David Brooks' Head Explodes Over Obama's Public Financing Decision
We've followed David Brooks' hackery for some time now, but this one has to take the cake. It seems that Senator Barack Obama's decision to opt out of the public campaign finance system has awakened this sleeping wanker.
God, Republicans are saps. They think that they’re running against some academic liberal who wouldn’t wear flag pins on his lapel, whose wife isn’t proud of America and who went to some liberationist church where the pastor damned his own country. They think they’re running against some naïve university-town dreamer, the second coming of Adlai Stevenson.
But as recent weeks have made clear, Barack Obama is the most split-personality politician in the country today. On the one hand, there is Dr. Barack, the high-minded, Niebuhr-quoting speechifier who spent this past winter thrilling the Scarlett Johansson set and feeling the fierce urgency of now. But then on the other side, there’s Fast Eddie Obama, the promise-breaking, tough-minded Chicago pol who’d throw you under the truck for votes.
Fast Eddie Obama? Oy. I wish I could tell you that Brooks' frothing, hit-piece got better, but, I can't.
I have to admit, I’m ambivalent watching all this. On the one hand, Obama did sell out the primary cause of his professional life, all for a tiny political advantage. If he’ll sell that out, what won’t he sell out? On the other hand, global affairs ain’t beanbag. If we’re going to have a president who is going to go toe to toe with the likes of Vladimir Putin, maybe it is better that he should have a ruthlessly opportunist Fast Eddie Obama lurking inside. Read on...
Ahh, the smell of feigned outrage. And nothing about McCain at all? Little David seems to be very angry -- and as Matthew Yglesias writes, you wouldn't like David when he's angry.
Is he a comic book writer ? Or some bookend b-rate novelist ?
And btw FISRT !!!
"who’d throw you under the truck for votes." we'll see how obama fairs on FISA,, BROOKS MAY BE RIGHT BUT FOR THE WRONG REASONS.
This is how it works. Obama and McCain are considered slippery politicians. Except Obama is slippery as "brown" soap while McCain is slippery like "white" soap. Like Ivory white soap pure clean bubbles none of those hard to smell brown bubbles. That is my political commentary and I am sticking to it.
Damn that liberal for not wasting public money!
The solution is simply. If you vote republican you are willing to sign up for a draft to go fight in Iraq and Iran.
Of course, he must be a dangerously naive pansy or a Machiavellian evil schemer. In David Brooks' mind, there are only caricatures, and the ones about Democrats are always negative, of course.
Brooks has spent a career seeing only caricatures. Look, some of these people are sort of "bohemian", and yet sort of middle class-- they must be "bourgeois bohemians!" That's the ticket.
Far too simple to just see that everyone doesn't fall into some black and white (now you've said it) stereotype.
Hey wait, C&L has a spell checker now? Yet, John Amato doesn't use it himself?? (/snark)
Hint: Plurals don't have possessive apostrophes.
(Apostrophe's)Great site otherwise.Obama's decision not to accept public financing seems to be scaring the shit out of the conservatives. They're afraid our huge cash advantage will turn their anticipated November thumping into a bloodbath. And it will. Payback is a bitch, Davey-boy.
We are going to go toe to toe with the Ruskies? Oh, BOY!
WHere is my cowboy hat?
it's a smart move brooks and you know it. i knew you were bias but this piece is tabloid crap...."fast eddie obama"..........this is a fluid situation the public is very involved in his campaign $100 donors and he is going to keep them in it as his strategy...please.. mcBlame has his own explaining to do as far as being in or out of the public finance system.......both sen. graham and brooks being totally melodramatic in order to try and make this stick
The only reason that it is unfair and wrong is that Republicans are not out fund raising Democrats 2 to 1, if Republicans were it would be totally fair!
joeedugan @ 7:
What will Brooks and the rest of the NYT's Republican pun-dents do when the G.O.P. folds it's tent and leaves town because the "brand name" floats at the bottom of the party punch bowl.
rend @ 2:
You're dumber than Brooks...and that's obviously saying something.
David Brooks is a paid hitman, and not a very good one, at that.
He's the guy who you meet in a parking lot to have your wife killed, and he
gets out of his car with his pant zipper undone, pushing up his glasses that are
falling off his face, and sweating like a pig forced to run laps.
He will do it for whatever you think is fair, and never brings up how much risk
he's taking to get more money, for fear of angering you and having some sort
of angry outburst.
He drives off with $20 of upfront pay, is grateful for it, contemplates how he needs
a gun now, and drives right through a red light and into the side of a car, severely
injuring himself. That's David Brooks.
Nothing to see here, move along.
