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A little bit-- but it's not as if the IQ data was new, or that racist groups hadn't used it before. Dan Seligman, a fairly prominent journalist, wrote an much shorter IQ book a few years back. But Murray was already pretty famous, and this book was comprehensive, so it made a much bigger splash. The response by establishment conservatives was interesting-- many people took the "even if true probably shouldn't be said out loud position" which I'm sympathetic to on some days. | 2017-03-28T15:51:45+00:00 | scottnwdc | https://quillette.com/2017/03/27/a-tale-of-two-bell-curves/#comment-6176 |
Illustrated with a photo from Paris, for some reason. | 2017-02-15T15:01:09+00:00 | Scott | https://quillette.com/2017/02/06/dealing-with-the-reality-that-not-everyone-can-succeed/#comment-5569 |
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Really nice essay. I don’ t dislike Trump as much, but this has terrific tone, especially re McMullen. |
2016-11-08T21:36:00 | nglaer | https://www.amgreatness.com/2016/11/08/nevertrump-now-im-voting-s-o-b-heres/#comment-6497 |
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Really nice essay. I don’ t dislike Trump as much, but this has terrific tone, especially re McMullen. |
2016-11-08T21:36:00 | nglaer | https://amgreatness.com/2016/11/08/nevertrump-now-im-voting-s-o-b-heres/#comment-6497 |
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Really nice essay. I don’ t dislike Trump as much, but this has terrific tone, especially re McMullen. |
2016-11-08T21:36:00 | nglaer | https://amgreatness.com/2016/11/08/nevertrump-now-im-voting-s-o-b-heres/#comment-6497 |
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I wrote a few weeks ago that Trump was probably kind of an Eisenhower Republican. Ike carried New York by 20 points when Trump was 10 years old. I don’t think that’s a bad thing; prefer Ike to many in today’s GOP. But it probably is somewhat “corporatist”. |
2016-02-25 20:59:00 | nglaer | https://bearingdrift.com/2016/02/25/getting-trump-wrong/#comment-161541 |
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Your take on Trump seems uncharacteristically one dimensional, especially for someone who writes largely about foreign policy. He is clearly the least militaristic of GOP candidates, the least linked to neoconservativism, the only opponent of the Iraq war, the only one who refused to pass every Israel lobby litmus test, who doesn't want to risk blowing up the world over Vladimir Putin. You must realize this, especially in contrast to Cruz or the disappointing Jeb (whom I thought might want to show more independence from his brother and advisors). And all your angst about immigrants. Is enforcing America's immigration laws really so terrible? Or is the only point to replace America's traditional majority as quickly as possible, because those who replace it, especially if they are poor, will obviously be such a great improvement! I too prefer Sanders to Hillary, and volunteered for Obama in the last two elections. |
2015-12-30T09:15:31-05:00 | scottnwdc | http://wallwritings.me/2015/12/29/know-nothings-could-deliver-clinton-vs-trump/#comment-133199 |
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Your take on Trump seems uncharacteristically one dimensional, especially for someone who writes largely about foreign policy. He is clearly the least militaristic of GOP candidates, the least linked to neoconservativism, the only opponent of the Iraq war, the only one who refused to pass every Israel lobby litmus test, who doesn't want to risk blowing up the world over Vladimir Putin. You must realize this, especially in contrast to Cruz or the disappointing Jeb (whom I thought might want to show more independence from his brother and advisors). And all your angst about immigrants. Is enforcing America's immigration laws really so terrible? Or is the only point to replace America's traditional majority as quickly as possible, because those who replace it, especially if they are poor, will obviously be such a great improvement! I too prefer Sanders to Hillary, and volunteered for Obama in the last two elections. |
2015-12-30T09:15:31-05:00 | scottnwdc | http://wallwritings.me/2015/12/29/know-nothings-could-deliver-clinton-vs-trump/#comment-133199 |
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@Jack Ross, on Teddy Kennedy’s inevitability. Never happened. Teddy was the overweight brother who cheated on his Spanish exam, and well, “Teddy on the bridge” as Abbie Hoffman used to call him. Never perceived as inevitable. In the late 70’s, when Carter seemed vulnerable and the left was looking for an alternative, I remember an activist friend (Jim Chapin–you might know of him) and tried to talk Teddy up for me. “He’s really not so bad” was the first line of the sale. |
2014-08-13 22:30:12 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2014/08/13/hillary-the-hawk-who-will-challenge-her/comment-page-1/#comment-6343799 |
@Rob, |
2014-06-26 15:36:14 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2014/06/25/the-presbyterian-victory/comment-page-1/#comment-6231874 |
@Ping Lin |
2014-06-04 15:20:53 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2014/06/04/for-obama-and-kerry-daylight-starts-peeking-out-on-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-6179218 |
FWIW, here is a copy of an email from Josh Block of ‘The Israel Project”, taking credit for pushing the Senate vote against Iran’s choice for ambassador: “Monday night, the Senate voted unanimously to ban Iran’s pick for UN ambassador, Hamid Aboutalebi, from entering the United States. Why? Because the person Iran’s Supreme Leader and his “moderate” government want to send to New York as their top diplomat is no diplomat at all – he is part of the terrorist group that attacked and overran our embassy in Tehran in 1979 and took our people hostage for 444 days. By acting quickly and getting the facts about the disturbing Iranian move and this person’s history into the media, TIP was able to help set the stage for Monday’s Senate action. Ambassadors of terror have no place in negotiations, let alone on American soil. Granting Aboutalebi a visa would have been an insult to the American hostages, their families, and the diplomatic process. We’ve always known Iran’s real feelings – what lies behind the smiles and the deception – and so does Congress. Will you join us in applauding the Senate for protecting us from this menace in Tehran? Sign TIP’s card, thanking Congress for denying Aboutalebi’s visa to enter the U.S.! The Iranian government’s choice of a terrorist and key conspirator in the U.S. embassy takeover has escalated tensions between the Islamic Republic and the U.S., and could result in the unraveling of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1. You know Iran can’t be trusted to act in good faith – and this vile insult to America shows as much. TIP has been working to get out the facts about Iran’s true motives – and stop this terror ambassador from ever setting foot in the U.S. – and this week, Congress heard our voices. Thank Congress for standing up against terrorism and keeping Iranian terrorists away from American shores: Sign TIP’s card here. Thank you for your support” |
