Taking the Sleazy Way Out

It seems that in the face of a fast approaching deadline, David Brooks let Karl Rove write his lastest op-ed, where he praises the Defense Department's decision to give Old Europe (huh-huh) a slap in the face by barring their companies from Iraqi reconstruction contracts at the same time that we are pleading with them to forgive Iraq's old debts. Even the (neo)conservative William Kristol realizes the utter idiocy of this move, but not Mr. Brooks, the White House's loyal foot soldier and mole at the New York Times. Speaking of which, the Times should fire Brooks post-haste (and probably Safire as well). If they can't find a conservative columinst with a shred deceny and intellectual honesty, then they shouldn't have any conservative columinsts at all. The Times is a liberal paper with a liberal readership and should stop wasting ink and providing a platform for the likes of these clowns. No respectable newspaper should devote any resources to printing nonsense that can be demolished in minutes by a teenage blogger with his brain tied behind his back.