"God, Republicans are saps!"
Mr. Brooks is a Republican.
Mr. Brooks is a sap.
Wow, he is actually correct about something.
Huh huh huh huh DUH!
What a dumb shit! How does he still have a job ???????????????
RayC @ 10:
Only if all the Refucklican money came from billionaires!!!
The only possible way to deal with the arguments on the right is to ignore them. They would have attacked Obama regardless of his decision. If he stuck to his original promise they would have derided him for accepting less money than he collected from his supporters, accusing him once again of "throwing them under the bus" by rejecting their help, and calling him a chump for being so "principled". He's in a no win situation with the MSM, so he may as well ignore them and just focus on winning this election.
My head nearly exploded when Brooks said this on PBS Newshour...
"On a core issue of character, I do not believe McCain will bend. He'll bend on all this other stuff he doesn't care about, but Obama did bend on a core issue of his conscience."
What the hell does Brooks know about "character"? The guy is a shameless McCain cheerleader with pom poms coming out of his ass. He callously dismisses McCain's flip-flop reversals on every significant policy - "[McCain will] bend on all this other stuff". What a tool.
Don from Canada @ 5:
Repugs can pay extra war taxes too.
John F A @ 16:
Totally, turn off David Briiks and the MSM. Send Barack all the money he needs to get in and hire a really top notch security force to protect his life.
He will be in great danger if elected. That is the only way that the corporate criminals can ultimately quash populist movement. Watch and see!!!!
His pieces about Obama are just getting more pathetic all the time: First the Applebee's thing, now Fast Eddie.
With a voluntary extra 10% war tax, the Republican supporter / voter gets a lapel pin, car bumper sticker all to proudly display their higher than normal tax burden in support of the GWOT.
Lets see those Repug dare to wear those suckers.
I see by his pic that Our Miss Brooks is still breathing through his mouth.
I have to admit, I’m ambivalent watching all this.
If he wasn't such a freaking liar, he could have left it at that. But Brooks is so wankeralicious
Was he really quoting the Smashing Pumpkins' "resolute urgency of now" from "Tonight, Tonight?"
John F A @ 16:
EXACTLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lets show where the argument falls apart
where is the majority of private monies that obama is raising coming from?
pacs? nope
big oil? nope
big pharma? nope
so who is the great special interest funneling monies to obama???
shocker...its guys like you and me who have 25 bux to donate on the website
obama went back on his public funding promise because his netroots campaign is even more successful then he imagined
so why go to public financing when the public is already financing the campaign
hey brooks....WHOS YOUR DADDY??
Left&Left @ 12:
ok,, so you are one who enjoys the pending FISA legislation?
Somebody bring that boy (Brooks) some motherfucking Iced Tea!
pookapooka @ 22:
"Our Miss Brooks"...that's so funny because it's so true.
sher @ 25:
your totally on it they have an attacking response for both sides of any issue obama stands for.......that is part of their LINGUISTIC attack strategy....if he votes against FISA he is weak on terror....votes for it he doesn't represent the people who support him and importance of the constitution. mccain on the other hand sems for many issues to have the public confused by flip flopping..........like you said it doesn't what obama stands for he is attacked it's never right/accepted...
Brooks of the Appleby salad bar. A precocious little prick!
For the record Fast Eddie, at least the one from the Hustler, was from Oakland, California.
Anyone else incredulous like I am about how the "librul media" is castigating Obama as breaking his promise re public financing? Another crock of shit they've cooked up for the sheeple to consume.
David Brooks’ Head Explodes Over Obama’s Public Financing Decision
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY-03vYYAjA
Does he call Senator McCain "Dr. John" or "Fast Johnny" too?
OBAMA SAID HE'D TAKE PUBLIC FINANCE IF McSAME DID ALSO, McSAME TOOK PRIVATE FUNDS WHEN HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO!!!
The "Machiavellian" line is laughable. But he actually brings up a good point when he says maybe it's good to have a president with a lurking capacity for sly ruthlessness. He might have been trying to be sarcastic, but it sounds like an endorsement to me.
I never thought Obama was a cuddly "Mr. Rogers" nice guy. He's a shrewd businessman when he needs to be. Good.
lyleleander @ 13:
heh. not sure what this has to do with anything, but it was funny.
surfjac @ 35:
dr.strangelove
Timelapsed @ 6:
Are you referring to "Brooks'"?
I'll have to check my old writing texts, but I believe that if a name ends in s, its possessive is s'.
Left&Left @ 12:
Well I guess I'm dumb as well then. Obama is going to sell us out and you're going to have to swallow the same jagged pill as the rest of us come next week.
