Thursday, April 29, 2010

Of Laureates and Cowboys

by Victor Davis Hanson

"In politics, having power and keeping it often mean fudging a little on ideology.

So conservatives sometimes convince the country to do very liberal things -- think of Richard Nixon going to China, Ronald Reagan granting a blanket amnesty to illegal aliens, or George W. Bush running big deficits.

Liberals can sometimes act like conservatives without worry of being smeared by their base as heartless right-wingers -- remember Bill Clinton's agreement to sign welfare reform and put caps on federal spending.

But in matters of war, being liberal is a great advantage for a president."

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