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    The first coming of Obama Brooks described the dinner he attended, with Barack Obama as the guest of honor, at George Will's house, on the night before Obama's inauguration: "Obama was actually carried in by cherubs... Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Springsteen came ahead of him scattering rose petals.... Obama said to me, 'David, what kind of wine would you like me to turn your water into?" Obama has hired all these very smart aides. Full Article at MinnPost.com
    Obama was actually carried in by cherubs... Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Springsteen came ahead of him scattering rose petals.... Obama said to me, 'David, what kind of wine would you like me to turn your water into?
    SOURCE: MinnPost.com 1 month ago
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David Brooks, the comedian
  1. If you're from New York, as I am, you hear Detroit Lakes you think 'Newark Gardens?'
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  2. The defining trait is self-confidence. I'm convinced that in 80 years the word 'Obama' will become a unit of self-confidence. People say, 'Oh, so and so, he has 80 Obamas.
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  3. I always say that if we get attacked in the middle of the Harvard-Yale game, we're screwed.
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  4. It used to be Shields and Gigot. And before that Gergen and Shields. And before that I think it was Shields and Calvin Coolidge. (Barump.) Before that, Shields and Thomas Aquinas.
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  5. Balancing these two will be a tremendous challenge
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  6. David, we like you. We admire your work. It's so sad you're a complete and total idiot.
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  7. Sen. Durenberger pulled me aside and said, 'David, you should become a moderate Republican. It's the wave of the future...' That was good advice.
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  8. OK, that gets him up to 80.
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  9. David, you're a complete and total idiot.
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