Logan,
Brooks is referring to Edward "Fast Eddie" Vdrolyak one of the more infamous Chicago City alderman. Fast Eddie was the principle thorn in the side of Jane Byrne when she became mayor in 1979. She'd outfoxed the Machine and they hated her for it.
Vdrolyak was even more of a thorn in Harold Washington's side, until Washington got the ward map redrawn and increased the power of minorities in Chicago.
Eddie's has had a fascinating career, he recently testified in the Rezko trial, and has a cute article on wikipedia.
here's another example of media dishonesty...watch this
http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42686-video-proves-fox-erased-mccain-sayin...
sher @ 25:
Ditto.
As well as the fact that the GOP is running a bad candidate on a GOP-off-year which means Obama could wear a (made in China of course) North Korean flag pin on his forehead and still beat McSame this November.
The GOP will be the GOP in these desperate times. Cant blame them really, what other choice do they have ??
But with Obama enjoying the luxury of going up against an opponent and a party in complete turmoil, he can just let them play themselves exhaustion, then he can put them to bed once and for all in Novembe.r
YouCantHandleDaTruth @ 36:
He also stipulated that the 527 smear groups must disband. They actually bring hundreds of millions to the campaign, which is not counted as campaign dollars, even though it goes directly to supporting his campaign. McCain never dealt with this issue.
PS: I hate Brooks, whether he is mad, or not. In fact, I hate him while he is asleep.
YouCantHandleDaTruth @ 36:
sure! but remember that with this media, the only one to demonize is Barack. McC*nt can do no wrong, he's just misunderstood. and he makes a mean barbecued rib, so they bring him donuts, hopefully his favorites.
karl @ 39:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_q57k_oeCo
Turd Ferguson @ 32:
Actually, the lisping chickenhawk is alluding to Edward "Fast Eddie" Vrdolyak. A former Chicago alderman indicted in 2007 on charges of bribery, mail fraud and wire fraud.
surfjac @ 35:
Those are Cindy's names for him.
The first one is probably a reference to her favorite song, "I Walk on Gilded Splinters".
The second one, well...
rend @ 27:
You see only black or white on this legislation, eh? This election is too critical to allow a single issue to make one jump ship so quickly. John Dean mentioned on Countdown Friday that Obama is AGAINST granting immunity from criminal prosecution to the Telecom companies. He compromised...yes. You may want to see how this actually transpires, I don't think its a total cave.
Just to be clear, Sen. Obama promised Sen. McCain that they could discuss both campaigns taking public funding. However, the senator from Arizona never got around to it and was in the middle going back and forth on whether public funding was the way to go. He, of course, has flip-flopped on the public financing and only when convenient and necessary to guarantee loans has he subscribed to public financing. Of course, now that pledge has come back to bite him in the mcnuggets so the spin goes on and on that Sen. Obama is the flip-flopper. Makes perfect sense if you're a Republican; it doesn't make it right but you're a Republican and you need to get your guy in office to keep the oil companies in business.
You see only black or white on this legislation, eh? This election is too critical to allow a single issue to make one jump ship so quickly. John Dean mentioned on Countdown Friday that Obama is AGAINST granting immunity from criminal prosecution to the Telecom companies. He compromised…yes. You may want to see how this actually transpires, I don’t think its a total cave.
Sen. Obama promised a filibuster.
From #50:
"You see only black or white on this legislation, eh? This election is too critical to allow a single issue to make one jump ship so quickly. John Dean mentioned on Countdown Friday that Obama is AGAINST granting immunity from criminal prosecution to the Telecom companies. He compromised…yes. You may want to see how this actually transpires, I don’t think its a total cave."
Sen. Obama promised a filibuster.
his head exploded because he inhaled too deeply
inside that honey bucket brain of his.......mostly empty
but, incontinent................
Susie @ 3:
your remarks are just too racist.
I'm sorry, HOW is the NY Times considered a left-wing paper?? The Right always loses me on that.
Jesus, this is infantile, inane, trivial bullshit. Just spent an extended weekend in Europe, and I'm extremely embarassed by what passes for news media and political dialogue/discussion in this country.
It's painfully obvious that the Repugs can only thrive in an environment of the dumb and uninformed.
C'mon people. Obama has gotten twice as many large contributions ($4600 or more) from big donors than John McCain:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/donordems.php?cycle=2008
Center For Responsive Politics link is....opensecrets.org/pres08/donordems.php?cycle=2008
Stop with the "Barack Obama is the candidate of the people" routine. It only makes you look like clueless rubes.
dadams @ 55:
Thanks Dadams. Bigots just can't help themselves. This stupid fuck probably writes reading books for children....of the klan.