2014-04-09 21:22:24 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2014/04/09/ted-cruz-and-americas-nakba/comment-page-1/#comment-5182262 |
Treech, |
2014-03-12 16:31:01 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2014/03/12/push-for-new-cold-war-seems-to-stall/comment-page-1/#comment-4613337 |
It’s been pointed out to me that the “golden toilet” in Yanokovich’s palace was a myth. I heard the story not from the Western media, but from a not especially political Ukranian woman we know– so it’s the kind of truthy fact which has real resonance. http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/the-picture-of-a-gold-toilet-is-not-from-the-ukrainian-presi |
2014-02-28 17:37:08 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2014/02/26/on-ukraine-cool-the-triumphalism/comment-page-1/#comment-4484263 |
@Willliam Dalton. |
2014-02-26 18:55:29 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2014/02/26/on-ukraine-cool-the-triumphalism/comment-page-1/#comment-4467029 |
Marko, |
2014-01-30 17:03:24 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2014/01/29/de-blasio-the-craven/comment-page-1/#comment-4250248 |
@Aaron Gross, RadicalCenter2016, I agree with your comments. But most people though the Quibya massacre excessive at the time, as do I. Israel’s problem with “infiltrators” then was part of the aftermath of the ethnic cleansings of 1948, in that the infiltrators were more often than not people returning to their own towns, or retaliating against those Israelis who now inhabited them. There were Israelis, and many others who proposed an actual peace settlement, involving some refugee compensation and repatriation (details up for negotiation) but Ben Gurion rejected this. |
2014-01-14 14:30:35 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2014/01/13/debunking-sharons-peacemaker-status/comment-page-1/#comment-4086597 |
@NB. Yes, I know the talking points. The retort is the “far more influential” AAUP also opposed the boycott of South Africa. Whatever. My point is that things are changing–I don’t expect American university profs to liberate the Palestinians. But their are signs of aroused consciousness everywhere, in the churches, at the Democratic convention, and now here–at this major American academic body. |
2013-12-19 01:22:33 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/12/18/bds-turns-the-corner/comment-page-1/#comment-3639149 |
@GOM, yes I paused over using the word racist, cognizant of its often brain numbing associations. But I thought the most apt comparison was to the Vietnam era generals, who often deployed the “Orientals doesn’t care deeply about human life” meme to justify ever more indiscriminate use of American airpower, etc. And that seems racist to me, in much the same way. |
2013-12-16 16:53:13 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/12/16/might-george-will-join-the-iran-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-3596877 |
It would be nice if Paul showed some signs of engaging with experienced and knowledgable realists and non-interventionists (not necessarily the same). There are many in Washington, including those who write here and several other publications, eg. The National Interest. I’ve not heard of any contacts between Paul’s staff and them, indeed the contrary. |
2013-12-11 13:48:21 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/12/11/obama-never-escaped-clintonism-could-paul-escape-bushism/comment-page-1/#comment-3509253 |
I love this post. I took a BASIC course in 1974 in the summer. It was fun and challenging and in its demands similar to chess, but when the opportunity came to drop it and go to Europe, I took it. |
2013-12-06 03:14:09 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/12/05/kids-code/comment-page-1/#comment-3415662 |
@Aaron Gross–You have a good memory. But I saw TAC at the beginning as kind of a necessary coalition between realists and paleos. I sort of supported Gulf War I, though was less enthusiastic by the time it was over. One turning point: Robert Tucker’s essay in the (Irving Kristol published!) National Interest, bemoaning the slaughter of the Iraqi Republican Guard by the USAF on Just War grounds. |
2013-11-20 20:13:48 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/11/19/is-scowcroft-the-last-republican-realist/comment-page-1/#comment-3154393 |
@German_reader: Yes, mine was an over-hasty formulation. You are right about Huntington. I used it as a kind of short hand, because so often he is blamed or credited with encouraging that narrative. Of course his book urged the US to be wary of being drawn into civilizational conflicts that weren’t critical to us. |
2013-11-11 15:04:26 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/11/11/france-blows-up-geneva/comment-page-1/#comment-3039537 |
@balconesfault |
2013-08-13 16:09:55 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/08/13/why-joan-walsh-is-wrong-about-hillary-clinton-rand-paul/comment-page-1/#comment-2407492 |
@Sheldon, Here is a link to an reuters article saying rouhani was misquoted. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/02/us-iran-israel-idUSBRE9710GN20130802?feedType=RSS&feedName=Iran&virtualBrandChannel=10209&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=59365 It wouldn’t surprise me if his actual words were altered to make him seem somewhat more “fanatic”– and then of course the more radical words would be broadcast endlessly till everyone knew them by heart. |
2013-08-02 18:14:58 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/08/02/israels-iran-agenda/comment-page-1/#comment-2335521 |
