David Brooks: A Republican senator put ‘his hand on my inner thigh’ for a ‘whole’ dinner party.
David Brooks: A Republican senator put ‘his hand on my inner thigh’ for a ‘whole’ dinner party.
Earlier this week, New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote about how “the dignity code” has been “completely obliterated” in Washington, DC. Discussing the concept on MSNBC today, Brooks recalled how he “sat next to a Republican senator once at dinner and he had his hand on my inner thigh the whole time”:
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.
HARWOOD: What?
BROOKS: I can only imagine what happens to you guys.
O’DONNELL: Sorry, who was that?
BROOKS: I’m not telling you, I’m not telling you.
Brooks said that he has “spoken to a lot of young women who are Senate staffers and they’ll have these middle age guys who are sort of in the middle of a mid-life crisis. Emotionally needy, they don’t know how to do it and sort of like these St. Bernards drooling everywhere.” Watch it:
When O’Donnell asked if he had “a couple drinks at lunch,” Brooks said that he was just “trying not to be too dignified and stuffy.”
Transcript:
O’DONNELL: What, what’s happened?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.
HARWOOD: What?
BROOKS: I can only imagine what happens to you guys.
O’DONNELL: Sorry, who was that?
BROOKS: I’m not telling you, I’m not telling you. But so, a lot of them spend so much time needing people’s love and yet they are shooting upwards their whole life, they’re not that great in normal human relationships. And so, they’re like freaks, they don’t know how to, they’re lonely. They reach out. I’ve spoken to a lot of young women who are Senate staffers and they’ll have these middle age guys who are sort of in the middle of a mid-life crisis. Emotionally needy, they don’t know how to do it and sort of like these St. Bernards drooling everywhere. And you find a lot of this happens in mid-life and among very powerful people who are extremely lonely.
O’DONNELL: Can I ask one other question David? Do you think, what about female or women politicians? Are they dignified and are there examples of when they have not? Or does it tend to be the men who less dignified?
BROOKS: Yeah, I think that’s mostly a matter of genetics. I do think that…I do think there’s loneliness.
O’DONNELL: That was just a softball, David, and you really hit it very well.
BROOKS: Yeah, I wish I could think of sort of St. Bernards, sloppy women who are licking their aides, but but no, I can’t think of any.
HARWOOD: I’m not going there.
O’DONNELL: Did you have a couple drinks at lunch, David? I mean, this is clearly.
BROOKS: No, you’ve hit me…I’m trying not to be too dignified and stuffy.
O’DONNELL: Well, David Brooks as always, thank you very much. That was a lot of fun. You may not have gotten best column of the week, but you got best appearance of the week, certainly.
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” . . . a Republican senator once at dinner and he had his hand on my inner thigh the whole time.” And Brooks just sat there?
July 10th, 2009 at 3:49 pmboy…..
When david brooks is a featured sources and story here…
wow
July 10th, 2009 at 3:49 pm…
does his name rhyme
with “gary legg”?
:|
July 10th, 2009 at 3:50 pmAbove the Clouds – he liked it, just wouldn’t admit it on TV…
July 10th, 2009 at 3:52 pmjc, now he’s going to accuse everybody who sits next to him of having a “wide stance”.
July 10th, 2009 at 3:52 pmOopsie. My ‘Too Much Information’ reading meter device just exploded.
July 10th, 2009 at 3:52 pmLindsey Graham from South Carolina?
He’s one of the best known “eligible bachelors” in the U.S. Senate.
July 10th, 2009 at 3:53 pmHey, where is dung republican and the rest. Aren’t they gonna come here and defend male goppers gropin’ other men?
July 10th, 2009 at 3:55 pmI wonder if the perpetrator had a wide stance? Or maybe a South Carolina accent? Or maybe he was a former Senator from Pennyslvania who brought home an aborted fetus for his child to play with? He might even have been from the Bluegrass state. And they call themselves the party of family values. They’re the Grand Old Pervert Party.