Which clearly makes plenty of sense , in light of his opponent ; the stupid old asswipe who has done a complete 180 on every single issue.........
Do these GOP shills ever take into account how ludicrously stupid all their statements are for even 1 nanosecond ?
He used to be a liberal and then he fell down and got brain damage. Poor thing.
Judging by that picture brooks must've been a real winner in High School with the ladies.
It's Me @ 58:
hey thanks for sharing the site
mccain% of contributors over $4600....8%
obama% of contributors over $4600....5%
What, nothing about McLiar accepting public money and then saying forget it? Nothing on the thinking that maybe Obama might mot be able to trust McLiar when McLiar says he will accept the public money. McLiar would never go back on his word would he? they don't call him McFlipflop for nothing. You surprise me David Brooks. NOT!
fastfeat @ 40:
that IS correct! and it applies to plurals ending in "s" as well! It's amazing what people are 'concerned' with these days.
Tommy Franks - does the "stupidest fucking guy on the planet" tag still belong to Feith?
MCMetal @ 60:
nope! and the meme is currently being developed, as we can see from brooks' tone, that Barack is a divisive candidate because he makes fascists angry.
All this anger because Barack is the candidate that he is, whatever THAT is. It's certainly Barack's fault that they are angry with him.
Certainly, if he were McC*nt, Barack's sins would certainly be forgivable.
Brooks is the equal of highly esteemed, non partisan, fair and balanced Tim Russert.
Both of them GREAT, inspiring, true journalists.
Without agendas.
Seriously.
Just incredible news men. Impartial. Not lapdogs of Cheney and the GOP, no matter how much it might appear to be the case, it's just coincidence.
cg the 2nd @ 66:
broder and brooks are definitely giving feith a run for the money, but I think any number of the fux people still get a slight edge, starting with KKKristol and Hume.
Just my Opinion.
cg the 2nd @ 66:
The only thing that needs to be said about Tommy Franks is the he is 68 years old and still calls himself Tommy. Please leave the room "Tommy."
BaScOmBe hearts Lara Logan @ 65:
Thanks.
I don't like to beat people up over this stuff, but when someone tries to spank someone else down, publicly, at least be correct.
I'm slipping a little in my old age, and I try to keep my feeble skills honed.
Please take this opportunity to apply all 7 of George Carlins' dirty words, and apply them appropriately to Mr Brooks and his ilk.
R.I.P. Mr. Carlin
I just think it's too bad your headline isn't true!!
fastfeat @ 40:
No, I was referring to John Amato's posts, not this one, because I just saw the spell checker when I posted my comment here and it made me laugh. Things like "the Limbaugh's of this world" always make me cringe when I read John's posts, but it was good-natured teasing. He's gotten much better, and I do like the site.
By the way, a little detail about the one you cited: Oddly enough the New York Times is one of the few places whose style book differed from that rule, the NY Times would add another s, so for example in this case it would be "Brooks's". I don't know if they changed it but for years that was the case. Again though that wasn't what I was talking about here, my spelling comment had no connection to this piece except that I saw the spell checker when I commented.
OMG!! David Brooks is turning into a rabid lamb!
I saw davy (applebee's has a salad bar )brooks along with the (supposed) demo pundit on the news hour saying all sorts of things about the decision for not taking public funds the way they were talking it was like the 3 sign of the end of days or something I thought conservatives didn't think it was good policy to have the government involved in anything so does this mean that Mccrazy is unamerican to accept government money to finance his campaign? also whatever happened to "the market" if Mccrazy is so good he should be rolling in dough and then we have the FEC violations how many has Mccrazy racked up to date?
I think it was a good idea with the rethugs playing dirty ( do they know any other way) obama will need that money to counter all the 527 ads and whatever the GOP can think up to smear him.
What does have me really disappointed is the flip flop on the FISA copout it's easier to put something into a bill ( I do not think politicians can be bothered to read what they sign they just go with the talking points) than it is to take it out. And FISA was/is all about control not about security of the domestic citizenry and not the foreign. Those in government are doing the terrorists work for them by destroying amerika from the inside wonder who the appeasers are??
It's Me @ 58:
Maybe because the big donors know that McCain is a f^%$ing waste of space and a throwaway joke candidate come september.
Could it be that people and even corporations know that the times ahead are going to be hard, so a real leader is required.
Four months of McC*nt until he keels over from the stress of chewing his meds and having his diaper changed twice daily, wont be good enough for the US.
karl @ 63:
look at the % of total donors over $4600
BaScOmBe hearts Lara Logan @ 46:
Maybe if he eats a lot of barbecue and they keep bringing donuts.....that cholesterol is the pits.
