Tuesday, October 06, 2009
'Inverse Marxists,' Part II
Jacob Weisberg pays homage to Irving Kristol and wonders when Republicans will start reengaging in public policy debates, as opposed to just opposing:
Update -- When it's all about winning arguments, elections and popularity contests, then backing Glenn Beck makes sense to some conservatives. ... A near perfect example of Tanenhaus's descripiton of an inverse Marxist. Thank you, Jonah. ...
Jacob Weisberg pays homage to Irving Kristol and wonders when Republicans will start reengaging in public policy debates, as opposed to just opposing:
Without a substantive challenge, liberals grow smug and lazy. They overreach and overspend. Conservatives need to return to civic responsibility, not just to check their opponents, but to offer the country a valid alternative. They need some new neoconservatives. They need the old Irving Kristol.But their inverse Marxism won’t let them.
Update -- When it's all about winning arguments, elections and popularity contests, then backing Glenn Beck makes sense to some conservatives. ... A near perfect example of Tanenhaus's descripiton of an inverse Marxist. Thank you, Jonah. ...
