The best part of “covering presidential primaries” is “getting to know the candidates,” according to “moderate conservative” David Brooks. He brought along his 12-year-old son “on this latest trip,” and thought Rick Perry was the guy “you’d most want to have a beer with.”
Folksy columnist Brooks “really appreciated” that Perry “took the time to tell my son how important it is to study hard and prepare for whatever you do.” Golly gee, what a shame Perry is running a “poor campaign.”
Newt Gingrich would probably have taught the younger Brooks how to be a card cheat and who knows what that leftwinger in the White House might have said?
Wow, ain’t it grand to have such a receptive reporter like Brooks keeping a campaign diary! We really get the lowdown.
A. Garavente
