The Wizard of Beck (by David Brooks) THIS is good, real good!

Let us take a trip back into history. Not ancient history. Recent history. It is the winter of 2007. The presidential primaries are approaching. The talk jocks like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and the rest are over the moon about Fred Thompson. They’re weak at the knees at the thought of Mitt Romney. Meanwhile, they are hurling torrents of abuse at the unreliable deviationists: John McCain and Mike Huckabee.

Yet somehow, despite the fervor of the great microphone giants, the Thompson campaign flops like a fish. Despite the schoolgirl delight from the radio studios, the Romney campaign underperforms.

Meanwhile, Huckabee surges. Limbaugh attacks him, but social conservatives flock.

Along comes New Hampshire and McCain wins! Republican voters have not heeded their masters in the media. Before long, South Carolina looms as the crucial point of the race. The contest is effectively between Romney and McCain. The talk jocks are now in spittle-flecked furor. Day after day, whole programs are dedicated to hurling abuse at McCain and everybody ever associated with him. The jocks are threatening to unleash their angry millions.

Yet the imaginary armies do not materialize. McCain wins the South Carolina primary and goes on to win the nomination. The talk jocks can’t even deliver the conservative voters who show up at Republican primaries. They can’t even deliver South Carolina!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/opinion/02brooks.html?_r=1&em

At least David Brooks doesn't make me weep for the stupidity of Americans.

Comparing Brooks to Beck is ludicrous.

With Beck at least you know what you're looking at.

I want to see a real brawl

I suspect rice involvement.

like Saint Ronnie. They could pursue "busiiness as usual" - i.e., total corruption and corporatism - without interference. And Romney sold his soul long ago.

Boy if that isn't W to a 'T'

must be: Republicans are not all crazy rightwing wackos. Really. So please stop saying that

The fact, of course, is that today's Republicans are mostly crazy rightwing wackos: otherwise, the party wouldn't spend all its time trying to appease nutbars :evilgrin:

Lindsey Graham, now Brooks, something is going on at the RNC....

The KKK has done enough damage to our good name and reputation. We don't need this insult on top that.

and that was strategic.

another philandering liar.....

"It is a story as old as “The Wizard of Oz,” of grand illusions and small men behind the curtain."

Right.

now they are.

the fact is that for all their noise they lost in 2006 and they lost big time in 2008. Meanwhile M$Greedia has decided to give the lunatics national coverage.

"grand illusions and small men behind the curtain" describes these shock jocks perfectly.

:evilgrin:

Can you imagine a RW campaign against the saintly David Brooks?