"There is, by the way, nothing comparable on the Democratic side."
Berkeley said it best, "Do not Whigs make Tories, and Tories Whigs?" On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Charles Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/opinion/twilight-of-the-apparatchiks.html?_r=0&referer=http://m.facebook.com > > > Krugman: "So what’s the source of this obliviousness? The answer, I’d > suggest, is that in recent years — and, in fact, for the past couple of > decades — becoming a conservative activist has actually been a low-risk, > comfortable career choice. Most Republican officeholders hold safe seats, > which they can count on keeping if they are sufficiently orthodox. > Moreover, if they should stumble, they can fall back on “wingnut welfare,” > the array of positions at right-wing media organizations, think tanks and > so on that are always there for loyal spear carriers. > > > And loyalty is almost the only thing that matters. Does an economist at a > right-wing think tank have a remarkable record of embarrassing mistakes? > Does a pundit have an almost surreal history of bad calls? No matter, as > long as they hew to the orthodox line. > > > There is, by the way, nothing comparable on the Democratic side. Of course > there’s an establishment, but it’s much more diffuse, much less lavishly > funded, much less insistent on orthodoxy and forgiving of loyal > incompetence." > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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