Agree, great Dalton comment! |
2013-07-26 15:32:20 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/07/25/uncovering-the-jack-hunter-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-2300683 |
I think academia is more free from political correctness than non-academia. Ask Jason Richwine, among others. |
2013-06-26 01:57:28 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/06/25/no-half-measures-against-political-correctness/comment-page-1/#comment-2167425 |
” . . . the war party . . . This reference is most offensive if it is intended to refer to the republican party” Not intended by me. Many Democrats are fully subscribed members, and many are passive fellow travelers. |
2013-06-19 21:21:47 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/06/18/iranian-voters-stump-the-war-party/comment-page-1/#comment-2139689 |
@Aaron, |
2013-06-02 01:09:40 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/05/31/class-war-guess-whos-winning/comment-page-1/#comment-2052207 |
@KW– Yes, you’re right. Thanks. Also four of the did time in juvenile detentions centers and were out a few years before 2002. |
2013-05-03 15:51:08 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/05/03/the-central-park-five/comment-page-1/#comment-1831495 |
@byrresheim |
2013-04-16 22:56:01 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/04/16/4152013/comment-page-1/#comment-1715426 |
Well, I kind of knew Rene Ricard in the 70’s, at least we had mutual friends, and I recall vividly many of his mordantly humorous comments. |
2013-04-03 01:29:15 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/04/02/new-basquiat-murals-warhols-touch-still-golden/comment-page-1/#comment-1641104 |
@T Sledge The link above describes how the Israeli army has dealt with unarmed demonstrators. Snipers. And then more snipers to shoot those who come to care for the wounded. It’s a pretty effective way of ensuring that peaceful demonstrations don’t remain peaceful. |
2013-03-23 19:57:45 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/03/22/obama-solves-his-israel-problem-if-not-palestines/comment-page-1/#comment-1585807 |
@Aaron Gross: Here, for starters: http://www.salon.com/2010/08/05/foxman_mosque_happened/ |
2013-03-20 20:26:41 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/03/20/two-cheers-for-multiculturalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1556816 |
Does Sarah Palin look to you like she often imbibes Big Gulps or buys food at 7-Eleven? Do you by chance suspect that, on the contrary, she devotes significantly more time than you and I do to the upkeep of her physical appearance and sedulously monitors her daily caloric intake? Good, funny point. Liked the Freedom reference too–somewhat to my surprise, the novel’s not overrated. |
2013-03-18 22:19:59 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/03/18/sarah-palins-big-gulp-attitudinizing/comment-page-1/#comment-1537411 |
@Mario, |
2013-03-14 00:51:55 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/03/13/rand-pauls-hidden-agenda/comment-page-1/#comment-1473187 |
I kept rereading the sentence that “were it not for Tony Blair’s encouragement, it is far from certain that GWB would have invaded Iraq.” So Blair, the leader of the once great empire now on its last legs, was the one who may have actually caused the war? I could have phrased it better, but I meant that if Blair had actively and publicly opposed the war (the way Chirac did) it might well have made a significant difference–or at least made Bush more inclined to listen to his Dad, Scowcroft, etc, as opposed to Cheney, Rummie and their gang. |
2013-02-28 03:10:41 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/02/27/how-europe-can-prevent-a-war-with-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-1317086 |
I could have added to the post this story from the New Yorker, which relates how Ted Cruz gave a speech two years ago claiming there were twelve communists seeking to overthrow the government on the Harvard Law School faculty. Like I said, second time as farce. |
2013-02-23 17:08:38 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/02/22/the-gop-not-that-funny/comment-page-1/#comment-1282792 |
@Jim Atherton. |
2013-02-18 01:38:12 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/02/15/extremism-in-the-defense-of-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-1232097 |
The politics of cultural despair came out more than forty years ago. Putting the paleo in paleocon I guess. More than fifty, actually. It was Fritz Stern’s first book, based on his dissertation; he was a professor and major mentor of mine. It’s a study of three intellectual predecessors of Nazism from different periods, radical conservatives, an attempt to understand what for many of his generation was the central intellectual problem: how could the most advanced European nation descend to barbarism? It’s an extremely rich, beautifully written book– and I think still explains a lot. It occurs to me I could have used that title to head my post on Auster, it would fit him well. |
2013-02-17 15:49:50 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/02/15/extremism-in-the-defense-of-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-1229376 |
Thanks to commenters for the clarifications on Evola, whose biography and work I really don’t know. But I have sensed (correctly it seems) that there is small vogue for him on the Right now, which led me to put him in the fascisant (perhaps more than fascist) class of Euro-intellectual. Brasillach I know more about. My knowledge of this field is quite dated, rooted mainly in readings of “The Politics of Cultural Despair” and related works in graduate school, some time ago. I know I should get around to reading Alain de Benoist, for instance, but never seem to have time. |
2013-02-16 20:29:40 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/02/15/extremism-in-the-defense-of-tradition/comment-page-1/#comment-1226658 |
Good link re Christianization and Asian-American vote. |
2013-02-12 15:13:08 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/02/12/white-elephants-are-republicans-an-endangered-species/comment-page-1/#comment-1204421 |
And unfortunately, God’s blessing on America will leave with it. How do you know? |
2013-01-26 18:04:29 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/01/23/netanyahus-choice-center-rightism-or-racial-nationalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1076915 |
