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Friday, July 10. 2009

You could have said something, David

From a David Brooks interview, via Althouse:



BROOKS: You know, all three of us spend a lot of time covering politicians and I don’t know about you guys, but in my view, they’re all emotional freaks of one sort or another. They’re guaranteed to invade your personal space, touch you. I sat next to a Republican senator once at dinner and he had his hand on my inner thigh the whole time. I was like, ehh, get me out of here.


Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 19:44 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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Your blog is awesome. I am adding it to my blog-roll as a link. Keep up the great work.

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From the Southern Hemisphere,
James

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#1 James Samuelson (Link) on 2009-07-10 20:26 (Reply)
Thank you.
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2009-07-11 08:50 (Reply)
What?!?!?! Seriously, WTF? Who lets someone put their hand on their "inner thigh" through an entire dinner and doesn't A) make every effort to make the sign of the two-headed lobster with them ASAP or B) kick the living crap (btw, what is "living crap"?) out of them?
#2 KRW on 2009-07-10 22:30 (Reply)
More to the point, what kind of a sick freak does that to David Brooks? One of the Fox Newsbabes I can almost see, but David Brooks?

Unless it was one of the female senators, in which case, [shudder].
#2.1 Jim on 2009-07-10 23:20 (Reply)
Maybe David Brooks unwittingly (or purposely?) tapped his foot, and was sitting next to Senator Larry Craig???
#3 toad on 2009-07-10 23:33 (Reply)
Good web site,did not know any other way to post......

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#4 RL on 2009-07-11 00:24 (Reply)
Yes #3, I am curious, is David Brooks one of those guys who has a "wide stance"?
#5 Agent Cooper on 2009-07-11 02:00 (Reply)
It appears his gaydar was out of order.
#6 lonetown on 2009-07-11 08:09 (Reply)
A simpler solution would have been to rear back in his chair and say, "Ohmygod, a cockroach!" That would have sorted things out in a hurry. Since cockroaches are omnipresent down South, even in the very nicest, most expensive places, I've used this solution more than once.

Marianne
#7 Marianne Matthews on 2009-07-11 16:28 (Reply)

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