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Sullivan is fairly far from anything reasonably described as "libertarian". He's a British conservative and was a huge booster of and apologist for Bush for mo
by Semiapies 13y ago
Sullivan is fairly far from anything reasonably described as "libertarian". He's a British conservative and was a huge booster of and apologist for Bush for most of his administration. He's stayed a big deal because he switched to being a booster of and apologist for Obama. He has an embarrassing Great Leader fixation.
But yes, if he stops writing paeans to Obama, he'll stop being nearly as much a Big Deal.
- dnautics 13y agowell - by libertarian leaning, I meant "fiscally conservative, socially liberal". But yes, his Great Leader fixation would disqualify him from being libertarian in the philosophical sense (versus the political - as in policy - or Political - as in Party) senses.
- Semiapies 13y agoThat's not what "libertarian" means, either. In the "policy" sense, he's been an aggressive opponent of most libertarian stances, aside from when Abu Ghraib and PRISM broke. In the "Political - as in Party" sense, I'm not aware he says much of anything about the Libertarian Party.