@T Sledge. |
2013-01-25 04:20:53 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/01/23/netanyahus-choice-center-rightism-or-racial-nationalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1062238 |
@Michael Moore, |
2013-01-25 04:09:19 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/01/23/netanyahus-choice-center-rightism-or-racial-nationalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1062163 |
@Aaron Gross, |
2013-01-23 21:37:08 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/01/23/netanyahus-choice-center-rightism-or-racial-nationalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1048029 |
Sad to say, the Huff, Giff and Kyle Rote Giants couldn’t beat an average Big 10 team today. |
2013-01-14 16:55:43 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/01/14/a-football-interlude/comment-page-1/#comment-952770 |
What a challenging post. Having considered myself a conservative dissident for quite a while, it’s hard to adjust to what may be the truth–that my views are those of a moderate Republican, something like a David Frum with (unFrumlike) realist foreign policy positions. But yes, intelligent people meeting in boardrooms would come up with better candidates than Gingrich, Bachman and Cain, or indeed any of them save Paul and Huntsman. The fact is that Limbaugh-Fox axis has created a kind of extremist and ignorant conservativism at the base, and there isn’t any easy way around that. |
2013-01-04 23:40:44 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2013/01/04/the-primary-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-885327 |
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/12/the-neocons-rally-against-hagel.html Really terrific Andrew Sullivan post on the Wa Po edit. |
2012-12-19 23:51:42 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/12/19/hagel-obama-and-the-neocons/comment-page-1/#comment-804731 |
Sorry. If you supported Obama twice for president can you really still be a Republican? Good question. Would have supported Hagel, had he been the nominee, or, probably, Ron Paul. But I’m one of those Republicans repulsed by the neocon foreign policy. Not sure how many of us there are. |
2012-12-17 17:18:09 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/12/17/the-hagel-brand/comment-page-1/#comment-793522 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y58njT2oXfE&feature=youtu.be I may blog about this later, but this short animated video by JVP is really well done, worth watching. |
2012-11-30 18:46:33 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/11/30/moynihan-zionism-and-racism-what-went-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-720199 |
@Max, It is not at all an attack on Israel’s right to exist. It could be construed as an attack on Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, and the conditions West Bank Palestinians are subjected to, though that it not the main thrust of the piece. |
2012-11-12 16:08:16 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/11/11/those-other-petraeus-emails/comment-page-1/#comment-637332 |
@Noah172–appreciate the helpful, informative comment. The subject needs more fleshing out. But in a way, an electorate with more relatively poor immigrants will tend more Democratic no matter what the GOP says or does. And as you imply, Dems are often more informed and more restrictionist than Republicans. |
2012-11-07 19:46:35 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/11/07/neocons-paleocons-winners-and-losers/comment-page-1/#comment-614251 |
I actually think Romney has been a good campaigner the past month. His sound bites seem forceful, his voice good, and of course he “looks” like a President. But why should the white working class vote for a financial type like him? At least half, apparently, find his being white insufficient reason. |
2012-11-06 23:07:22 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/11/06/how-to-explain-romneys-loss-to-shocked-conservatives/comment-page-1/#comment-608128 |
@reflectionephemeral |
2012-11-03 01:30:16 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/11/02/unless-something-is-wrong-with-the-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-590559 |
@NRF–I’m assuming that some significant fraction of the undecided are not just low information voters, but people who would have supported a Bloomberg led third party — perhaps the heirs of John Anderson voters. |
2012-11-02 22:53:39 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/11/02/mayor-mikes-next-job/comment-page-1/#comment-590194 |
I would count Justin and Phil Giraldi as Obama votes. And how can there be a vote for the Hapsburg Emperor and it not be Zmirak? |
2012-10-31 18:16:29 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/10/31/breaking-down-the-tac-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-579426 |
@Thomas Meehan, |
2012-10-22 22:23:21 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/10/22/what-argo-gets-right/comment-page-1/#comment-543421 |
Yeah, he’s better off saying he knows how to read a balance sheet and leave it at that. “Harvesting” companies developed by someone else –and apt phrase he once used to explain Bain’s work to investors– probably wouldn’t go over so well. |
2012-10-17 19:12:07 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/10/17/romneys-second-biggest-missed-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-529958 |
@Ben, sorry, my lazy formulation and you’re right. But I’d point out that a much greater preponderance of the Jewish community was liberal in those days–at least in terms of the relevant issues. They were New Dealers, supporters of civil rights, overwhelmingly opposed to the Vietnam war. Neoconservativism had not yet been created, though of course the sentiments it tapped into were latent. So you are left with a relative handful of Jewish rightwingers, Roy Cohn sorts, plus, I suppose many of the ultra-orthodox. |
2012-10-17 19:05:53 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/10/16/protestants-and-zionism-an-old-question-resurfaces/comment-page-1/#comment-529950 |
I’m in baseball heaven– a Yankee and Giants fan since childhood, plus the Nats for good measure. I’m even enjoying the commercials. The one where the couple is squabbling over who get to record their shows– cause the TV only handles one recording. And the woman complains that she feels the TV is watching her walk around naked. And he says “At least someone gets to see you walk around naked.” It’s a variation of the Elvis Costello line, from “A Good Year for the Roses.” Anyway, I thought so. |
