Brooks and Dumb

The pathetic Putz is at it again:

New York Times columnist David Brooks was poking fun last week at those who see some of his friends as part of a dark "neocon cabal." He defended "the people labeled neocons (con is short for 'conservative' and neo is short for 'Jewish')."

Sorry, Howie, but that should read "David Brooks claims he was poking fun...." I've seen no evidence, including the Brooks column itself, that Brooks' thrice-repeated charge of anti-Semitism by those who oppose Bush policy was nothing but a gag.

In fact, Brooks's "apology" describes his effort as a "mixture of a crack with a serious accusation." Which means that Brooks wasn't actually joking at all.

Update: I swear I didn't steal this from Bob Somerby.