“National Review has been a disappointment on immigration for quite some time,”
For a long time. They were getting bad as early as 1990 and simply got worse over time, firing editors who dared to write about the issue. I cancelled long ago when the adults were replaced by the GOPe Youth Brigade.
I wouldn’t put any faith in NR’s newfound concern. They are just mouthing the right words because the public is getting angry over the invasion.
National Review used to “stand athwart history yelling stop!”
Now they stand at the rear of conservative America yelling “wait! wait! I’m your leader!”
They are no more to be trusted than the sleazy GOPe they carry water for.
The politicians are even worse. It would be laughable to hear Rick Perry talk tough on immigration and border enforcement after years of supporting amnesty in everything but name if it weren't so pathetic. It's only a matter of time before Jeb Bush starts talking tough on "securing our borders" in time for his 2016 run for the WH.
For a long time. They were getting bad as early as 1990 and simply got worse over time, firing editors who dared to write about the issue. I cancelled long ago when the adults were replaced by the GOPe Youth Brigade.
Agreed. Hard to believe that a mouthpiece for mental midgets like Jonah Goldberg once showcased giants of conservative thought like Kirk and Burnham.
Another case in point: hard to believe that there’s an approving quote of Pat Buchanan on immigration in NR. Ten or twenty years ago, most NR columnists were too busy repeating liberal epithets about Buchanan’s “xenophobia” and “racism” to notice that his warnings were prophetic. Now that the GOP’s version of multiculturalism has started to implode, they’re backtracking and trying to make it look like they weren’t on the wrong side of the (border) fence.