Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Is This Man the G.O.P.’s Best Bet for 2012? (NYT's David Brooks pretty sold on Romney at this time)
New York Times ^ | 09/29/2011 | By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS

Posted on 09/29/2011 7:48:38 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Gail Collins: David, are you reconciled to the fact that Mitt Romney is going to be the Republican presidential nominee?

David Brooks: Oh, I went through that phase a few weeks ago after the debate at the Reagan library. That’s the night I noticed Romney was the best candidate in the field. Since then I’ve noticed that he has given three debate performances that are better than any Barack Obama has given in his life. (Obama’s a better speechmaker, but Romney’s a better debater.) So now I’m settling into the idea that Romney might well be president. This will be interesting because he has a tendency to hire people who look vaguely like him, so I’m picturing a White House filled with tall, well-groomed brunettes.

Gail Collins: Romney is both intelligent and sane, which I guess is saying quite a lot this year. But the man would change his position on the rotation of the earth around the sun if he thought it would get him a win in South Carolina.

David Brooks: That’s why you should love the guy. Let me put it this way: Would you rather have someone who authentically agrees with Michele Bachmann or someone who is just faking it? It seems to me that from your point of view you should be praying for inauthenticity. The more, the better.

I spend a lot of time looking at whom the candidates are choosing as their advisers. Romney clearly has the best group. He’s harvested some of the best brains in the G.O.P. He released an economic plan the other week that was a pretty serious document, at least by the standards of politics these days.

(Excerpt) Read more at opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brooks; brooksslimes4romney; countryclubgop; davidbrooks; establishmentgop; liberalrepublican; loserromney; mittromney; mormon; mormoncandidate; puke; rino; romney; romney4obama; romneycantwin; slickmitt; spoilerromney
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-50 next last
To: SeekAndFind
Wow. Brooks isn't even hiding the fact that he is a Lib anymore. His dialog reads like any Upper East Side cocktail circuit chatter. What a total waste of time this pansy is.


21 posted on 09/29/2011 8:20:27 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: grumpygresh

“The establishment Republicans are outnumbered in the GOP but they have so far seceded in dividing the TP conservatives. We need to rally behind one of the remaining conservatives in the races before romney’s momentum cannot be stopped.”

Almost there. We finally have a CONSERVATIVE who’s in the top tier (rather than people claiming to be so), so I think we’ll wind up ok.


22 posted on 09/29/2011 8:20:36 PM PDT by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Talk about the kiss of death.

This is the guy that told us Obama wouldn’t be a problem.


23 posted on 09/29/2011 8:22:16 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Well, now that “Step’N’Fetchit” Brooks has gone all in for Romney, I guess we all ought to line up.


24 posted on 09/29/2011 8:27:38 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Brooks reminds me of a physician who moved to Arkansas from NYC. He was nice but, he did not know the butt end from the barrell end of a shotgun and would pee his pants if I really looked at him mean. And ,I am a little blonde blue eyed southern woman. He just seems nervous all the time and a little out of place. Like this Brooks guy.


25 posted on 09/29/2011 8:27:53 PM PDT by therut
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

David Brooks?

Talk about an unselling point...


26 posted on 09/29/2011 8:29:20 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jimbo123

Palin is not running. At all. Stop the fairy tales and return to what the rest of us call “reality.”

Romney’s momentum is only gaining as opposing darlings of the moment flame out....Perry, Bachmann, etc. Cain is great but he won’t get the nomination.

It’s not the “media” or the “GOP establishment” that’s favoring Romney right now. I love Rush, but he’s off point here. It’s the average GOP voter, right of center, who want’s to find someone (ANYONE!) who can remove Barry from office.

Right now (and conceivably going forward) Romney is the candidate with the money, experience, history, recognition, and articulateness to do that job. Perry had a golden opportunity fall in his lap and he blew it epically. Say-Rah has played out her string, ran out of time, and will unfortunately end with an echoing fizzle.

That’s just the way it is....


27 posted on 09/29/2011 8:32:46 PM PDT by JoenTX (Don't Tread on Me)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Grunthor

Would anyone not think “David Brooks pretty sold on Romney”
that would anything new. It would also be like FNC pretty sold on Romney.

Am amazed they let it out.


28 posted on 09/29/2011 8:37:05 PM PDT by dusttoyou (paulnutz/bachnutz/palinwishers are wee-weeing all over themselves, Foc nobama)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: JoenTX

Tokyo Rove, is that you?


29 posted on 09/29/2011 8:39:23 PM PDT by jimbo123
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: DaxtonBrown

Hey, it worked for mclame.....


30 posted on 09/29/2011 8:40:39 PM PDT by dusttoyou (paulnutz/bachnutz/palinwishers are wee-weeing all over themselves, Foc nobama)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Who cares about his latest mancrush!


31 posted on 09/29/2011 8:44:11 PM PDT by AU72
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind
well heck... that's all I needed to know.

If Romney is the nominee, I'm sitting this one out. A RINO is worse than the TOFUS. Because if we have a RINO, then everything coming out of the DC septic tank is "bipartisan" doncha know.... and that's what this country is about.

This is all you need to know when you think of Romney.

Photobucket

Isn't he just having a grand old time... the putz.

32 posted on 09/29/2011 8:49:51 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (democrats are like flies, whatever they don't eat, they sh#t on.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind
Dont ever count the “I’s...me... my.... in a story..

It tells u how smart I am..

33 posted on 09/29/2011 8:51:55 PM PDT by M-cubed
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind
As the GOP establishment candidate, looks like Romney is hitting all the right buttons to get the nomination. He's won over David Brooks. LOL

Most conservatives will never go for Willard.

34 posted on 09/29/2011 8:59:32 PM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BobL
Almost there. We finally have a CONSERVATIVE who’s in the top tier (rather than people claiming to be so), so I think we’ll wind up ok.

Only if enough of us work our butts off.

35 posted on 09/29/2011 9:00:20 PM PDT by Prokopton
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: Aria
perpetually in search of balls. <<

Actually u shouldn't say that...but the truth be know....
Anyone with a pair...would only have to look at his picture to know what u say is true..

36 posted on 09/29/2011 9:03:43 PM PDT by M-cubed
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: FlyVet
He likes the crease in Romney’s pants.

He is the crease in Romney’s pants.

37 posted on 09/29/2011 9:03:52 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Psalm 109:8)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: JoenTX
Right now (and conceivably going forward) Romney is the candidate with the money, experience, history, recognition, and articulateness to do that job

I remember hearing the same thing about Giuliani.

Is that you Rudy?

38 posted on 09/29/2011 9:05:49 PM PDT by Prokopton
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: jimbo123
Shuuush!....You know and I know..but somehow I thought I was the only one that knew....*G*
39 posted on 09/29/2011 9:07:20 PM PDT by M-cubed
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: jimbo123

No, G.I.

Rest assured that the Allied landing forces at Guadalcanal have done so with success and that the Japanese are now on the run. The beaches and lowlands are ours and we’ve made the airfields an issue in doubt. We will call the airport “Cactus Airfield” once we’ve secured it. Please let the Marines know that they can land here before long.

Signing off, remaining NCO of the Guadalcanal brigade, in the service of the great United States of America.


40 posted on 09/29/2011 9:08:12 PM PDT by JoenTX (Don't Tread on Me)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-50 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson