Shocker: David Brooks Declares Republicans "Not Normal"

When you're on the same side of the field as Steve Benan, you know you're not a conservative:

Brooks went on to say that the conservatives who dominate the GOP “do not accept the legitimacy of scholars and intellectual authorities,” “have no sense of moral decency,” and “have no economic theory worthy of the name.”

This is pretty tough language for a conservative columnist. Indeed, it’s the kind of language that can help change the conventional wisdom about the nature of the talks themselves.

Benen is, of course, responding to this column by David Brooks in today's New York Times.

And the fisking by Stacy McCain begins in 3...2...1....

(H/T:  Memeorandum)