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Not Even Close

by John Cole|  September 17, 200310:33 am| 4 Comments

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John Hawkins surveyed Right Wing Bloggers tyo find out who their favorite editorialist/opinion writers were, and the results can be found here.

For the record, my top three were:

1.) Mark Steyn
2.) David Warren
3.) Christopher Hitchens

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  1. 1.

    James Joyner

    September 17, 2003 at 2:07 pm

    The funny thing is Steyn is virtually unknown to non-blogging Americans. Indeed, I’d never heard of him 8 months ago.

  2. 2.

    Gary Farber

    September 19, 2003 at 1:11 pm

    Christopher Hitchens is “right-wing”? Interesting. I wasn’t aware that being a socialist was “right-wing.” When did this change happen, exactly?

    If support for prosecuting Henry Kissinger as a war criminal is now “right-wing,” who are those folks who disagree?

    I’m a tad puzzled here.

    It’s almost as if you’re saying that people can’t be as sensible as Hitchens, and, you know, left-wing.

    But that couldn’t be it. It must be that socialism is now right-wing.

    I guess.

  3. 3.

    John Cole

    September 19, 2003 at 3:35 pm

    Gary- I listed my favorite opinion writers, regardless of their political affiliation. Unless I misunderstood the survey- it was the BLOGGERS making the selection who were all right-wing.

  4. 4.

    Gary Farber

    September 20, 2003 at 2:18 am

    Put that down to my reading too hastily; my apologies for getting that wrong.

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