Dear Mr. Brooks,

Of all the mindlessly infantile things you’ve written since your politically-astute “creases” epiphany, this article is the most idiotic. With all due respect:

First of all “polarization” is a fictitious term. The distancing of progressive political players from conservative norms is not a matter of ideological groups moving farther and farther apart. It is about one group moving away, relentlessly seeking to fundamentally change the status quo of American government and society.

“Special interests” are not too strong, but rather political corruption is too great.

Negotiators are not “rusty”. In fact there is little to compromise on. Like a mugger with his hand on your wallet, there is no compromise possible; only resistance or capitulation. Mediation and fairness are only benefit the thief and deter justice

Republicans do not have a “vision” of a low-tax America. It has a memory of a low-tax America. It has a vision of a vastly different America coming; different from, for example, the people and culture and capitalism than mobilized to win the Second World War.

Democrats are indeed willing “to change the current entitlements program”. In fact, they are working to expand spending, increase programs and recruit more recipients.

“Learning to Crawl” is long past. The government has crawled walked run and beaten the competition is the foot race of nations. Now it is suffering from a palsy that must be treated with strong medicines. There are no “incremental laws that would rebuild habits of compromise”. There is only reason and passion. Reason is on the side of those who would conserve that which we have in this country that works. Passion is on the side of those who would rule by demagoguery and dictat.

And finally, when the Republicans had a 50/50 Senate, they could have taken the full control, but they chose not to. Now you fear that the Democrats may march on a Kill the Wounded stratagem. This is not representative of two intransigent sides, or of polarity. It is the example of violent amoral usurpation of civil power by an aggressive and corrupt political group.

I may be earnest, but I’m not an idiot.

Uh-huh. Suuuuuuuure you aren’t. Anyone who bases the success of a candidate by the crease in their pants and believes this:

As you know, I am an earnest, good-government type,

is thereby declared a clueless idiot.

Magazine clips… He couldn’t take five minutes to read teh interwebz and not continue to look ignorant?

deepdiver on January 18, 2013 at 9:25 PM

I thought he was talking about short video excerpts from shows like Dateline and Entertainment Tonight.

David Brooks
I’m not looking forward to these next four years of politics

Good, hope it makes you puke like your columns do to anyone with a brain.