July 10th, 2009 at 3:56 pmOK, so now, are they like, the Repervlickans?
July 10th, 2009 at 3:57 pm. . .
ot,
the daily beast has located
our favorite troll “the young republican”.
her name is audra shay, she’s 38
and “favored to become the head of the
Young Republicans tomorrow.”
more here.
:|
since when is 38 “young”?
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July 10th, 2009 at 3:57 pmLinsdsey was my first guess also!
July 10th, 2009 at 3:58 pm” . . . a Republican senator once at dinner and he had his hand on my inner thigh the whole time.” And Brooks just sat there?
Well, there may have been some spasmodic thrusting, but…..
July 10th, 2009 at 3:58 pmjoe c! Holy crap! It’s an Anne Coulter look alike troll!!!
July 10th, 2009 at 3:59 pm.
Dear Mr. Brooks,
Yet you refused to say, “Take your paws off of me.”
Was it good?
.
July 10th, 2009 at 3:59 pmYou are all jumpin’ to conclusions – knowing david brooks and the integrity of his writing, perhaps he had hidden the salt in his groin.
July 10th, 2009 at 3:59 pmThe story is plausible. Brooks would not have said anything because the incident would have been denied. If I had to choose between believing a politician or David Brooks, I would go with Brooks.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:00 pmWhen reporters later followed up to see if Mr. Brooks had additional comments and clarifications about the situation at the dinner party, Brooks said:
“How come every time I turn around, some damn homosexual is suckin’ on my c0ck?”
July 10th, 2009 at 4:01 pmAhh Joe,
July 10th, 2009 at 4:01 pmIt was the pepper grinder up his @ss, that was the issue.
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm….
pags2, maybe…
But at least he would have removed his hand from little david’s genital area.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:02 pmI hate that, max, when I go to a dinner party and have to practically perform a colonoscopy to season my food.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:04 pmMy money’s on South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:04 pmjoe c. says:
38 IS YOUNG when you are almost 60.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:04 pmBTW: Is Audra Shay Coulter’s sister?
…
they can’t blame this
on mj, can they?
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July 10th, 2009 at 4:05 pmApparently David doesn’t get groped and tell.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:05 pmIf david brooks is a lying liar about everything else he writes, why is this suddenly on the frontpage?
July 10th, 2009 at 4:05 pmooooh David, that GOPer has the HOTS FOR YOU BABE!
snicker
July 10th, 2009 at 4:05 pmJoe,
July 10th, 2009 at 4:06 pmWell, if some homosexual is sucking on my c0ck, I know it’s in their mouth because I put it there. I’m curious what Mr. Brooks’ take on that scenario is.
Larry “Wide Stance” Craig?
July 10th, 2009 at 4:06 pmUncle Ho Says:
joe c. says:
38 IS YOUNG when you are almost 60.
BTW: Is Audra Shay Coulter’s sister?
July 10th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
* * *
her dna has been traced back to
satan and a dog running around in
a graveyard somewhere in italy.
:|
† † †
July 10th, 2009 at 4:06 pmpags2 says:
It depends on the politician. If it were a Rethuglican, I would not believe either of them.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:07 pmA Democrat would be more credible than either one of the above.
2 friends and i (all young females) went to a repub party function at a big hotel in DC when i was in college — we were approached by a guy who asked us if we wanted to go to a party in some room. we said sure! (we were in college as nursing students, young, fairly good-looking; why not?)
we were escorted to the “room” which was a suite. when the door opened, the only people at the “party” there were 3 old guys all hoisting a drink to us — ICK! it was creepy. we ran away so fast and never looked back.
and i left the “young republican party” soon after and turned into a flaming liberal — can’t be a nurse and a greedy selfish repub at the same time, imo.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:08 pm.
Dear Mr. Brooks,
The last time I let some dude hang onto my leg all night long, I got at least a kiss…
… You?