2012-10-12 02:33:27 | Scott | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/10/11/the-salve-for-october-politics-october-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-512642 |
@ Red Phillips, I was comparing League of the South to SDS, perhaps radical would have been a better word. . Not sure what who or what would be an exact parallel: David Duke has remained more extremist than Ayers, after Ayers surfaced and became eventually a successful Chicago left-liberal, family man and (I think I’ve heard) little league coach. Like you said, millions of Americans considered themselves Marxist, (especially during the 60’s) and are simply liberals now. Of course, a quite few went fairly far to the right (Horowitz, Jared Taylor). I think extremism may be more a personality type than a political position. |
2012-10-12 00:42:35 | Scott | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/10/11/black-reds-under-the-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-512361 |
I was surprised he didn’t the Pletka advice–to mask the neocon arguments under a pillowful of internationalist platitudes. Pletka is smart enough to know how unpopular her views are these days. |
2012-10-08 19:43:06 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/10/08/romneys-foreign-policy-speech-more-war-bigger-budgets/comment-page-1/#comment-499853 |
I stayed with a CIA officer I am sort of related to (and whom Phil knows) in Rome a few times in the late 70’s and early eighties. The era of the Moro kidnapping, the Red Brigades, etc. Lot of terrorism. He was never armed, lived in a normal apartment, had his calling card on the door with a dueling pistol. |
2012-10-02 19:54:31 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/10/02/the-myth-of-embassy-security/comment-page-1/#comment-482641 |
@Ken Hoop, |
2012-09-27 02:20:49 | Scott | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/09/26/i-like-and-respect-israel-but-its-not-america/comment-page-1/#comment-470213 |
The New Republic is certainly not exclusively neocon, and publishes a lot that is definitely not. But Eli Lake– whose work I’ve seen for years in many venues–definitely fits the bill! As for AEI, its transformation over twenty-five years from an eclectic but broady Republican leaning think tank into a hard core neocon shop–at least in its foreign policy–is one of the saddest things to happen in conservative intellectual life. |
2012-09-26 23:51:22 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/09/26/i-like-and-respect-israel-but-its-not-america/comment-page-1/#comment-470026 |
@hetzer I think we have some idea of intention, both from what Wick wrote above, and from the more detailed exploration given here, http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/interviewing-egypts-islamist-president-answers-to-reader-questions/?ref=world&ref=middleeast by Kirpatrick and Erlanger, the Times’ correspondents–especially in response to the first question. |
2012-09-26 16:02:46 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/09/26/impressed-by-morsi/comment-page-1/#comment-469354 |
Really great post. Alas, no Eisenhowers in the GOP any more. |
2012-09-12 19:21:03 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/09/12/caracas-1958-benghazi-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-446987 |
To German Reader, |
2012-09-04 21:42:48 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/09/04/all-headlines-about-the-euro-are-boring/comment-page-1/#comment-432726 |
Re, his poor taste in courses: |
2012-09-04 14:17:27 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/09/03/104-a-large-number-for-some-things-but-for-golf-rounds-over-four-years-not-so-much/comment-page-1/#comment-432109 |
Dan, An extremely lucid essay — much to chew over. I think a great deal of the issue can be explained by the fact that those who used to be “elite” Protestants began to disbelieve. They valued their religious institutions and many of the moral teachings passed on through them to hold them together for a generation or two, but after the mainline churches couldn’t exert that much moral authority in pews filled with casually churchgoing non-believers. And being a Protestant clergyman became no longer particularly important or prestigious–at least in comparison to what it used to be. That obviously raised the cultural clout of what you call “purer Protestantism.” |
2012-09-01 23:38:35 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/09/01/how-protestantism-lost-its-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-427175 |
Because I’m not sure how much of “committed to empire” is conviction, how much a go-along attitude because that’s where the power in the GOP resides. And now he’s in a position to do more than go-along. And is certainly smart, capable of thinking for himself. I think if a hue and cry is raised about his neocon ties (and his pending meeting with Sheldon Adelson, he might at least think about these issues, instead of just signing off on what the neocons want. |
2012-08-13 18:55:10 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/08/13/the-education-of-paul-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-388107 |
Thanks for the pushback guys. I haven’t really followed Ryan’s career closely, and take some clues from the neocon aversion to Zoellick. But Romney could have chosen Marco Rubio. The Ryan selection gives me some hope that all is not over in the GOP, which is generally by default attitude. Let’s see how he does on the national stage. He clearly is a smart man– which opens up some possibilities for wisdom. |
2012-08-11 18:35:29 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/08/11/romney-does-something-smart-and-then-another-smart-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-384096 |
Thanks for a very interesting post. Though I once had a lot of Clash records, I haven’t kept up. Curious as to whether any of the extremist bands are good, either with lyrics or music. I doubt it– but the general theme of whites being marginalized is both sufficiently powerful and taboo that it would be an interesting market to serve. |
2012-08-08 16:12:33 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/08/07/the-sikh-temple-shooter-rightwing-punk-and-aesthetic-extremism/comment-page-1/#comment-377423 |
