Paul Ryan and Liberal Glee
Commentary’s editor John Podhoretz notes that the selection of Paul Ryan as the GOP’s candidate for vice president has excited both conservatives and liberals alike. Podhoretz characterizes the response from the left as “liberal glee,” which he describes as “an ongoing liberal political-character flaw.” “So insulated are many, if not most, American liberals,” continues Podhoretz, “that they simply presume that which they despise is inherently despicable, and that what they fear is inherently fearful.”