.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:08 pmMax, what I’d really like to know is why didn’t brooks show this same indignation when jeff gannon/guckert a homosexual prostitute with a WEBSITE ADVERTISING HIS SERVICES, was blowin’ the chimp after hours and enjoying the privileges of fake press credentials and identity at official White House functions.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:09 pmjoe c says:
July 10th, 2009 at 4:11 pmI’d believe it. She looks like Trannie Coulter’s identical twin- the c*nt from Hell.
stewarjt,
Let’s be clear on one thing…
… Here’s Larry!
Oh, and p.s.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:12 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zzf049rgMI
Way to go, Brooks.
There are ways of saying NO…and meaning it.
If a big macho guy like you has an unwanted hand on his inner thigh (the whole time, no less), I guarantee you welcomed it.
Now tell us what happened after dinner.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:13 pmWhen did clowns like David Brooks start to matter again?
Is it “teh gay” thang?
Clown says, “I sat next to a Republican senator once at dinner and he had his hand on my inner thigh the whole time.”
And you loved it or you would have stopped it. We are not fools you moron!
July 10th, 2009 at 4:13 pmBut, but, but…
The repiggie who groped Brooks isn’t gay at all.
He just likes to feel men up, and then have sex with them.
Is that one of the definitions of repiggie heterosexuality?
July 10th, 2009 at 4:13 pmFor the whole lunch, eh? And you didn’t remove his hand? From his arm, say?
July 10th, 2009 at 4:14 pmI saw this headline:
Michael Jackson’s death ’second biggest story of century’
Now, thanks to TP, I know what the Most important story is. It’s a good thing you keep your readers informed on the “big issues”.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:17 pmI thought John Podesta’s call to pressure Democrats might change TP’s stories. He said:
It is the job of the leadership to round up votes, to push legislation through, to try to get the kind of bold initiatives that the President is talking about passed, and to his desk, and signed. [...]
And that, I think, is what we should expect, that’s what we should demand, and that’s what we should put pressure on the members of their caucus to push back on their leadership.
Not yet.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:19 pmGeorge Bush’s failed Republican presidency deemed ‘biggest story of century’
July 10th, 2009 at 4:19 pmWe interupt this thread to bring some breaking REAL news of the day:
Hundreds of Thousands of Workers Will Lose Unemployment Benefits Soon
Workers laid off early in the downturn are soon to be left without the basic sustenance of an unemployment check.
Now we will return you to david brook’s private parts.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:23 pmMy guess would Lindsey Graham Cracker but with Conservatives so far into the closet they need a bank of lights just to find their orientation it could be 10-12 different ones. As for pulling David Brooks, ahem, “leg” Repugs have been doing this successfully for 30 years so its’ not like he’s a virgin. Though if he were the Repugs in question would probably find this more tantlizing than a balding 50 year old. Where’s ” Marky Mark “? Would someone Please “page” him; oh pretty please page someone for these pervs.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:24 pmIt depends on how Brooks was dressed.
He may have been asking for it.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:25 pmAnother Joe
Did you hear the real breaking story?
I’m suprised TP has not reported on it!
Karl Rove was drunk and pissed in a corner!
July 10th, 2009 at 4:25 pm“David Brooks: A Republican senator put ‘his hand on my inner thigh’ for a ‘whole’ dinner party.”
lol And did he get a tinkling in his loins from this? Seriously, TMI, David! Why do we have to hear this from you, David? Do you need therapy from this experience from being groped?
July 10th, 2009 at 4:25 pm.
O.K….
In Brooks’ defense: It is uncomfortable when someone makes unwanted physical advances(aka assault). Sometimes, the victim is so shocked they become paralyzed by the trauma and freeze, letting the perpetrator continue until one of three courses happens -
a) The perpetrator decides when enough is enough
b) The moment is interrupted by outside influences. In this case, dinner was over.
c) The victim speaks out.
Now, to credit Brooks with wholly coming out crying about being touched inappropriately would only hold ground IF he wasn’t so willing to cover for this person.
