Glad to see Crimson Crusader® Glenn Kinen back in superb blogging form, offering a critique of this New Statesman article on the U.S.-Europe split. Interestingly, in the course of his analysis Glenn refers to himself as a “Kennedy Democrat who really believes that it’s our manifest destiny to save the world” — a designation that struck me as apposite to recent discussions about a rather curious shift in political labeling. That is, with the exception of his nod toward environmental populism (sad, that) — Glenn’s list of exemplums for “Kennedy Democrat” status would seem, on closer inspection, to further the case made by Jay Nordlinger (and others) a while back that conservatism is in fact the new progressivism. Classical liberalism is back, and it’s wearing conservative pinstripes.

So welcome to the club, Glenn! Now, shrug off that silly Kyoto hangover, forget those counter-productive CAFE standards, and grab yourself a single malt scotch, rocks… It’s Sinatra time!

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