tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post2625474386664625364..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: David Brooks on Sarah PalinLeslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-64159523526903759682009-11-17T04:37:53.757-06:002009-11-17T04:37:53.757-06:00No, I was definitely referring to their philosophi...No, I was definitely referring to their philosophical commitments.<br /><br />Sally P is definitely more 'paleo.' Under normal circumstances, the Wills and Brookses and Kristols of the world are not great fans of the Palins, Buchanans, and Pauls of the world.Eclectic Radicalhttp://eclecticradical.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-75953388311180664812009-11-16T18:32:45.232-06:002009-11-16T18:32:45.232-06:00Thank you, Darlene. I posted about one of his Time...Thank you, Darlene. I posted about one of his Times' columns where he wrote that all the shrill yacking by the Limbaughs & Becks hasn't attracted votes. But then I turned around and slammed him for his reaction to Obama's receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. He was really quite ugly and I supect a bit in his cups, to say the least. Even Lehrer was knocked off balance. His reaction wasLeslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-46733821976530572352009-11-16T16:29:02.195-06:002009-11-16T16:29:02.195-06:00David Brooks is the one conservative commentator t...David Brooks is the one conservative commentator that I enjoy. He is intelligent and fair. I rarely agree with him but on this one he is 'spot on.'Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-38340349472847442152009-11-16T12:01:59.147-06:002009-11-16T12:01:59.147-06:00I was simply thinking of "neo" as "...I was simply thinking of "neo" as "new."Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-72485143435208679202009-11-16T10:51:34.432-06:002009-11-16T10:51:34.432-06:00No, Brooks and Will definitely fall under the '...No, Brooks and Will definitely fall under the 'neoconservative' label as far as the neoconservative vs paleoconservative debate goes. Pro-corporate, hawkish, classists as opposed to the populist, isolationist, racist category of paleoconservatives as epitomized by, say, Pat Buchanan or Ron Paul.<br /><br />Brooks was on the Obama bandwagon earlier than some of the other conservatives who Eclectic Radicalhttp://eclecticradical.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-86081910876926500032009-11-16T09:12:43.669-06:002009-11-16T09:12:43.669-06:00I don't think I'd classify Brooks or Will ...I don't think I'd classify Brooks or Will as neoconservatives - emphasis on "neo." As I remarked in a previous post re Brooks, he's criticized Palin from the get-go, calling her shallow, uninformed and inexperienced among other things.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-55693869860020581322009-11-16T03:12:15.582-06:002009-11-16T03:12:15.582-06:00As someone else commented on another blog, it is i...As someone else commented on another blog, it is interesting how the neoconservative establishment (Fox News called Palin out as well, a little while longer ago) is turning on Palin now. However useful an idiot they thought she might have been in turning out the anti-gay, anti-abortion, anti-minority, anti-devil vote for the McCain ticket, it is certain they don't want such a rudderless and Eclectic Radicalhttp://eclecticradical.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com