Which leads to only two possible conclusions -
a) Brooks liked it, welcomed it and refused to say, “NO! STOP IT!”
b) Brooks was threatened to not reveal who sexually assaulted him.
.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:25 pmIf rove would just pee in the corner instead of on the US Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the vast majority of Americans, I would be grateful.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:27 pmSharky Says:
Another Joe
Did you hear the real breaking story?
I’m suprised TP has not reported on it!
Karl Rove was drunk and pissed in a corner!
July 10th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
***
i don’t believe it.
it’s just not like him.
:)
July 10th, 2009 at 4:27 pm.
Is Mr. Brooks suggesting that the Congress is filled with perverts?
SHOCKER!!!
.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:30 pmWOAH.
What. The. Eff.
Did David Brooks just quasi-come out on national television? Cuz…if you don’t like the hand being there, remove it. Letting it stay there the whole time indicates enjoyment…..just sayin.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:30 pmsmidget – maybe brooks had a massive erection and was afraid “removing the hand” might overstimulate it, resulting in bernaise sauce on all the dinner plates around him.
I am sure glad TP is feeding us this tripe.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:35 pmRepiggies fear that, if same-sex marriage is approved, that whole wonderful enjoyable world they have of clandestine man-on-man sex in restrooms, at public parks, at political conventions and at reststops will come to an end.
What will these poor “defenders of traditional marriage” do for fun?
They are all “straight” of course; they just need to let off a little steam.
Minneapolis’ gay bars were packed to capacity during the recent repiggie national convention last summer.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:36 pmHe was testing the waters so to speak. Dignity had nothing to do with it. Just a typical Republican pervert. Mr. Brooks was lucky he did not move his hand higher. Just a further demonstration of family values.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:39 pmSo what is Brooks mad about, exactly? The fact that he was groped, or the fact that there was no “happy ending?”
July 10th, 2009 at 4:40 pm“I sat next to a Republican senator once at dinner and he had his hand on my inner thigh the whole time.”
five bucks says it was “man on dog” ricky sanscrotum
July 10th, 2009 at 4:40 pmI am sure glad TP is feeding us this tripe.
You are all jumpin’ to conclusions – knowing david brooks and the integrity of his writing, perhaps he had hidden the salt in his groin.
And you seem to like it just fine, as long as it’s salted.
For a thread that you don’t like, you’re sure commenting on it a lot.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:41 pmI don’t have any great admiration for David Brooks, but it’s not as if he could’ve called (…Sen. Graham….) out for it. Brooks is a political beat writer; he relies on access. Something that’ll get yanked from him if he makes a scene. Or, you know, outs a top GOP senator for making advances on him.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:43 pmWe interupt this thread to bring some breaking REAL news of the day:
Still Writing This Chapter of Bush II, By David Kurtz
And now we will return you to speculation as to whether or not david brook achieved an orgasm at his dinner party.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:45 pmyup – barfly – and as snarky about it as I can be. Seems others agree…
July 10th, 2009 at 4:45 pmLooks like TP has been taken over by the likes TMZ and Perez Hilton. What’s next crotch shots of Senators getting out of cars?
July 10th, 2009 at 4:47 pmnothin’ like pasting together another’s posts to misrepresent what they said – way to go barfly!
July 10th, 2009 at 4:48 pmCP – not crotch shots, much more titillation in simple text descriptions – leaves more to the imagination.
Except some more irrelevant crap and in volumes that would overwhelm roto-rooter.
After all, can’t post REAL news that might incite a dialog about responsibility folks have to make “yes we can” more than a catch-phrase.
I am looking forward to the next “hot topic”.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:51 pmLater, David admitted that he did have a couple of drinks at lunch. And a good Jamaican doobie.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:54 pmSo much for the “there are sexual scandals in both parties” Rethuglican meme.
Braney Frank and Jared Polis are OUT.
