“This approach coheres, moreover, with the Peronist tradition that seeks to transcend ideology in the service of the people. A true Peronist is left-wing—except when he is right-wing.”
What evil has contaminated First Things?
A true Peronist is a child-molesting Nazi.
The way I heard it, Juan Peron was having his politically-ambitious nephew tag along with him to learn the ropes. The nephew saw him tell his Right-wing constituents "You're absolutely right" in the morning, and tell the Left-wing "You're absolutely right" in the afternoon. Then Tio Juan asked the nephew his opinion.
"Tio Juan, This is totally unacceptable!" he emoted. "You agree with diametrically opposed positions, you pretend you're on everybody's side. This is so wrong!" And Tio Juan nodded sagely and replied, "You're absolutely right."