Isn't it funny, that if Obama was the white republican politician, he would be admired for his political smarts and wits, but as he is just a black democratic senator from IL, there must be something wrong with him, and Obama is really mean and would even throw you under the truck to gain another vote. But then again, John McCain is winning a lot of votes by frequenting Applebees LOL. Need I say more?
Amitola @ 73:
My thoughts exactly! Where's the follow-through, people?!?!
"You wouldn't like David when he's angry". But Bobo's outrage is very selective, like all the RePukes.
I loved his take on the "Scooter" Libby pardon/ impunity: "I don't care about that issue." Therefore, the "insidious treason" (Bush's dad's words) of revealing a covert CIA operative's identity: Irrelevant! But Scooter's undoubtedly a personal friend of Bobo's, something he'd never bother to reveal to the unwashed masses.
PS: nice photo there. He looks like George Costanza after a few weeks at WeightWatchers.
Timelapsed @ 74:
Thanks for clarifying. I too have seen the construction such as "Brooks's", and I wasn't sure if it was correct.
I used to be a stickler on this kind of thing (at least to myself), but, as I said earlier, I'm losing my touch a bit. Call it McCains' (both of them) Syndrome--old age and damage from too many drugs...
The truly weird part of all this is that Brooks admires his version of Barack the Chicago pol more than the high minded liberal which is the Rovian version.
The tough street wise Barack is the one who will not lie down for a Swift Boating, the academic is the one who will bring the US back on course.
here's another media clown....mccains i didn't love the country until.....
http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42686-video-proves-fox-erased-mccain-sayin...
It's Me @ 58:
Actually... If your going to put FEC stats out there... put them all out. Obama has more donors than McCain in every category of donation, so what is your point?
Obama has nearly three times as many donors at $200+ than McCain.
% of Donors $200+
Obama----141,658-----45%
McCain-----52,564-----24%
Obama has almost twice as many contributors at $2300+ than McCain
No. of $2300+Contributors
Obama----28,215-----28%
McCain---15,953------46%
Obama has double the donors at $4,600 than McCain.
No. of Donors $4600
Obama----2,652-----5%
McCain---1,386-----8%
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/donordems.php?cycle=2008
Now here is the caveat that is interesting... Obama is 100% financed by individual donors and McCain list 1% of his funding.
Obama has yet to disclose the source of $946,977 which Open Secrets says is less than 1% of his total funding, while McCain has over 7 times as much to disclose.... $7,471,969 or 8% of his total funding is from sources unknown.
Obama's Funding:
Individual contributions___$264,493,051___100%
PAC contributions_______$-750___________0%
Candidate self-financing____$0____________0%
Federal Funds____________$0____________0%
Other_________________$946,977_________0%
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/summary.php?cid=N00009638&cycle=2008
John McCain's Funding:
Individual contributions_____$88,221,824____91%
PAC contributions___________$960,990______1%
Candidate self-financing ___________$0______0%
Federal Funds___________________$0_______0%
Other____________________$7,471,969______8%
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/summary.php?cid=N00006424&cycle=2008
fastfeat @ 83:
Glad to clarify, it looked like two of you were going off on a whole little party there based on a false assumption ;)
I'm not really a stickler, I just like it to be clear. My basic rule of thumb is that if it makes me have to scan back and read it a few times to know which way to take it, then it's getting in the way and probably should be fixed. Another word for stickler is editor of course, and having worked as one of those as well as having had many (I don't mean in any biblical sense) (well, there was the..... oh never mind) it's bound to be infectious.
Rasputin @ 86:
maybe i've got this wrong i look at this and i see"candidate of the people".......
LMAO, Brooks sounds as bad as Cannonfire does
You know the reich-wing MSM is really desperate when they obsess over a Democrat NOT taking tax-payers money. Priceless. Reich-wingers, do any of you vile scum even remember how herr dubyah, Kerry, or Mr. Gore financed their runs?
"the Scarlett Johansson set"
The what-now?
His head exploded?!? cool! Did Cheney show up to feast on his brains?
[[Obama has double the donors at $4,600 than McCain.
No. of Donors $4600
Obama—-2,652—–5%
McCain—1,386—–8%]]
Yep. Why do you suppose the "candidate of the people's" team never mentions those large donors (TWICE as many as John McCain), who they are and only mentions the small, individual donations?
Any non-Obot recognizes it is an effort to fool some clueless the rubes.
Seems to be working, too.
Let's bottom line this thing.
