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In an informal poll, 70% of the staff at littleboxes thinks "David Brooks is obviously an ass."

Josh Marshall commments on Brooks's latest column, in all its poopiness.

Read David Brooks.

from Josh Marshall:

His column in tomorrow's Times is a classic Brooks' 'faint praiser' in which he structures the column as an attempt to give his quarry his due while actually distorting what the person in question actually said.

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To read Brooks' column, Kerry came out foursquare for a rapid withdrawal from Iraq. But read the actual speech. That's not what he said at all. Brooks hangs the claim on a passage toward the end of the speech in which Kerry says that if the president does all the right things now we could begin withdrawing troops a year from now -- next summer -- and "realistically aim" to have all of our troops out in four years.

That, to Brooks, is rapid withdrawal and retreat: the possibility of any end in sight, ever.

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We here at littleboxes feel this is just another example of Dave dividing the world into two distinct groups again. It's either stay in Iraq or pull out of Iraq, that is the only relevant decision. To quote John Kerry (we think): "How can he possibly be serious?"