eric alterman sums up succinctly the issue i had in my mind in the fall of 2000:

Discredited Neocon war cheerleader Lawrence Kaplan tries to argue that because certain liberals have embraced realism, here, they have abandoned liberalism. Bull**it. He is purposely confusing “idealism” with “utopianism.” Without realism, idealism is mere vanity. (See under “Nader, Ralph.”) It’s a healthy sign that liberals are embracing realism more and conservatives demonstrate that they couldn’t care less about creating an effective foreign policy—rather than posing as trying to do so—when they mock it.

Thursday, January 19th, 2006 @ 5:52 pm Deep Thoughts, General, Politics, the Left, the Stupid
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