What's pissing off all the Obama haters is this...They have been outsmarted.
Outsmarted by an inexperienced, son of a single white mother, oneterm, black liberation church goingHarvard educated, Hillary beating, cool as a cucumber fella.
Oh did I mention he's black!
karl @ 88:
Me Too! Obama has wide spread support from all sectors of donors and he has a ton of them!
If memory serves me well, he has a database of over 1.5 million people who have donated to his campaign and the vast majority of his funds have actually come from small donors as in $50 or less.
This bodes well for us all because it means that "We the People" can raise more funds than the lobbyist and special interest groups.
This is the essence of what the whole debate about public funding is about... the power of the people to have influence equal to the big money donors and corporate lobbyists. This campaign has answered that question... we can!
What is more, we also demonstrated that we can effect the primaries through organizations like Act Blue and it is time to start weeding out the DINOS. Obama's campaign is only the first salvo across the bow of congress and he is only one man and it will take a lot more action to start sacking the bastards who stand in the way of progressive agendas.
The internet funding model does give us a voice and a fighting chance to restore the Republic!
surfjac @ 35:
he is "half Fast on the John."
rend @ 2:
Unfortunately, those are my sentiments exactly.
It's Me @ 93:
You are a troll. As you can see McLiar needs a very much higher percentage of his donors to be big donors because regular people can see through his lies and flip flops and know the he is so old he can't remember what he says from day to day.
Hey Brooks, wasn't it your guy who looked in Putin's eyes and saw a good soul? That same time Putin looked back and saw a damned fool?
I think I'll take my chances with Fast Eddie!
It's Me @ 93:
mccain has a larger % above $4600 than obama that has to be pointed out if your going to say obama isn't for the people.......smaller over $4600 % does represent the people for obama....if he has more donors total that equates to more people or the people's candidate.....he represents larger number of smaller amount donors..ie. mccain over $4600...8%..obama over$4600...5%
Obama has overwhelming support across all economic sectors and it has translated into over half of his funding has come from the small donation category of under $200 dollars.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/obama-propelled.html
bill doh @ 96:
Brook's "Fast Eddie" comment is playing to the GOP's racist base.
Is it me or am I missing something here? I find it very funny that the Republicans are whining about how much money that Obama is able to raise. And do you think for a minute that if McSenile could raise more than Obama that he would be all wound up?
more people donating for obama ="people's candidate"
Obama was volunteering in inner city Chicago neighborhoods helping the under privileged when Brooks was laying ground work to get paid big bucks to be a right wing shill for the conservative elite.
Just what you would expect from a member of the out of touch conservative elite who doesn't know Applebee's doesn't have a salad bar.
"David Brooks’ Head Explodes"....ahh, if only it were true.
Boy, the wingnuts sure get riled up when a candidate they don't support kicks @ss in individual donations. Bummer dOOdz !
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 26:
Not true, Obama is funded by the likes of Soros, the RAND corp., wall street. This list goes on. Right now we have right wing fascism and now you will have it from the left as well. The more I talk to people the more i realize that they are not falling for this obama nonsense. ( No, McCain is equally irrelevant) Listen to him talk. He just says what you want to hear. Implies to the young crowd that he is against war, but he says, actually, that he's against stupid wars. Then he tells the israeli lobby("is" from the goddess isis, "ra" from the egyptian sun god, and "el" the all important saturn) that he is ready to go after pakistan, iran and anyone else that is a "threat" to poor little nuclear armed israel. Oh, and please, go look up Larry Sinclair. No to hillary, no to mccain, no to obama.
What can we do to make it happen again?
Captain Obama’s Bitter Half Husein Kangaroo @ 103:
What they are whining about is actually "pissing in the wind" over what is a classic pyramid in marketing terms.
There are more donors at the base of the economic pyramid than there are at the top and their small donations can exceed the large donations from the top financial elites, especially with contribution caps in place.
The only way they can catch up is through massive donation into the 527's and right now the top 527's are progressive groups. This could change as the top .01%ers realize they are about to get their butts kicked royally. The CEO class will not go quietly into their good night and Obama's campaign managers know this.
To their undoing though is the long drawn out primary campaign because it gave Obama a 50 state organization and the new voter registration has been huge!
In a very real way, Obama owes a great debt of thanks to Hillary Clinton because he and his organization wouldn't have had to work so hard to establish this base if the primaries weren't so contentious. Now that she is campaigning for him it gets even better.
moktar @ 107:
Care to back up your statements regarding Obama being funded by the rand corporation and Soros with a link? Donations have to be recorded with the FEC you know.
One more thing Moktar... with over half of Obama's funding coming from small donors... what does it really matter?
