You have to hand it to David Brooks
Sep. 16th, 2008 03:25 pmNo one calls him on his backhanded compliment shit the way they do to Maureen Dowd. Of course, she's the ditzier writer of the two, but that doesn't make him less insidiously evil.
To whit: He doesn't support Sarah Palin, but you'd be hard-pressed to reach that conclusion when 3/4s of his op-ed sound like a cheerleading section for her.
Sarah Palin has many virtues. If you wanted someone to destroy a corrupt establishment, she’d be your woman.
Wait, wait, that's not right. Here, let's try it this way:
Sarah Palin has many virtues she's like to exercise at the expense of others. If you wanted someone to destroy a corrupt establishment and replace it with a newer, toadier, less accountable corrupt establishment, she'd be your political hack (who happens to have a vagina).
Fixed it for you.
In other news: this is my 7th post of the day, and I still have two and half hours of work to go. Faaaaaabulous.
To whit: He doesn't support Sarah Palin, but you'd be hard-pressed to reach that conclusion when 3/4s of his op-ed sound like a cheerleading section for her.
Sarah Palin has many virtues. If you wanted someone to destroy a corrupt establishment, she’d be your woman.
Wait, wait, that's not right. Here, let's try it this way:
Sarah Palin has many virtues she's like to exercise at the expense of others. If you wanted someone to destroy a corrupt establishment and replace it with a newer, toadier, less accountable corrupt establishment, she'd be your political hack (who happens to have a vagina).
Fixed it for you.
In other news: this is my 7th post of the day, and I still have two and half hours of work to go. Faaaaaabulous.