[lbo-talk] yakking about the right

[Chuck Grimes]

Speaking of Robin and the right, below is a link to an interview
with a `smart' conservative. He's read the book and studied it
in some detail, so the interview turns into an actual discussion
of the ideas and history:

http://coreyrobin.com/2012/03/26/my-bloggingheads-debut/

I came to related conclusions about Strauss. What was great about Strauss 
was the earily events of his life in Weimar and the intellectual level of 
his
adversaries evoked a high end intellectual reactionary mind. Instead of 
Burke, he followed Hobbes. Under all the intellectualism was the injured 
psyche and its revolt against the world.

Anyway what strikes me at the moment is the extraordinarially low order
of the actual existing idiots who populate the right. About the only aspect 
that seems tactically `smart' is to force the election process into a debate 
on `values' so as not to talk about the dire state of the economy and the 
brutal fact that the US has just been defeated in two wars. Another 
interesting
development is the completely broken moral of the lower ranks of the 
military where psychotic breaks and suicide seem to out number combat 
casualties.

If there is a video of the panel discussion, please post a link.

CG