Harrington’s term had little meaning 40 yrs ago it has NONE now. Kristol is just another vacuous lightweight with no political importance. I don’t really care what you call him and he was never a Trotskyite either.
Randy was probably in kindergarten when the term was coined so he wasn’t a Trotskyite. It was then forgotten until the media (creeps like Olbermann) resurrected it to condemn the Jews supporting the Iraq War who were allegedly having undue influence on Bush. Anyone with a brain knows they did not and sees through that anti-Semitic deception.
There is that tradition. And it’s an unpleasant one.
And I’ll keep bringing it up whenever it suits me.
Usually I compare Robert Taft with Irving Kristol and Trotsky.
I’m not saying that Randy S. himself was pro Trotsky.