Rasputin he has no sources. He is so desperate he mentions Larry Sinclair!
Captain Obama’s Bitter Half Husein Kangaroo @ 98:
You and others are losing points on the rudimentary arithmatic portion of your application. 2600 (donors) is still twice many as 1300 no matter how you spin it.
Now, for more of the Conceptual Math portion of your application:
5% of Barack Obama's contributions come from $4600+ donors.
8% of John McCain's contributions come from $4600+ donors.
QUESTION: Can you buy more political favoritism with 5% of $265,000,000...OR with 8% of $89,000,000?
Take your time. Accuracy counts for more than speed on this application. Use all your fingers and toes if necessary...
moktar @ 107:
two words.......lame & weak
It's Me @ 113:
that wasn't the argument........now check out that PAC money
for obama more people donating....people's candidate
obama is running against mcBush and bush at the same time....he needs all the money he can get....to dethrone the king
It's Me @ 113:
Were you home schooled?
45% of Obama's money comes from donations of less than 200$, compared to 24% of McCain's money.
If you can't understand that those figures indicate that Obama has more support from the less privileged, you are a freaking idiot.
Yes, Obama is getting more money from people across all income demographics, but McCain's money is coming from fewer larger donors.
karl @ 114:
I was going to respond to that idiot, but I think you nailed it, Karl.
This is a classic case of projection. McCain either changes his mind about his beliefs/policies about twice a month or he can't remember what they were, he's brazenly broken his own campaign finance laws, he's up to his ears in lobbyists and he now sucks up to everybody he can if he thinks it will get him some votes. He's contradicted himself on so many things so many times that it's difficult to figure out exactly where he stands on any given issue.
The stupid right-wingers understand this, so they're resorting to their oldest, most childish instinct: playing the "I know you are, but what am I?" game. They've even tried to desperately make the claim that it's Obama, not McCain, who is more like Bush. They're so devoid of any mental capacity that they can't even come up with their own attacks. It's actually very sad. I guess that's what happens when you elect a bunch of morons based on who you'd rather have a beer with that their actual intelligence and qualifications.
"Obama’s decision not to accept public financing seems to be scaring the shit out of the conservatives." Maybe it's just because he said he was for it before he said he was against it. And because we need public financing or nothing about the corporate donor system will change. Obama is as corporate as it gets, which is why he doesn't want to go for the 85 million. Small donors my a$$.
By the way, I can't see how some people try to describe David Brooks as a liberal. This is an unadulterated hatchet job.
"the Scarlett Johansson set"????? Who the hell is he talking about?
From Brooks, April 17, 2004:
shellius @ 119:
barack's wife doesn't have a private jet so he is going to need the extra cash
shellius @ 119:
If you can't come up with anything better than this really lame and tired "he was for it before he was against it" garbage, don't bother to post. Your desperation is very transparent.
Economic privilege (if indeed this chestnut is true) has not shielded Obama from the pervasive racism still fomenting in our nation's psyche. I am certain Obama has had to go "toe to toe" many times in order to get where he is today. I don't doubt he can hold his own with any world leader, and this pathetic little babbling Brooks is less than nothing--a tiny, whiny background noise; a relentless, mosquitoesque, boring buzz.
The children of the Civil Rights Movement have come of age. They are now parents and grandparents. How many of them participated in marches and sit-ins while they were still students in high schools across the nation, particularly the deep South? How many of them felt the vicious bite of police dogs, the skin flaying force of a fire hose, the rabid brutality of a police baton--just for peacefully demonstrating for their fundamental civil rights?
If anyone doubts that our latter day Mr. Obama has been shaped by these events, read Eye on the Prize by Juan Williams. Read Bearing the Cross by David Garrow. Watch 4 Little Girls by Spike Lee. But, don't waste your time on Mr. Brooks. He doesn't deserve your regard at all.
shellius @ 119:
Obama said he would “aggressively pursue an agreement” on financing. A deal would have to include limiting 527's like the Swift Boat hacks. They didn't work out a deal.
Old Billy Hussein @ 116:
Perfect. Thanks for confirming my point.
Thanks, Mr. Brooks. I used to be a Hillary supporter... but I think I like Obama a little BETTER now that I've read your funky-doodle description of him! Fast-Edie-Obama... that's COOL!
It's Me @ 125:
What Point?
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/obama-propelled.html
It seems that Obama has more donors from every income demographic than McCain.
Almost 50% of Obama's donations came from the small donors ($200 or less) while McCain only drew 30% of his donations from this small donor segment.
