[William McKinley]

By the way, I wish that the author had provided a basis for this claim:

However, paleocon views have become more popular since 9/11,

If this is true, I have not seen any evidence that it is true.

[justshe]

I wondered about the 9/11 reference too. The only thing I could figure was that 'closing the borders' and the broad-brush 'muslim bashing' came down, in this author's view, as in the Paleo column.