@Dana Dlott: |
2012-07-27 14:15:49 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/07/26/greenland-is-almost-burning/comment-page-1/#comment-351299 |
I think the goal is to get the US to do what Israel can’t do itself. |
2012-07-24 03:11:19 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/07/23/in-search-of-a-casus-belli-will-burgas-do/comment-page-1/#comment-344371 |
Where does their money come from? |
2012-07-03 22:40:10 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/07/03/clarence-page-should-fire-his-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-313173 |
@Dave Dutcher My answer: while I can’t speak for paleocons (and consider myself more a moderately conservative “realist”) I think the present relationship between the US and Israel is damaging to both countries: for the US, because it drags us into conflicts (Iraq, Iran) that are damaging to our national interests, and for Israel because it allows the state to ignore peace overtures and move into an unsustainable situation where they are ruling over a hostile and occupied population. |
2012-07-03 14:55:31 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/07/02/presbyterians-loosen-their-tongues/comment-page-1/#comment-312524 |
@tbraton |
2012-06-28 23:22:57 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/06/28/a-pleasant-summer-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-305424 |
@Mark Hammell: Perhaps you will give us regular updates. Also interested in the conversation, whether “CLIMATE CHANGE” as you put comes up in the evacuation centers, or not. Agree that overdevelopment is a contributing factor. |
2012-06-27 22:59:12 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/06/27/rocky-mountain-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-303517 |
@Sheldon |
2012-06-22 21:05:27 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/06/22/summer-sleepwalk-to-war/comment-page-1/#comment-294486 |
Patrick, |
2012-06-07 06:40:02 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/06/04/remember-they-hate-us-for-our-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-269518 |
Interesting. I’m not much for GOP talking points any more, but for me, Warren’t use of Native American affirmative action levers to enhance her career really does speak to her character. I (and perhaps millions of other WASPs) can point to some remote Indian forebears– but the idea of using them to secure a Harvard post really would never, ever have occurred. |
2012-06-01 15:43:00 | nglaer | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/05/31/dances-with-donkeys/comment-page-1/#comment-263996 |
Eve, Damsels in Distress played in DC for what, one weekend? I missed it. Playing at three theaters in NYC. I think Whit Stillman an important director, but apparently not enough feel the same way. |
2012-05-14 20:18:00 | nglaer | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/05/14/come-we-are-ready-for-the-floor-show/comment-page-1/#comment-259960 |
Had been paying zero attention to this story before hearing a lot about on the radio this morning. Kudos to Clark, and the commenters, for nuanced, informative discussion. |
2012-03-21 13:00:43 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/03/20/murder-incorporated/comment-page-1/#comment-160430 |
@Selvar–I agree. |
2012-03-08 21:34:07 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/03/08/never-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-155934 |
@B Wooster The Code Pink protests focused on the Iran war and the occupation in roughly equal measure. |
2012-03-07 19:08:31 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2012/03/06/occupy-aipac/comment-page-1/#comment-155410 |
Nice one Dennis. It was, indeed, thoroughly repulsive. I was out in the street with Code Pink, chanting slogans and annoying AIPAC delegates. The evening before, we tried to shame the Congressmen going into the AIPAC gala by yelling “Shame on You, Represent America” but clearly they ignored our advice. |
2011-05-25 18:36:54 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2011/05/24/at-the-glorious-oration/comment-page-1/#comment-54957 |
Curious about NR’s overtures to Jeb Bush, whether they are getting anywhere. Bush in his second term may have improved the impression he left, and his refusal to go in for the anti-Muslim bigotry now rampant in the GOP makes him seem like a grown-up. Which makes me think that Jeb is the one possible GOP candidate who might be a favorite going in. Gingrich, the Huckster, Michelle Bachman–it’s becoming a party of crazy people! Of course I’d support Ron Paul, but Mya (above) is mostly right. |
2011-03-07 22:55:23 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2011/03/07/romneys-enthusiasm-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-44205 |
You saw the Eric Zemmour case, I imagine. I find it pretty shocking. (But you can’t blame it on Protestantism!) |
2011-02-22 18:58:40 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2011/02/21/freedom-houses-illiberal-democracies/comment-page-1/#comment-42759 |
He can go to Israel. Really. |
2011-02-22 18:19:35 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2011/02/22/tiptoeing-to-war-with-libya/comment-page-1/#comment-42757 |
To BP– I didn’t write anything about the peace treaty. Of course Egypt is going to keep it. Helping with the Gaza blockade another matter. |
2011-02-12 19:28:25 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2011/02/11/bravo-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-41790 |
Hey SavedbyGrace, I go to church and I don’t hear the rap about “prophecied Kingdom of God” and “final confrontation”. It sounds like a reverse side of some kind of wierdo Islamic extremism. Do I go to the wrong church? |
2011-01-30 02:36:36 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2011/01/29/rand-paul-speaks/comment-page-1/#comment-40015 |
Not much coverage, but not much backtracking or apology either. He’s youngish, a new senator, and probably hard to shut up. He doesn’t need the lobby for fundraising, and as Kentucky Republican can probably win forever. It’s a little terrifying for them. Would be nice if his actual statement was more informed, instead of: we’re funding “an arms race” between Israel and Islamists (Mubarak’s Egypt). |
2011-01-30 00:09:32 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2011/01/29/rand-paul-speaks/comment-page-1/#comment-39999 |
