David Brooks Warns that We’re Up the Creek

In today’s NY Times column, “A Moderate Manifesto,” David Brooks “sounds the alarm” over the proposed Obama budget. He quotes a column in a similar vein by Clive Crook of the Financial Times, “The Budget Reveals the Liberal Obama”, in which Crook says,

“The draft contains no trace of compromise. It makes no gesture, however small, however costless to its larger agenda, of a bipartisan approach to the great questions it addresses. It is a liberal’s dream of a new New Deal.”

Here is the comment I posted.

“David Brooks, in this column, is giving fodder to the hard right. He is always thoughtful, but now he sounds naive.
"Barack Obama is not who we thought he was."
Limbaugh will have a field day with that one. (BTW, RNC Chair Michael Steele just apologized to El Rushbo.)
It is worth noting that part of the tax code has always been for income redistribution. It is as American as Teddy Bears. (as in Teddy Roosevelt)
Obama presented his budget, so now "moderates" like Brooks should try to change what they perceive as its excesses. A good place to start would be with House Democrats. This administration believes in the democratic process, as opposed to the last one. So my advice to Brooks is to write (or e-mail) his congressman!”

Such gnashing of teeth! Doesn’t it break your heart? Crook even apologized to Republicans.
Brooks, Crook. Schnooks. Let the income redistribution begin!

And that is carry out the people's will. If people wanted more of the same policies that got us here, we would have voted in McCain.

ALL Republicans, the "moderates" like Brooks and the crazies like Limbaugh, stiil can't cope with the fact that Obama won- an electoral repudiation of the Reagan "Revolution"

It is my hope that they never recover from the shock.

why the FUCK should we compromise with the same bastards who have TRASHED America???