McCain's campaign is much more dependent on the big donors ($2000+) at 42%, while Obama drew less than 25% of his donations from this donor segment.
Of course we can't be sure that McCain's numbers are accurate as he still has $7.5 million dollars in contributions that his campaign has not released the donors names or amounts given to the FEC yet... as per Open secrets.
Brooks ends with a compliment.
"He’s the most effectively political creature we’ve seen in decades."
if you think obama doesnt understand power and how to use it, you're hopelessly idealistic and part of the reason democrats have been such a colossal failure the past 8 years.
Rasputin @ 127:
Why, my original point and every point I made in this thread since, of course:
"C’mon people. Obama has gotten twice as many large contributions ($4600 or more) from big donors than John McCain."
Not only has Obama gotten larger ($4600+) contributions from TWICE as many donors as John McCain but his take from those contributions just so happens to calculate to about TWICE what John McCain has gotten from his as well. Obama could utterly ignore the donors and disregard the small donations he's gotten from the supposedly underpriviliged, keep only the $4600+ contributions from the big money donors and still be way ahead of McCain on funds.
But his "candidate of the people" handlers only want to talk about the small donations from the supposedly underpriviliged and NEVER mention the larger ones from the big money donors. They know that marketing tactic impresses the gullible hayseeds and the clueless rubes I'm sure.
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Mentioning Soros funding:
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=5207
http://www.rense.com/general80/spawn.htm
It's Me @ 129:
Yawn!
It seems that Obama has more donors from every income demographic than McCain.
Almost 50% of Obama’s donations came from the small donors ($200 or less) while McCain only drew 30% of his donations from this small donor segment.
McCain’s campaign is much more dependent on the big donors ($2000+) at 42%, while Obama drew less than 25% of his donations from this donor segment.
Of course we can’t be sure that McCain’s numbers are accurate as that McCain still has $7.5 million dollars in contributions that his campaign has not released the donors names or amounts given to the FEC yet… as per Open secrets.
So suck it up... McCrazy is going to get his ass kicked! (Boo Hoo!)
Susie @ 3:
This mine, that man is a proper asshole.
adama @ 133:
I heard the local right-wingers radio hosts going off on the Obama campaign funding issue this morning. Here's pretty much what they're saying about it.
"Of COURSE he's not taking public money, that's because it allows him to break all the rules!"
Apparently, in the minds of the wing-nuts, if Obama stops taking public money, he can then do whatever he wants. That exempts him from all campaign financing rules.
Wow, just wow.
When they write the bible according to obama, they will need to go no further than Crooks&Liars, for it is abundant with proper apologists for obama -- that man can do no wrong, break no promise, or people the underside of a bus with former family, friends, father figures, political phantoms and such -- all hail the uniter----
douglas in oklahoma @ 136:
What a ridiculous, brainless comment. It's typical right-winger, let's-make-every-issue-a-dumbed-down-caricature-of-reality, black-and-white philosophy.
If anyone happens to think Obama is, by far, the much better candidate in this election, they're automatically portrayed as cultists who see Obama as some kind of messiah without faults. Of course, in reality, it's the feeble-minded and bumbling McSame who makes Obama look so much larger-than-life in comparison.
REKROC ---- oh where to begin --- Rezko gets convicted -- obama breaks his word and refuses public financing -- missed the vote of FISA back in Feb -- now flips and is for the sucker. My so-called brainless comment is about the fucking FREE PASS you and you obama fan club give him over and over. If Hillary Clinton just invoked the name LBJ in reference to Martin Luther King, she was a racist. APOLOGIST is the correct word usage, you cover his ass. He is just a politican and should be vetted like anyone else......but yoooou should re-read some of these blogs and notice how many obama apologists there actually are. love him all ya want, I don't care --- after all I don't have a brain. But let me tell ya this, as a high school graduate --- BABYJESUS HE AIN'T!!! And woe be to all obama acolytes when they find out that is feet are really made of clay......................
ANTI-ICONOCLASTIC ACOLYTES, I am still brainless(according to rekroc) -- but that's the new nomenclature for the obama fan club --- it is a bit much, but when your inteligence gets questioned -- ya just gotta say something... besides the obama group seems to lack a basic sense of humor --- pretty fucking touchy for the camp that won this sucker...oh my..
rekroc @ 137:
I agree about McCain, who is not even a good actor. Why does this criticism have to come automatically from a right winger? Could it come from a leftist perspective? Sure it can, but you can't see it because you are ideologically stuck. Stick to whether it is true or not, not some sentimental attachment to a cult-of-personality.
moktar --- thanks --- and you are correct, sir ---- I ain't no rightwinger ....
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