From Mark Judge:
- Bill Kristol was an important figure on the American Right in the 1990s, when he ran the Weekly Standard and worked for Vice President Dan Quayle. Then, like so many others, Kristol lost his mind when Trump was elected. Rather than do something else, Kristol insisted on trying to stay relevant in the tiny world of Beltway politics. Frantically, he turned left.
- Kristol’s hysteria doesn’t seem to come from a place of reason and genuine concern, but from a deep subconscious need to remain in the spotlight. As the quote above suggests, his Maddow-lite jabs and liberal admonitions come from a place of weakness and anxiety, not strength.
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Imagine how different Kristol’s life could have been had he pivoted away from politics when the Standard ceased publication in 2018. Like fellow conservative William F. Buckley, he could have done some traveling. Or scuba-diving. Or something . . . anything.
