Letters to the Editor
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same old arrogant, demoralizing, blowhard insider crap
"...but if we are the change we have been waiting for then why have we been waiting since we've been here all along?"
I dunno. Why are you so condescending? Why do smokers smoke and fat people overeat, and why does half the country still not vote? Maybe because they need a reason to change bad habits. Maybe they've been inspired to apathy for too damn long by cynical blowhards like David Brooks. Maybe because Mr. Brooks is just the latest self-important insider to be perplexed by sincerity and hope in politics and to lash out against the dying of the black art known as U.S. politics.
It's one thing to disagree with Obama and to criticize him for his stances or his abilities, it's another thing entirely to mock the millions of American citizens and voters who reject fear and cynicism when they choose hope and choose to support him. Denigrate your fellow citizens all you like, but you have already lost Mr. Brooks, and no matter what happens to Obama's campaign ultimately, he (and yes, we) have already succeeded. Obama has already changed America by elevating our politics and inspiring people to have higher standards, even in what they expect of themselves. He appeals to our best instincts instead of our worst, smallest, ugliest and most petty ones, and once people detox and get a taste of political sobriety, they don't ever want to go back on the kind of junk you're pushing. I know I don't.
Good riddance to you and your ilk, Mr. Brooks. You've got nothing to add, only subtract.