I saw it on Al Jazeera around 11 am, eastern time. |
2011-01-28 19:04:06 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2011/01/28/the-egypt-we-paid-for/comment-page-1/#comment-39859 |
Has anyone seen the footage of the protesters fighting the cops, and then arranging a “timeout” for afternoon prayers? It’s one of the most stunning news videos I’ve ever seen. |
2011-01-28 17:42:12 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2011/01/28/the-egypt-we-paid-for/comment-page-1/#comment-39857 |
A “humiliation”! Sort of like Netanyahu inflicted on Obama? |
2011-01-28 17:38:41 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2011/01/28/the-egypt-we-paid-for/comment-page-1/#comment-39856 |
There’s not much evidence that Muslim Brotherhood participation in govt would make Egypt an Al Qaeda base. The MB has been fighting a political battle against Al Qaeda and terrorism for a generation now. Al Qaeda is a really fringe movement of Muslim politics. Of course Michael is right, it’s not going to be a liberal democracy either. |
2011-01-28 17:37:06 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2011/01/28/the-egypt-we-paid-for/comment-page-1/#comment-39854 |
We should point out that the reason the United States has been subsidizing the Mubarak dictatorship for thirty years is because Egypt made a separate peace with Israel, and left the Palestinians to fend for themselves. Sadat tried to avoid this–the record of Camp David is revealing and moving on this–but ultimately capitulated to the pressures brought on him. For his pains he was assassinated, as he might have known would happen. |
2011-01-28 17:20:26 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2011/01/28/the-egypt-we-paid-for/comment-page-1/#comment-39848 |
This is a genuine social revolution, nothing like Iraq. Egyptians are 90 percent Muslim, why shouldn’t the Muslim Brotherhood play a role in government? The pillars of US domination of the region are cracking. It was bound to happen sooner or later– our policy of putting Israel’s interests ahead of everyone else’s, including our own, was bound to crumble on its own absurdity sooner or later. Just happening sooner than most people thought. |
2011-01-28 17:07:43 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2011/01/28/the-egypt-we-paid-for/comment-page-1/#comment-39847 |
I should add it’s the busboys and poets at 14th and V; there are others too. |
2011-01-21 18:42:37 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2011/01/21/sunday-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-39042 |
Thanks for everyone’s comments, and reading through a long piece in an era of shortened attention spans and wikileaks. Even though I now read tons of stuff about this subject, when you begin researching you find out that there are serious academics who are way, way ahead of you. So there always appears some danger of making a complete fool of oneself. |
2010-12-02 16:06:03 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2010/12/01/no-exit-from-the-special-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-31925 |
Good for Newsweek, and you. Andrew Sullivan has a post pointing to recent polls showing that support for Iran’s nuclear program has gone up past 50 percent among the people (not the rulers) in Arab countries. Turkey (most democratic Middle East country) is hardly pushing for war on Iran. |
2010-12-01 22:22:37 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2010/12/01/the-democracy-agenda-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-31829 |
He has no chance, right? At least we can hope that Rand Paul is dissimulating for the sake of winning election. |
2010-10-30 19:10:34 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2010/10/27/a-sensible-senator/comment-page-1/#comment-28718 |
Very gracefully done, Michael. |
2010-10-01 19:27:16 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2010/10/01/i-will-miss-joe-sobran/comment-page-1/#comment-26291 |
Norweigian shooter, |
2009-10-31 11:23:43 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2009/10/29/more-j-street/comment-page-1/#comment-10949 |
Aaron, |
2009-10-30 14:49:27 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2009/10/29/more-j-street/comment-page-1/#comment-10926 |
Responding to Jack Tracey, |
2009-09-17 00:16:21 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2009/09/15/joe-wilsons-biggest-allies/comment-page-1/#comment-9674 |
Yes, when I read Walt’s post, the only thing I could think of was “Kraftwerk” which ain’t bad, but ain’t rock and roll. When my wife and I spent a year in France (a long time ago) we were pondering this question, and her answer was that the problem was French rhymed poorly (too many words end in the AY sound) which impoverished the lyrical basis of song-writing. Just a thought. |
2009-01-09 21:22:46 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2009/01/09/were-not-rocking-all-over-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3617 |
Bill, |
2009-01-02 15:29:13 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2009/01/01/what-will-the-blowback-be/comment-page-1/#comment-3405 |
I would think Iran would be very cautious about being drawn into anything–that’s certainly their pattern. I’d love to know what Obama, Hillary and Jim Jones are saying privately to one another. Jones strikes me as no fool, while Obama will do what’s best for Obama. |
2008-12-29 16:35:23 | Scott McConnell | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2008/12/29/clueless-in-gaza/comment-page-1/#comment-3312 |
Norquist actually is very smart, and has been a frequent target for smearing by “national security conservatives”- that last a new euphemism, I suppose. His obsession with taxes can seem kind of reductive, but he has realized from the beginning the Iraq and the wished for subsequent wars were not in America’s interest. He has kept quiet about it, for Republican loyalty sake. I wonder if he will continue to. |
2008-11-08 02:46:13 | smeal | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/2008/11/07/the-cocktail-party/comment-page-1/#comment-2050 |
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Paul, I’ve read enough to realize that the question of who used the chem weapons is too technical for me to have a really good opinion on in a reasonable amount of time. But one thing always made me skeptical, from the beginning: why would Assad want to take the risk of using chemical weapons when he was already winning the war, and when there were so many observers around? That defies elementary logic, to me. That’s the key point which tilts me towards the VIPS position. |
