The present moment is not one to be proud of. The normal vu… - Bill Kristol

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The present moment is not one to be proud of. The normal vulgarity of democratic politics has become the shameless demagoguery of democratic decadence. The routine operation of party politics has given way to the mindless polarization of partisan fanatics. The characteristic limitations of popular leaders have yielded to an abdication of leadership itself. A public life with occasional cringeworthy moments has been replaced by one that is on the whole cringeworthy.

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William "Bill" Kristol (born 23 December 1952) is an American neoconservative commentator.

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