FRIDAY'S HERE
Been a little lax at the blog lately because of all sorts of stuff.
Let's revisit a favorite whipping boy of Kelso's, David Brooks, star Right-Wing columnist of the Tissue Of Lies op-ed page. Of course, the column itself is restricted to "Times Select" subscribers, a group Kelso is proud to not to belont to. If any of you, do belong, however, just go there and follow the signs.
The gist of it is that the economic blight of the USA is not as bad as "the liberals" say, that everybody's doing Georgia-Peachy and the Democrats had better understand that, because upwardly mobile people like the Republican approach to protecting what they have. If, however, some poor souls have not been able to participate in the Bush Economic Miracle, then the Repbulican approach to "values" suits these unfortunates better than the value-free, liberal "big-government" approach. And, yes, Virginia, religion is an important part of the formula.
Some Kelso impressions. Brooks is, in other words, asking Democrats to concede and become Republicans. To some extent, they already have on most issues that matter, and the Democratic Party is a ruling-class party to be sure. Having given up on everything important, the Democrats still do have a few issues left: the Wars, civil rights, civil liberties, tax fairness, medicare and the environment and Kelso thinks those are plenty. This is not David Brooks crowing about how it's obvious that every American alive in '08 will -- ipso facto and QED -- be registered Repubicans. This is David Brooks SCARED TO DEATH of Howard Dean's ability to raise money, the strong slate of Democratic candidates for '08, and the Bush Administration wobbling around the ring.
For for on Kelso's favorite wimp check this out.
http://www.americanpolitics.com/20040127Koop.html
If you hate Brooks as much as Kelso does, you'll really dig it.
Have a pleasant weekend, everybody.
Kelso's Nuts love you.
7 comments:
Sorry everybody. Kelso messed up the comments.
In order:
Lily: thanks for links tips, for link on your site and encouragement. I'll take a 4th pass at putting links on mine.
Jeff: for obvious reasons Kelso cannot reveal the man's name. Glad you're enjoyinng his reports. They are great and he's got a cool book in him because except for Doyle Brunson's Super System, this guy is the only writer willing to admit to LOSING A POT! He also has a style that really does PUT YOU IN THE GAME.
Harvey: Lou Dobbs hates immigrants because he is a rich, fat, White, Porky-Pig. He's probably worried that his kids or grandkids will taint the "pure" Dobbs bloodline -- ha! Even the Bush family didn't worry about that. How do you think Dobbs got to be the CNN business-guy, anyway? Because he's so tolerant?
Repulsive appearnce? Not really. Just another fat, pink drunk. Quayle will ALWAYS be better looking except of course if he has to use those steriods not for body-building but rather in treatment of some dread disease.
I with you on Brooks. He's more dangerous than the usual right-wing troglodytes because of his "moderate" demeanor. His talking head appearances on so-called "public television" are even worse than his Times column. Anyone who celebrates the brave new world of range rovers, box malls, golf courses and ex-urbs doesn't have a clue.
HUGO: if Brooks can break 100 on a perfect day in Hawaii, Kelso'll wear an American Flag Pin on his shirt for a week.
Not that golf is such a vigorous endeavor but there is the stink of the spazz about this guy that seems to inform his entire worldview.
And Kelso is in complete accord with you on guys like Brooks and Friedman -- it is the credulity and innocence that really boggles the mind. Friedman, we can excuse, because he's from Minnesota. David Brooks grew up in the Stuyvesant Town development in lower Manhattan for Christ Sake's. And lived there in the 70s!
What's up with that?
"Troglodytes"!!!! Whoa.I like this cat.
I think the Dems have sold out the left and it is going to bite them in the ass because now they look 'message-impaired".
Have a good weekend Kelso! I'm usually too crazed fri-mon for much blogarama. I try but you know, its not like a career. Weekends are just too busy. No poker report?? :) TEASING.
G'wan Lily,
Make fun. The man is holed up somewhere in Commerce or Bell Gardens awaiting the SoCal portion of his tournament schedule. Doubtless he's re-reading all his books, taking notes, lots of vitamins, and watching some film. His only problem is that he's not much of a fast-food guy and that's all they have in that area. Some crazy people have gotten the idea that these reports were written by me. Ha! This kid is going to be a champion. I'm a fair-to-good big stakes club player. That's it. BTW, he's extremely left-wing despite (maybe because of) his home-town being Athens, GA. If you see a heavy-set, soft-spoken 28-year old kid with shoulder-length brown hair, a goatee, shades, and a silk-screened, untucked Led Zepplin button-down shirt on ESPN, you know it was all good for this future champ and, of course, HIS BACKERS!
Did I ever mention that I made a good-sized bet on W to retain the presidency right after "Mission Accomplished." I felt so bad about winning it that I gave all the money to Code Pink.
Very hard for left-wing politics to take hold in the USA. Don't forget that the Pilgrims came here to escape all that horrible tolerance the Anglican Church preached. It was a fortunate accident that perhaps 50 of the greatest legal minds of all time were together in a 500 mile stretch of land at the same time. Kind of like Florence in the time of the Medicis or something. Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, Washington, Hamilton and on and on. We didn't deserve any of them. They gave us the constitution and we've found every way possible to fuck it up. As weird as is it to say, we would have been better off losing either the Revolutionary War, the Civil War or both.
And on that cheerful note, you have a nice weekend, too.
I like you, Kelso! I like your style.
THAT should have been a post.
Lily:
Kelso will take your advice and expand on the historical stuff in a future post.
Thank you very much for your praise. It means a lot coming from a real blogger with ads n' everything.
I like your style, too. Many different voices and styles and shadings out here in blogland, but most very worthy. Yours one of the very best.
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