July 10th, 2009 at 5:04 pmThere is a holy roller song called “He Touched Me.”
The lyrics are hilarious, given this context.
Here is the link:
http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/h/hetouchedmevarious1.shtml
July 10th, 2009 at 5:11 pmCP Says:
Looks like TP has been taken over by the likes TMZ and Perez Hilton. What’s next crotch shots of Senators getting out of cars?
July 10th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
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i don’t that would sell any
tickets in my neighborhood.
:\
July 10th, 2009 at 5:11 pmWhen you’re 58.
July 10th, 2009 at 5:18 pmBrooks was overheard at the dinner saying…”Senator, is that your hand on my thigh or am I just glad to see you?”.
July 10th, 2009 at 5:20 pmThat is a pretty lame way to defend the indefensible crap that Sen. Ensign has pulled.
July 10th, 2009 at 5:20 pmis someone confused AGAIN about ThinkProgress being a “news site”?
kinda sounds like it…
maybe huffpo, or the beast, or even the googlenews or yahoo page would be better suited…
About Think Progress
Think Progress is a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The Center for American Progress Action Fund is a nonpartisan organization. Through this blog, CAPAF seeks to provide a forum that advances progressive ideas and policies.
[...]
July 10th, 2009 at 5:23 pmno one is confused about TP being a news site, but ABOUT US doesn’t say anything about being all about tabloid journalism either.
And when a hack that posts an intellectually dishonest column EACH AND EVERY DAY is now granted frontpage status for his wisdom and insight.
LOL!
July 10th, 2009 at 5:25 pmAnd some morons here will even deny that there is a rich heritage of a progressive political movement that played a major role reshaping politics.
They will copy and paste from an online dictionary as if somehow they can send it all down the memory hole (more likely, they are just too stooooooooopid to understand it).
So I don’t get how david brook’s c0ck is about “progressive ideas and policies” but then maybe you have some experience with it you could share to enlighten me.
July 10th, 2009 at 5:28 pmThat’s because it’s not “all” about tabloid journalism.
Something you obviously already know of course, given your redundant droppings left in various threads.
That TP likes to include a “fun” story amidst the serious news stories they put out, should be no cause for alarm.
:|
Unless your sphincter’s tighter than Bristol Palin’s jeans at a promise ring ceremony.
July 10th, 2009 at 5:37 pmGotta give it to Brooks – that was hilarious.
July 10th, 2009 at 5:42 pmWhat the fu(k????
July 10th, 2009 at 5:52 pmI still can’t get over the “and BoBo left the hand there the entire dinner” part.
July 10th, 2009 at 5:52 pmBrooks, who started media matters, is a known liar. He was probably talking about a wet dream he had.
July 10th, 2009 at 5:57 pm@Joe Cantwell: 38 is young to a lot of people!
Especially Republicans. 38 is really young for a Republican.
July 10th, 2009 at 5:59 pmin the immortals words of Riley of The Boondocks cartoon N***a you gay
July 10th, 2009 at 6:04 pmAnd Brooks sat there for a “whole dinner party” and never asked him to stop it. Makes you wonder.
July 10th, 2009 at 6:17 pmI have felt David Brooks was cozier with Republicans than Democrats, but not this much. Did he allow this to go on so he would get a better story?
July 10th, 2009 at 6:32 pmHey David, where were your hands at while you were being felt up?
July 10th, 2009 at 6:37 pmThe unasked question is, “Where did his hand end up after the dinner party?”
July 10th, 2009 at 7:26 pmWomen deal with this all the time. At the very least, one could excuse oneself to go to the restroom as a way to dissuade him. Or just move his damn hand. There are any number of discrete ways to disengage. How about: “What you are doing makes me feel uncomfortable.”
On the other hand, (heh) Wonder why Brooks didn’t punch the guy out?
July 10th, 2009 at 7:51 pmWho the hell would make a pass at David Brooks, have some taste closeted gay republican : )
July 10th, 2009 at 7:53 pmSounds like he meant “ehw get me outta here…. your place or mine?”
