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DODD HARRIS: DON?T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY: ?Progressive? commentary about the Tea Party mov?

By Glenn Reynolds

DODD HARRIS: DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY:

?Progressive? commentary about the Tea Party movement ? such as E.J. Dionne?s assertion that it reflects the ?anti-statism? of the Anti-Federalists who lost out at America?s founding ? does more to illuminate the lack of knowledge of political history of the commentators than the reality of the movement.

Well, studying political history is almost as boring as reading that Hayek guy, whoever he was. Or knowing what Herbert Hoover actually did. Squaresville, man.

UPDATE: Yes, the Hayek thing is a reference to this: “He’s so unhip, when you talk about Dylan, he thinks you’re talking about Dylan Thomas. Whoever HE was. The man ain’t got no culture.” Now I’m going to have that going through my head for the rest of the day. Andy Warhol, won’t you please come home? Well, I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce . . . .

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 17, 2010 (boomark / email).