The latest print edition of National Review includes this humorous blurb about liberals’ response to the Donald Trump presidential bid. (Fans of Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism might take special pleasure in reading this one.)
Howard Wolfson is feeling remorseful. Wolfson, a veteran liberal operative, told Frank Bruni of the New York Times that the harsh rhetoric he and fellow Democrats once used against John McCain and Mitt Romney undercuts the harsh rhetoric they are using against Donald Trump now — when they really, really mean it. “It’s only when your find yourself describing someone who really is the definition of an extremist — who really is, essentially, in my opinion, a fascist — that you recognize that the language that you’ve used in the past to describe other people was hyperbolic and inappropriate and cheap.” Democrats have been playing the fascist card a long time, witness the New York Times headline of October 26, 1948: “President Likens Dewey to Hitler as Fascist Tool.” That would be President Harry Truman, sliming Thomas Dewey, governor of New York. BTW, we don’t think Donald Trump is a fascist — just a demagogue. You may quote us, Howard, though no doubt you will stick with the F-word.
