CONSERVATIVE TEAM-UP

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CONSERVATIVE TEAM-UP

James Joyner | Tuesday, June 17, 2003

Someone named John Holbo has a hilarious take on a new magazine:

I am not alone, I trust, in my bemusement at the Taki/Buchanan collaboration that is The American Conservative.

How to put it?

It’s like one of those odd Marvel supervillian team-ups – one of the really incongruous ones, like: Galactus and the Kingpin! Or: the Red Skull and Loki! Just because they’re BOTH sinister, doesn’t mean it makes narrative sense for them to work together.

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I imagine that a typical scene in the editorial offices of The American Conservative unfolds somewhat like this:

Buchanan: With my powers of irate, pugnacious nativist jingoism, I will rule the -

Taki: Never forget, my American friend, that it is I, Taki, Greek Eurotrash, jetsetting shipping magnate libertine extraordinaire, who -

(Hat tip: Jacob Levy)

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.

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