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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... its fair and compassionate head, the deficit desperately matters again. The Republicans are not only heartless, they are also hypocritical, since the cause of all this misery was the market abandon that they promoted so messianically. These are the people who would have privatized, that is, destroyed, Social Security: how can their protests not be met vehemently? This vehemence is not "partisanship," it is analysis. It is not "populism," it is liberalism," - Leon Wieseltier. ...

So Who's the Fool?
The Corner on National Review Online — Friday, February 20, 2009 [image] So Who's the Fool? [Ramesh Ponnuru] Leon Wieseltier wants Obama to say "that Ronald Reagan, when he proclaimed categorically, without exception or complication, that 'government is not the solution to the problem, government is the problem,' was a fool." Actually, what Reagan said in his first inaugural address was that "in this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem." He was right. I'm sorry that Reagan's nuance has been lost on Wieseltier. 02/20 12:10 PM

We’re liberals and we run the show: we don’t need your steenking history
neo-neocon — Leon Wieseltier of The New Republic is happy about recent political developments. Very happy. After decades of wandering in the Republican desert (and he includes the Clinton years as a craven accommodation to Republicans), the good guys (liberals) are finally in the driver’s seat where they belong. But he would be even happier if Barack Obama would declare himself as a proud, big-government liberal—in contrast to those selfish, lying, hypocritical Republicans. If your health can take it, you should read Wieseltier’s piece ...

Fact-Checking The Washington Poobahs
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Another brutal take-down of the Post's treatment of a George Will column. Maybe Will will deal with the question in his next column. That's what a mere blogger would do. TNR, meanwhile, has not added a correction to Leon Wieseltier's column, either, despite having the error noted here and in the comments section of the piece. Wieseltier baldly asserts that Ronald Reagan's statement that "government is not the solution to the [sic] problem; it is the problem" was "proclaimed categorically, without exception or complication" when in fact the very quote he cites begins with a clear and critical ...

Dissecting Leftism — ... So it is worth taking a moment to note a case when the Leftist acknowledges his real motivations openly. And an article in "The New Republic" does just that, under the heading: "Love Me I'm A Liberal". It is written by the rather aptly-named Leon Wieseltier. The surname is German/Yiddish for "weasel animal" so that may be a hint as to why his ego needs are so pressing. I don't think I would like to identify myself as a "weasel animal" all the time. It must have pained him to have his pretentiousness often satirized in "Spy Magazine". And the reaction to frustration from ...

“Love me. I’m a liberal”
Stop The ACLU — ... who put his prices up. Since the shopkeepers had to PAY more for their goods all the time, Peron’s edict simply closed most shops. Eventually, of course people see the destructive consequences of Leftist populism and turn to policies that work. It even happened in Russia and China, eventually. But even then, the Leftist loses little because people believe that “he meant well”. So it is worth taking a moment to note a case when the Leftist acknowledges his real motivations openly. And an article in “The New Republic” does just that, under the heading: “Love Me I’m A Liberal”. ...

Reagan 1, Wieseltier 0
The Corner on National Review Online — Tuesday, February 24, 2009 [image] Reagan 1, Wieseltier 0 [Ramesh Ponnuru] In a recent column, Leon Wieseltier urged Obama to say, among other things, "that Ronald Reagan, when he proclaimed categorically, without exception or complication, that 'government is not the solution to the problem, government is the problem,' was a fool." (I wrote ...