...to the latest bunch of smears by Donald Luskin, Robert Musil, David Hogberg--and to those like Glenn Reynolds who channel the smears:
Posted by DeLong at October 24, 2003 01:10 AM | TrackBackThe smear machine cranks up again: They key thing to notice in this episode is the cynical way my attackers apply a double standard. Many people have written about the political motives that induce Moslem leaders to promote anti-Semitism; they aren’t accused of condoning that anti-Semitism. For that matter, people who try to analyze the rise of Hitler aren’t accused of being pro-Nazi when they try to understand his motives and those of his supporters. The reason I’m suddenly being accused of being soft on anti-Semitism has nothing to do with defending the Jews, and everything to do with trying, yet again, to silence my criticism of the Bush administration. What a disgusting episode. And what a demonstration of the sleaziness of these people.