{"id":1059,"date":"2009-07-10T20:51:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-11T01:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2009-07-10T20:51:15","modified_gmt":"2009-07-11T01:51:15","slug":"new-york-timess-david-brooks-reveals-his-secret-for-working-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/10\/new-york-timess-david-brooks-reveals-his-secret-for-working-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times&#8217;s David Brooks Reveals His Secret for Working Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Times&#8217; op-ed columnist David Brooks wrote about the &#8220;dignity code&#8221; earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>And then he confided to a MSNBC host:  &#8220;I sat next to a Republican senator once at dinner and he had his hand on my inner thigh the whole time. I was like, ehh, get me out of here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if the menu included a lot of finger food.<\/p>\n<p>According to Brooks&#8217;s own comments, he never uttered a peep of protest or terminated the contact. <\/p>\n<p>Maybe this is the Washington columnist and\/or Main Line Philadelphia (where Brooks hails from) version of &#8220;lay back and enjoy it&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Lots of funny comments on this <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/07\/10\/brooks-republican-senator-thigh\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Times&#8217; op-ed columnist David Brooks wrote about the &#8220;dignity code&#8221; earlier this week. And then he confided to a MSNBC host: &#8220;I sat next to a Republican senator once at dinner and he had his hand on my inner thigh the whole time. 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