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An odd critique of Chomsky

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Carl Beijer
Aug 24, 2014
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Erik Loomis scolds Chomsky over his oft-repeated assertion that “In many respects Nixon was the last liberal president.” Loomis:

Richard Nixon was a liberal in no way. Richard Nixon was however a very shrewd politician operating in the time of the postwar liberal consensus. Nixon didn’t like signing those bills…if he had his druthers, he would have ruled…

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