Roger’s Rules

By Roger Kimball

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Jim
2008-08-28 11:50:16

There’s a lot that’s right in this post, but there’s much more that’s wrong–and more than a little crazy.

Does Roger really believe that Obama and the contemporary Democratic Party support socialism? If he doesn’t, then he should stop using the label “socialist” to characterize Obama’s positions. If he does, then either he doesn’t know what socialism is or he’s crazy.

Roger’s smart–and has access to a good thesaurus. But intellectually he’s as sloppy as talk radio. Repeat after me, Mr. Kimball: believing that the federal government has a legitimate–if, of course, limited–role to play in regulating industry and preventing the worst sorts of economic inequality is not socialism.

Good lord! I can’t believe I just wasted a minute of life pointing out the obvious to Mr. Bowtie.