David Brooks Is A Very Stupid Man

4:20 pm EST June 3rd, 2008 | Media | 18 Comments

Yet another instance of the media trying to swing this thing for McCain and claim Obama to be an elitist. David Brooks claims Obama is too uppity for the salad bar at Applebee’s.

Applebee’s doesn’t have a salad bar.

On MSNBC, David Brooks asserted that “less educated” and “downscale” people “look at [Sen. Barack] Obama, and they don’t see anything,” adding: “And so, Obama’s problem is he doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who could go into an Applebee’s salad bar, and people think he fits in naturally there.” Applebee’s officials have confirmed to Media Matters that its restaurants do not have salad bars.

It’s so intriguing that David Brooks, the consumate DC elitist I saw a few days ago walking out of that stomping ground of the common man – The Council On Foreign Relations – is still pushing this regular guy twaddle.

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18 Responses to “David Brooks Is A Very Stupid Man”

  1. Quaker in a Basement says:
    June 3, 2008 at 4:51 pm

    Me? I’m an elitist. I spend all my time hanging around the champagne fountain at the Sizzler.

  2. anotherbozo says:
    June 3, 2008 at 4:58 pm

    Almost worth tuning into PBS–if Brooks is appearing there–to see if Jim Lehrer asks him about it.

  3. Sean D. Martin says:
    June 3, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    It’s so intriguing that David Brooks, the consumate DC elitist I saw a few days ago walking out of that stomping ground of the common man – The Council On Foreign Relations – is still pushing this regular guy twaddle.

    “The Monster never sees a monster in the mirror.” – J. Straczynski

    It’s the rare person who ever actually sees themselves as part “them”. We all always see ourselves as part of “us”, and Brooks is no different.

  4. Leota2 says:
    June 3, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    For me, it has always been extremely pleasurable when
    true elitists (like Brooks) try to speak to the needs
    of Everyman–and make a fool of themselves in the process . . .

  5. Zaius Nation says:
    June 3, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    Ha! Never trust a man that doesn’t know his salad bars. The crux is in the croutons, I always say.

  6. Vanessa says:
    June 3, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    Yes, this is important stuff. Arugula.

  7. TroyJMorris says:
    June 3, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    Salad bar? Really, is that what he pulled out… salad bar….

  8. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    June 3, 2008 at 6:18 pm

    … When people say Obama is ‘elitist’ it is there way of saying he’s ‘uppity.’ They don’t like Obama because he’s an Uppity Nigger.

  9. Enlightened Liberal says:
    June 3, 2008 at 6:20 pm

    I guess I’m an elitist too. Applebee’s is overpriced crap loaded with salt and HFCS. Same goes for TGIF, Cracker Barrel and Red Lobster and other “middle America” restaurants.

  10. ed says:
    June 3, 2008 at 6:23 pm

    Did mention that I was on a flight with Bobo a while back? Did he sit in First Class? Hey, is David Brooks an Elitist Fuckhead?

  11. fafaroo says:
    June 3, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    “I spend all my time hanging around the champagne fountain at the Sizzler.”

    LOL. But seriously, the public one or the one in the Sizzler VIP room?

  12. Bill L. says:
    June 3, 2008 at 6:32 pm

    Actually, being an “elitist” should be a good thing, since that would suggest you were highly skilled or gifted in some way. It would be more accurate (and possibly helpful in the long run) to call Brooks and his DC cohorts classists.

    Of course, I’m sure no one will remember the “guy you want to have a beer with” standard that helped the current cartel into power. I guess beer is too elitist. Salad is the true choice of the common man.

  13. TroyJMorris says:
    June 3, 2008 at 7:00 pm

    @fafaroo

    There’s a VIP room?! My self-image has been shattered.

  14. Quaker in a Basement says:
    June 3, 2008 at 7:06 pm

    “Applebee’s is overpriced crap loaded with salt and HFCS.”

    HFCS? What’s that? High-falutin’ chicken s**t? Healthy for crazy suckers? Hideous feline carcas shards?

  15. Enlightened Liberal says:
    June 3, 2008 at 7:21 pm

    High Fructose Corn Syrup. Sorry I was using those “elitist” acronyms. Applebee’s still sucks. Though they have pretty hot waitresses sometimes.

  16. Jaim says:
    June 3, 2008 at 8:00 pm

    Matt Taibbi on David Brooks from a while back:

    http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/11034127/the_low_post_why_the_democrats_are_still_doomed

    S’funny.

  17. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    June 3, 2008 at 8:07 pm

    “High Fructose Corn Syrup. Sorry I was using those “elitist” acronyms. Applebee’s still sucks. Though they have pretty hot waitresses sometimes.”

    High Fructose Corn Syrup is one of the worst things you can eat. Purged that from my diet at the very beginning and it has helped me lose a ton of weight. (Not literally.)

  18. Dr. Squid says:
    June 4, 2008 at 2:28 pm

    I told el wifo that he actually wrote that and her jaw hit the 2×4′s on the deck.