July 10th, 2009 at 7:56 pmThe Young Republican Says:
Brooks, who started media matters, is a known liar. He was probably talking about a wet dream he had.
That would be David Brock, not Brooks. Different people.
July 10th, 2009 at 7:56 pmRE – “BROOKS: I’m not telling you, I’m not telling you.”
Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell or Jeff Sessions?
July 10th, 2009 at 9:06 pmtbogg, your muse is calling…
July 10th, 2009 at 9:31 pmThat’s a pretty good summation of politicians, honestly.
July 10th, 2009 at 9:57 pmAll I know is that this shyte is just gross and too funny!
July 10th, 2009 at 10:21 pmSome closeted gays toe tap while others are more forceful.
I suggest you tell your family then your friends about YOU being in the closet and the DOUBLE LIFE YOU ARE LEADING.
Oh yeah was he touching your wee-wee?
July 10th, 2009 at 10:25 pmThe Young Republican Says:
Brooks, who started media matters, is a known liar. He was probably talking about a wet dream he had.
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My GOD you are so stupid you embarass morons everywhere. Brooks has nothing to do with Media Matters you ignorant piece of filth. He is a rightwing columnist. You are too stupid to breathe. Just go kill yourself. You are so stupid I am terrified you will pollute our gene pool with your staggering stupidity
July 11th, 2009 at 2:32 amDavid! Look in the mirror: You’re no Bruno!
July 11th, 2009 at 6:33 amLindsay Graham is gayer than fruit salad. Mitch McConnell and Rick Santorum have walk-in closets… No Wire Coathangers!
July 11th, 2009 at 7:20 amBrooks’ failure to identify his suitor allows us to suspect every Republican in the sentate. That’s fine with me.
July 11th, 2009 at 10:31 amdavid brooks reminds me of ellen degeneres and her then girlfriend anne heche. after their giggleathon at the white house where the most powerful man in the world said homosexuality is cool and acceptable and wonderful, they went and made love for 18 hours straight — that was in the news. now david brooks, whose conservative credentials are even enough to convince his wife adn kids of his point of view. being sandwiched between dowd and that other thing they have at the nytimes, and the so-called new conservated doutat, or whatever who considers some partial birth abortions the Lord’s work (which Lord is he tlaking about Molech?) so brooks gets giggly like a little girl as he has his hand on the inner thigh of the Obama News Network MSNBC which couldn’t help laughting along — unlike brooks’ desire to escape the republicna senator’s advances, MSNBC is just a whore and they licked up David and his advances, judging by what’s her faces’s 9 decible guffaws
July 11th, 2009 at 12:23 pm#81
38 is young for a republicon MALE!!
38 is way over the hill for a republicon FEMALE!!
Maybe nobody told her…
July 11th, 2009 at 12:24 pmhe had a few drinks at lunch-maybe brooks was sitting next to a House Member (B.F.), not a Senator – in any event -if you no like – move Stupid.
female reporters, flight attendants, Aides, etc. mught have some better stories about Secretary of State’s namesake.
July 11th, 2009 at 1:21 pmThe story might be interesting except it came from the yellow journalistic rag called the New York Times! I believe NOTHING the polictal counterpart of the National Inquirer has to say!
It should be mandatory the NYT print their rag on yellow paper thus warning an unuspecting public they will pay, not for unbiased journalistic reporting of the highest standard (like the Christian Science Monitor) but liberal mind bending-twisting trash.
Glad David Brooks told an unverifiable story which the NYT is so eager to share. Next meal he should sit alone by the kitchen door. Who would want him next the them unless it is his gay lover?
