> > and railing against government and wealthy elites, which is what the
> > John Birch Society has been doing for years.
>
>So if Al and Joe started railing against government elites, that would
>make them right wing populists akin to John Birchers? It wouldn't mean
>they'd moved left?
>
>I thought for a classical right wing populist in your sense, one needed a
>combination of anti-elitism, ethnic scapegoating and conspiracy theory.
>Are you saying that Arianna has elements 2 and 3? Or that all you need is
>element 1, plus not being a leftist, to be beyond the pale?
>
>Michael
not to pick on michael, but i'm curious, having witnessed this attack on chip--it seems to me anyway--for well over a year now.
what IS the scoop?