re: #260 Mattand

Along those lines:

I was speaking with my former boss over the weekend. Lovely woman, now in her 90’s (!), gave me my first start way back when.

She’s an avid NYT reader and was exhorting me to read the latest David Brooks editorial in which he (insert massive eyeroll here) patiently explains to the reader what Democrats need to do reconnect to voters after last week’s elections.

I politely but firmly re-iterated my, shall we say, distaste for Mr. Brooks, and while admittedly having not read the piece, stated that his advice probably boiled down to “Democrats need to vote for everything Republicans support.”

I tried explaining that the bigger problem is that the party is beyond saving at this point, and that “moderate” Republicans are a non-factor in turning the party around. Often times, they are utterly fine with the regressive and inhumane policies that makes up their platform; they just don’t to appear as nuts.

I love this woman like my own grandma, but she’s stuck on the idea that moderate Republicans can still turn this shit around and that Brooks is an intellectual Democrats need to listen to.

Anybody read this editorial at all? I’m having a shitty week so far, and I really don’t need the ulcer that this thing would probably induce.

Charlie Pierce read it. esquire.com