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Old 06-24-2015, 01:34 PM
 
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So according to Kevin Williamson at the National Review, the crescendo of "Peak Leftism" has been reached, and while Obama will frantically work to squeeze out every last drop from the now receding political tsunami of 2008, the left needs to come to grips with the probability that this is all there is.

Even if Hillary Clinton is elected, she will have a Republican House to deal with, so there will be no more permanent major leftist initiatives like Obamacare during her term. However, truth be told, she does not look like the shoe-in that so many once thought her to be. And the battle has not even started in earnest yet.

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We Have Officially Reached Peak Leftism
A progressive panic attack begins as the Obama era wanes.

We have seen an extraordinary outburst of genuine extremism — and genuine authoritarianism — in the past several months, and it will no doubt grow more intense as we approach the constitutional dethroning of the mock messiah to whom our progressive friends literally sang hymns of praise and swore oaths of allegiance. (“I pledge to be a servant to our president” — recall all that sieg heil creepiness.) There is an unmistakable stink of desperation about this, as though the Left intuits what the Right dares not hope: that the coming few months may in fact see progressivism’s cultural high-water mark for this generation.
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Old 06-24-2015, 01:39 PM
 
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This seems about par for the course for the National Review. A joke of a magazine.
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Old 06-24-2015, 01:40 PM
 
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OK, thanks for sharing.
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Old 06-24-2015, 01:44 PM
 
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This seems about par for the course for the National Review. A joke of a magazine.
Earth has developed a slight eccentricity in its orbit from William F. Buckley spinning in his grave.
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Old 06-24-2015, 01:45 PM
 
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National Review, 'nuff said.
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Old 06-24-2015, 01:48 PM
 
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So, I am seeing the knee jerk leftist remarks about the National Review. But nobody has even attempted to disagree with or refute the central theme of this article.

So, does anyone disagree? If so, why or why not?
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Old 06-24-2015, 02:25 PM
 
Location: Old Bellevue, WA
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Kevin Williamson is without a doubt my favorite pundit on the scene today. He's a gifted writer, is versed in public choice economics, and is insightful. He hits a series of home runs with this piece.

Left Activists at Peak. Decline to Follow | National Review Online

One of the things that bugs me in my golden years is the dearth of political columnists who are engaging writers. Most of them seem to be angling for a lucrative gig as PR person for some gov't agency. When the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper went belly up a few years ago, many of the reporters and columnists wound up with PR gigs for gov't agencies. I don't think writers like HL Mencken, Mike Royko, Leanita McClain, or Kevin Williamson would ever take a job as a PR bureaucrat. Nothing against PR bureaucrats, but I'm not going to pay to read them.
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Old 06-24-2015, 02:45 PM
 
Location: Old Mother Idaho
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Didn't the National Review have a big writer's mutiny a few months ago? When all their good writers quit?

Even if not, it's no longer the publication Bill Buckley started. Back then, his staff of smart, educated, and skillful writers could express conservative views with expertise. The National Review has been nothing but another hunk of tabloid conservative dumbed-down garbage for a long time now. All 3 syllable words are now banned.
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Old 06-24-2015, 02:52 PM
 
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It depends. Under fifth wave theory it is possibly not a peak if another Dem. is elected.

Elliott Wave theory understands that public sentiment and mass psychology moves in 5 waves within a primary trend, and 3 waves in a counter-trend
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Old 06-24-2015, 03:30 PM
 
Location: Old Bellevue, WA
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There is plenty of evidence that the left is going through some hard times. The GOP controls 70% of state legislative bodies and 62% of governorships. The left has to somehow address the issue of public sector unions. No party perceived as being a defender of sex predators is going to attain consistent popularity among US voters.

Campbell Brown: Teachers Unions Go to Bat for Sexual Predators - WSJ
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