Comments on: John Podhoretz: An Entertaining Propagandist http://poligazette.com/2007/04/07/john-podhoretz-an-entertaining-propagandist/ Politics and world events from a moderately liberal and conservative perspective Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:47:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: mvdg http://poligazette.com/2007/04/07/john-podhoretz-an-entertaining-propagandist/#comment-1236 mvdg Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:07:21 +0000 http://poligazette.com/2007/04/07/john-podhoretz-an-entertaining-propagandist/#comment-1236 <blockquote>Crucially, he seems smart enough to have some critical distance from what he writes</blockquote> Yes, good point. One cannot help but to notice that while reading <em>Bush Country</em> as well.

Crucially, he seems smart enough to have some critical distance from what he writes

Yes, good point. One cannot help but to notice that while reading Bush Country as well.

]]> By: jpe http://poligazette.com/2007/04/07/john-podhoretz-an-entertaining-propagandist/#comment-1235 jpe Sat, 07 Apr 2007 13:58:21 +0000 http://poligazette.com/2007/04/07/john-podhoretz-an-entertaining-propagandist/#comment-1235 From the op-eds of Podhoretz I've read, your assessment seems pretty dead-on. He's wildly partisan and generally says outrageous things, but one can tell he's a pretty smart guy (and having perused some of his longer essays, it's safe to say that) that likes to say zany stuff to piss people off. While I disagree with him on merits, I also like to piss people off, and can appreciate his political project. Crucially, he seems smart enough to have some critical distance from what he writes (as opposed to most other pundits in the NY Post, who seem to have some kind of animal consciousness: if they think something, they'll express it and the editors will turn it into a column). From the op-eds of Podhoretz I’ve read, your assessment seems pretty dead-on. He’s wildly partisan and generally says outrageous things, but one can tell he’s a pretty smart guy (and having perused some of his longer essays, it’s safe to say that) that likes to say zany stuff to piss people off. While I disagree with him on merits, I also like to piss people off, and can appreciate his political project.

Crucially, he seems smart enough to have some critical distance from what he writes (as opposed to most other pundits in the NY Post, who seem to have some kind of animal consciousness: if they think something, they’ll express it and the editors will turn it into a column).

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