Keyser Soze / Doug and Terrance

[Paul Mackin]

> Judy Panetta wrote: (copied from Terrance's post since original never came
to my mailbox)
> >
> > Kelly as nostalgic for the sixties..? Let me preface this explanation
that I
> > wrote this as a first impression on reading this article. So forgive me
> > folks, if I do not have the research usually warranted here.
> >
> > But let me try...there is in Kelly's article a tone that I found
reminiscent
> > of the rhetoric of the "conservatives" in the sixties-early seventies.
>

Kelly definitely styles himself a conservative. Doubt if I knew of his
existence until he came to the Post as one of their op-ed page conservatives
(to preside along side George Will). I've never read him at all regularly
but associate him with the "right wing conspirary against the Clintons" as
it's called..  Very abrasive in style. He was born in 1957 so would have
come to life at the time Reagan's 80s conservativism was in flower. Religion
and politics. Culture wars. Would guess Kelly's view of both sides of the
culture wars would be negative. Actually I've no idea on how he feels about,
say, abortion rights. But in any event I would guess Goldwater's earlier 60s
conservatism would have held more appeal as something to look back upon.
Maybe this ties is with what Judy saw.  Tough guy, no nonsense, keep the
government out of my business (and bedroom if he'd thought about it) and out
of the rest of the world . Libertarian. By the way, remember it wasn't the
conservatives who were pushing the Vietnam war. It was the liberals.
Kennedy, Johnson. Anyway, now I'll read Mr. K. more assiduously.

        P.