David Brooks: Fat Guy, Rocking Chair, Suspenders, Belt

This morning David Brooks makes the argument that the only way to have political peace is to overturn Roe v. Wade. He then traces all American political turmoil to that landmark decision of human rights.

Brooks' column is the same stripe as conservatives, like Trent Lott, who complain about civil rights legislation; and how if Civil Rights had never passed "we wouldn't have had all these problems all these years" (Lott's quote pertained to electing Strom Thurmand President under the racist Dixecrat banner, but the meaning was, no civil rights, no civil unrest).

Classic conservatism -- all laws must emerge whole-cloth out of the legislative process, damn any "rights" enshrined in the Constitution they may violate. The kind of thing you expect to hear from a fat guy in a rocking chair, wearing suspenders and belt.

Most disturbing is he is clearly throwing his lot in with Tom DeLay -- damning "judicial activists" for their decisions in an effort to pave the way for their destablizing goals: do away with the fillibuster, move Scalia to chief justice, and appoint a conservative christian to the Supreme Court.