The Paranoid Style In American Liberalism

by William Kristol - Publication date: January 2nd, 2006 - The Weekly Standard

No reasonable American, no decent human being, wants to send up a white flag in the war on terror. But leading spokesmen for American liberalism- hostile beyond reason to the Bush administration, and ready to believe the worst about American public servants- seem to have concluded that the terror threat is mostly imaginary. It is the threat to civil liberties from George W. Bush that is the real danger.

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What is one to say about these media--Democratic spokesmen for contemporary American liberalism? That they have embarrassed and discredited themselves. That they cannot be taken seriously as critics. It would be good to have a responsible opposition party in the United States today. It would be good to have a serious mainstream media. Too bad we have neither.

I don't often agree with William Kristol, even though we both claim to be neo-Conservatives. However this time we seem to be on the same wavelength. A Very good article that I highly recommend.