David Brooks loves Barack Obama. He waxes poetic about the "fundamental change" in the Democratic Party.
Even those darn liberal Kennedys love Barack!
Isn't this amazing ...
I mean, Barack Obama is so wonderful that even Conservatives like David Brooks like him!
Um.
David Brooks loves Barack Obama -- not because he loves Barack Obama's rhetoric, or because he loves "hope" or "transcendent change."
He loves Barack Obama because 1) he thinks that Obama will lose nationally against McCain and 2) he thinks that if Obama wins, he will not try to impose Liberal government on the economic elites. Or maybe that if he does try, he will not succeed.
David Brooks loves Barack Obama because he believes that Obama is not a threat to the Conservative status quo. He believes that Obama means more money for corporations, less civil liberties, a weaker presidency when it comes to foreign policy and the crippling of the power of individual Americans to control their destinies.
Ugh ...