Bill Kristol Gets New York Times Op-Ed Slot

The Nation ^ | 12/29/07 | Katha Pollitt

[ricks_place]

The clarity and accuracy of these statements disturbs the very foundation of extreme liberals. Moonbattery had a nice summary.

After calling him a propagandist, a bully and a thug, Pollitt gives vent to her outrage with a list of unobjectionable opinions that she imputes to Kristol in a tone better suited to accusations of witchcraft. These include:

• American liberals helped pave the way for communists and Islamists to take over Cambodia and Iran.
• The democratic governments in the Middle East — Afghanistan, Iraq and Israel — deserve our support.
• The world would be better off without the terrorist regimes running Iran and Syria.
• Military force is a viable option for curtailing Iran's nuclear ambitions before millions of people get killed.
• Promiscuous sex without precautions is not "a very good thing for the country."
• Attempts by the judiciary to overstep its authority and impose an oligarchy should be resisted.
• Islamic terrorists would prefer that Democrats win our elections.

According to Pollitt, these mild views are so outrageous, they disqualify Kristol even for the intended role of conservative foil on a liberal editorial page. The "fair and balanced" concept hasn't gotten much traction at the Nation.

[junta]

Post 68 liberals versus pre 68 liberals, almost biblical but certainly very funny.

[drzz]

Great ! Kristol is a great intellectual !

[ConservativeMind]

Another reason not to read the NYT.

I could do without Kristol. He’s not a real conservative.

[org.whodat]

Great ! Kristol is a great intellectual !Are so he says !

[Young Scholar]

Not a big fan of Bill Kristol, but it’s nice to see how worked up this is making wackos like this woman.

[Thrownatbirth]

This should make for a nice cacaphony as lib heads explode nationwide. Jeeze, I didn’t realize Kristol had that many nicknames among the Lefties.

[Alberta's Child]

I totally agree with you.

The New York Times may be the only place in America where people like Bill Kristol and David Brooks are considered "conservative."

[LS]

Yep. It goes to show you that even “moderate” conservatives are viewed as “nazis” by the looney left. That’s why these people, if they ever get in total control, will literally squelch all free speech.

[samtheman]

This is the man who blamed american liberals for the Khmer Rouge and the Ayatollah Khomeini

And he was certainly correct in that.

[drzz]

[drzz]

French professor Guy Milliere (fmr adviser of Reagan) with Bill Kristol in Washington

[ricks_place]

I could do without Kristol. He’s not a real conservative. It is amusing to see uber-liberal heads explode whether one identifies with Bill Kristol or not.

[altura]

I wish Kristol was as conservative as she thinks he is.

Still, he’s better than nothing.

[drzz]

Kristol is a good neoconservative fighter in the WoT. It is rare in Washington these days.

Support him.

[altura]

Oh, I support him (except on the frequent occasions when he irritates me).

[NonValueAdded]

“you write mah-velous,” Billy.

[Hardastarboard]

these people, if they ever get in total control, will literally squelch all free speech.

We'll be lucky if they stop at squelching free speech.

[Savage Beast]

The MSM grasps for straws as it sinks into the quicksand of its own mendacity. Bye bye.

[ricks_place]

This is the man who blamed American liberals for the Khmer Rouge and the Ayatollah Khomeini

• Jimmy Carter chose the Islamist over the West-Leaning Shah. Iranian Islamist spread terror in the west and subjugate Iranians.
• Cambodia was a domino that fell with South Vietnam. The post-Watergate Democrat Congress refused to resists the North's final invasion and millions were slaughtered at the hands of the Khmer Rouge.