Currently reading it and the NYT review’s concluding paragraphs (written 17 years ago) make me want to scream. Cc: @rickperlstein.bsky.social
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This is a book review? Seems like the writer went way outside their lane.
aug 17, 2025, 10:53 pm • 5 0 • view
Could have been written by David Brooks, but was actually written by his dad, George Will.
aug 18, 2025, 1:04 am • 7 0 • view
holy shit
aug 17, 2025, 10:40 pm • 48 0 • view
Some real Francis Fukuyama End-of-History shit
aug 17, 2025, 10:42 pm • 47 0 • view
As I point out in the book I'm working on now, using several reviews from elites like that including the Clinton White House big-wig who wore "Nixonland is over. Obamaland, anyone?", that sort of fetishization of its alleged consensus is a major media contribution to how we got this way.
aug 17, 2025, 10:53 pm • 82 6 • view
It’s fun to read that review and see the line “ we are not living in Agnew’s world” when the logical endpoint of his demonisation of the media is Trumps was against the press and the very idea of “truth”. And the media refs Agnew started working then have throughly rolled over to the right
aug 18, 2025, 12:39 am • 11 0 • view
Especially funny the Times not realising how throughly they have been worked over till they are lapdogs for fascism
aug 18, 2025, 12:45 am • 8 0 • view
The emerging Democratic majority!
aug 17, 2025, 11:16 pm • 1 0 • view
Let me know what you think.
aug 18, 2025, 2:23 pm • 3 0 • view
Wait, who got mad at stating LBJ had a large role in getting civil rights legislation passed?
aug 17, 2025, 10:52 pm • 4 0 • view
did some googling and found this - www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/u...
aug 17, 2025, 10:56 pm • 4 0 • view
if you google "Hillary 'It took a president to get it done'" you'll see more stuff about it
aug 17, 2025, 10:57 pm • 3 0 • view
The media, led by the New York Times:
aug 18, 2025, 3:23 am • 0 0 • view
That came from the Hillary Clinton campaign. Clinton — and I believe this was her idea — said something to the effect that Dr. King was important, but American needed a President (i.e. her) to make law & policy out of King’s/Obama’s lofty ideals. As a campaign argument, this went nowhere.
aug 17, 2025, 10:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Yeah that definitely took up some news cycles near the bitter end of the primary
aug 17, 2025, 11:11 pm • 2 0 • view
There’s a long term historical argument that must be drilled into the center and the left: heroes are not enough to make change. Allies in office are necessary. The rightwing voters understand this.
aug 17, 2025, 11:10 pm • 0 0 • view
wow - who is the critic? I wonder if they're still around
aug 17, 2025, 11:15 pm • 0 0 • view
George Will lol
aug 17, 2025, 11:24 pm • 10 0 • view
ha! 😂
aug 18, 2025, 8:51 am • 0 0 • view