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Yes, I love the irony of trolls using “Fox News” or “Rush Limbaugh” or “Hannity” as shorthand for what they think moves everyone on the opposing side, and, of course, oblivious to the obvious counter-proclamations of “MSNBC”, “MSM”, etc. In any mass movements, there are clearly opinion-makers and opinion-takers, regardless of the worldview under analysis. Also, using such shorthand conveniently elides the entire history of Leftist movements globally and the destructive path they’ve left in their wake.
When I think about people like Van Jones, Obama and their defenders here, I always think back to this comment by Richard Epstein, another in the long list of people I respect from the University of Chicago. John Rockefeller really did the country a huge service sticking it to Harvard by founding the U of C. Anyway.
http://easyopinions.blogspot.com/2009/04/richard-epstein-discusses-barack-obama.html
“Robinson: You are quoted in the Boston Globe, “I like Obama but I reject the suggestion that he is an intellectual. He is an activist merely mimicking the mannerisms of an intellectual.” How good is Obama’s mind?
Epstein: His mind is pretty good, but it is a clever “means-ends” mind. He has never written a scholarly article in his entire life.
Robinson: He was President of the Harvard Law Review but never wrote an article.
Epstein: If he did, it was unsigned and not academically significant.
Robinson: Would you ever give him tenure at the University of Chicago Law School?
Epstein: No, no, no. Jody Cantor got this story from somebody, but it isn’t true. We did not give Obama a tenured offer. Obama was such an engaging fellow, that we all, including me, would have offered him a tenured track position [not tenured, but leading to tenure if the work is high quality].”