July 11th, 2009 at 1:47 pmthe best comment i’ve read so far about this was Andrew Sullivan’s on his DailyDish:
David Brooks’ Inner Thigh
Another victim of collapsing manners. Mercifully, I avoid dinners with Republican senators. It’s usually far too gay a scene for me.
too bad David didn’t play his cards right. he might have been able to get his house paid off…
July 11th, 2009 at 2:49 pmTo Mr. Brook:
The “whole time?” What does that mean? Half hour? Whole hour? Seriously, during that whole time, Mr. Republican must have moved from second to third base, leaving “thigh” way behind. Is it possible that Mr. Brook “enjoy” it?
July 11th, 2009 at 3:15 pmAnd the GOP Sexcapade wagon just keeps rolling along… oy, vey!
July 11th, 2009 at 4:14 pmAll I can say, Mr. Brooks, is the republican senator either mistook you for a page boy or he wanted some “away from home” loving like the governor of South Carolina did. And the other thing I would say is, that’s what you get for sitting next to one!
But I don’t blame you for not naming the critter, he would just deny and swear under a stack of bible he isn’t gay. And we all know how these dudes lie, don’t we?
July 11th, 2009 at 4:26 pmBy not naming the critter, Brooks invites us to cast an eye on every Republican senator. He owes it to his party to exonerate all those good men who have heretofore shown a measure of self control.
July 11th, 2009 at 6:06 pmIs this Think Progress or the Free Republic forums?
Someone admits they were sexually harassed and the first response from many of you is spewing victim blaming and a stunning amount of gay baiting and bashing humor. Hey guess what – it being a guy and someone you don’t like doesn’t make what you’re writing any more okay.
Some of these comments are EXACTLY like the homophobic, rape culture crap which fill up right wing sites anytime the sexuality of a progressive comes up.
It doesn’t make it okay because you think you’re liberal.
In fact, if you wrote one of the comments above, you’re not.
July 12th, 2009 at 12:05 amWellthen… are you a stalking horse for the Republicans or just mildly retarded?
July 12th, 2009 at 11:20 amI suppose you can be both…
You mean this list has to get another name added to it?
Republican Sex Scandals
July 12th, 2009 at 12:09 pmRe. The Young Republican, #80:
The David Brooks, who founded Media Matters, is an entirely different individual than the repulsive right-wing toady David Brooks who headlines this story.
David Brooks, of MM, a one-time dirty Republican operative, is in all likelihood a healed and restored human being that belongs in the real world. He began his recovery from the deadly disease called Republicanism in the late 1990s, and laid out the course of his atonement in the book entitled “Blinded by the Right.”
The David Brooks of NYWT, who might well be a closeted hypocrite, and also a typical moralizing GOP pervert, is nowhere in the same league. Most offensively, he shows up on a late NPR segment almost daily, along with a liberal counterpart- spouting talking points for war, the American need to kill thousands of innocents, and all the virtues of Wall Street profiteering and the vices of Main Street laziness.
Being groped must be part of the rites of passage to be included in the club.
July 12th, 2009 at 3:10 pmChattemr… David Brock helped found Media Matters. David Brooks is the hottie/NYT columnist slathered over by Republican senators.
July 12th, 2009 at 10:21 pmHardeHarHar..
Brooks probably sat there for the entire party with lindsey’s hand on his inner thigh….because to rise would have revealed his woody!
July 13th, 2009 at 12:02 amI think the senator knows more about the inner David that wants to come out than David does.
July 13th, 2009 at 9:26 ammsharbinger Says:
david brooks reminds me of ellen degeneres and her then girlfriend anne heche.
You remind me of every other republican, typing with their head up their ass. Are you born that way or are your trained at the “Young Republican” get camp outs.
July 13th, 2009 at 1:40 pmthis is a joke. say a republican had his hand on your leg and get on tv. problem is if it happen than why isn’t he naming the republican. sure it wasn’t his hand on the inside of the republicans leg. and they call this news. please
July 17th, 2009 at 1:45 amSo, Dem’s advocate for and defend and promote and attend all things gay but it’s the Republicans who are the perverts. Typical Lib logic.
July 17th, 2009 at 11:52 am