yankee @ 123:

joe cantwell @ 121:

You're going to make him cry. Again.

Typos happen, especially since I can type faster than you think Republican boy.

ROFL God you Shillary supporters are little bitches when you're defeated aren't you?

And you Rethuglicans are little bitches *all* the time. Go back to your nudie pics of Scott McClellan before Karl has them all burned.

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