Liberal Fascism (Continued...)

I had been planning to write about that book today anyway, and got a treat as Jonah Goldberg showed up as the guest on A Daily Show last night (video- here). The actual interview apparently went on for 18 minutes, though it had to edited down-- and noticeably so-- to 6 minutes for TV purposes.

I already hammered Goldberg enough, so just one more point about the way that movement conservatives think.

In the interview, when asked for an example of modern liberal fascism, Goldberg discusses Hillary Clinton's 1996 book, "It Takes a Village", in which she suggested the airing of public service messages offering advice on how to take care of ones children. This is, of course, the same man who lamented that foiled terror attacks prevent new draconian security policies and prayed for a Pinochet-like figure to come along and smash the Iraqis into submission... And other Bush-era insanity like that. That tells all you need to know about his worldview and how serious his concerns over "fascism" are.

I know his National Review colleagues are upset there's no way to see the full interview, but I seriously doubt that there's anything of redeeming value in the full 18 minutes.

[PS- He also says the New Republic magazine was "openly pro-Mussolini in the 1920s", but perhaps Mr. Goldberg should take a look at what his own National Review was supporting as late as the 1970s. Not pretty.]