2014-04-11 23:25:08 | Scott | http://warincontext.org/2014/04/11/former-intelligence-officials-and-false-flags/comment-page-1/#comment-136824 |
Well, the younger one had received scholarships at more or less the best schools in Boston–a peculiar way of telling him he doesn’t belong here. They may have felt a kind of psychic homelessness– common to millions of immigrants through the ages. But it takes the internet and jihadism to translate that into terrorism. |
2013-04-19 19:21:38 | Scott | http://warincontext.org/2013/04/19/both-boston-marathon-bombers-lived-in-the-u-s-from-childhood/comment-page-1/#comment-87685 |
“Jewish oligarchs” didn’t found the John Birch Society and the Cato Institute. |
2010-11-10 00:08:05 | Scott McConnell | http://warincontext.org/2010/11/09/tribal-loyalty-versus-the-integrity-of-the-individual/comment-page-1/#comment-22014 |
I agree with your critique, but it’s a really good speech. I got a lump in my throat watching it–not a reaction I ever have with politicians. He believes what he’s saying, uses fresh imagery, etc. |
2010-10-31 19:03:21 | Scott McConnell | http://warincontext.org/2010/10/31/sunshine-in-america-a-tea-party-with-scones/comment-page-1/#comment-21620 |
Count me a little surprised a New York jury wouldn’t object to this, or at least lay down some obstacles. You can’t fill the pool with Islamophobes and Likudniks. |
2010-09-25 20:33:40 | Scott McConnell | http://warincontext.org/2010/09/24/the-siddiqui-sentence-86-years-for-pointing-a-weapon/comment-page-1/#comment-19226 |
How many jobs does the PA provide for bureaucrats of various stripe? I would guess it’s the largest employer on the West Bank by far. Would international donors still fund it if it disbanded itself? Would Israel be able block transfer of international funds to a non PA “civil rights movement”. I don’t know the answers, but I suspect they may a big incentive for the PA to keep on as it’s been doing. |
2010-04-28 21:56:39 | Scott McConnell | http://warincontext.org/2010/04/27/when-will-time-run-out-for-a-two-state-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-10328 |
TAC is run by, and has writing for it, many of the same people who were involved when I (along with Pat and Taki) started it in 2002. Ron Unz’s views are certainly eclectic, but he is (like all of us) pretty much of an anti-Iraq war conservative, and by no means a liberal. |
2010-01-29 16:23:53 | Scott McConnell | http://warincontext.org/2010/01/27/did-the-american-conservative-just-get-hacked-by-zionists/comment-page-1/#comment-7355 |
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Why should I, a middle aged white male, support a candidate willing to fight a war for Israel's interests? Curiously enough, the black man was the better patriot. | 2012-11-09T07:02:00-05:00 | nglaer | https://amrenblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/the-2012-election-what-it-means-for-whites/comment-page-3/#comment-1835 |
Why should I, a middle aged white male, vote for candidate who would have America fight wars for Israel's benefit. The black candidate was the greater patriot. | 2012-11-08T19:11:00-05:00 | nglaer | https://amrenblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/the-2012-election-what-it-means-for-whites/comment-page-2/#comment-1737 |
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Why should I, a middle aged white male, vote for candidate who would have America fight wars for Israel’s benefit. The black candidate was the greater patriot. |
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Thanks for the Perry Anderson link. An unusually lucid piece. | 2011-02-04T19:19:36-05:00 | Scott McConnell | https://sanseverything.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/why-fear-an-egyptian-revolution/#comment-4215 |
Jeet, Since you know Sobran's work better than I do, I wonder if you notice an evolution from (occasionally) anti-Israel with a Catholic slant (the 80's) to anti-semitic, redolent of European Old Right?(later, after being fired as a more or less direct result of Midge- Norman campaign?) Or were the latter tendencies there before, and Midge and Norman just especially prescient in sniffing them out before others sensed them? My off the cuff impression is that there is nothing Joe wrote in the 80's that I (and maybe you) would find over the rails now, and that the descent began sometime later --when he was broke and without mainstream outlets. Intellectual history is, as you know, can be a matter of associations and jobs as much as the progression of ideas which exist in all their independent purity. But as I said, I don't the body of work well enough to have an informed opinion. | 2010-10-12T22:09:57-05:00 | Scott | https://sanseverything.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/joseph-sobran-far-worse-than-a-holocaust-skeptic/#comment-3935 |
I know a lot of energy has been put into labeling Buchanan an anti-Semite (since he opposed Iraq I and criticized the Israel lobby and neocons before it became respectable to do so) but I'm unaware that he ever said or wrote anything genuinely anti-Semitic. Certainly nothing anti-Semitic has been published in The American Conservative. So this purported equivalency between Peretz's bigotry and Buchanan's is unfair to Buchanan. | 2009-02-23T22:05:54-05:00 | TACreader | https://sanseverything.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/guilt-by-publication/#comment-2012 |
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It's a good editorial. Thanks for quoting it at length. | 2010-10-03T10:13:36-05:00 | Scott | https://diplomatdc.wordpress.com/2010/10/02/remembering-2006-when-anti-war-conservatives-endorsed-the-election-of-nancy-pelosi-and-house-democrats-by-gregory-hilton/#comment-304 |
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It would be wonderful if the US wasn't led around by Israel like a dumb beast. The settlers in Jerusalem and the West Bank are a hard core racist bunch, and we shouldn't be supporting them. Period. | 2010-03-15T18:40:23-04:00 | northwest DC | http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/15/report-official-says-israel-u-s-ties-worst-in-35-years/comment-page-2/#comment-2696 |