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- what might be called the
  'proto-paleo," faction of the
  party walked out, and what's
  left of the LP is now spiraling
 downward into oblivion.
                                      n43w, revivified reincarnation
                                      of the Grand Old Right of my
                                      youth. Who says 'you can't go
                                      home again?"
                                             In my days in the Liber-
                                                                        cus never went beyond a gal-
                                                                        lant handful.

                                                                        The Lesson.of Joe
                                                                        McCarthy
        It is a happy coincidence     tarian Party, one of my hap-             Quick: Who was the most
 that just when the LP fell apart     piest associations was with the    hated, the most smeared, the
 in 1989, the collapse of Com-        hlead of the Arizona Party,       most universally reviled, man
 munism made the Cold War             long-time political consultant    in American political life,
 obsolete, and gave us hope           Emil Franzi, one                                 before David
 that many conservatives              of the most as-                                  Duke? You're
 would now rejoin us in an anti-      tute political                                   right: it was
 interventionist, anti-global         minds in the LP.                                 'Tailgunner
 America First foreign policy.        (A 'proto-paleo"                                 Joe" McCarthy.
 Happily, we became aware             if there ever was                                Why is that? Joe
 that there was indeed a wing         one, Franzi is                                   McCarthy was
 of conservatives, unfortu-           also long out of                                 not a Ku Kluxer,
 nately all too small among the       the LP.) Franzi                                  he was not a
 Official leadership in New York      broke down LP                                    Nazi, he was
 and Washington, who agreed           members into                                     not a libertarian,
 with us that the time had come       three sociologi-                                 he was not even
 for a resurgent isolationism.        cal categories:                                  a conserva-
 And it also turned out that          'Murray, there                                   tive. One thing
 these 'paleo-conservatives," a       are three types                                  quickly forgot-
 generation younger than the          of people in                                     ten amidst the
 'traditionalists" of twenty and      the Libertarian                                  anti-McCarthy
 thirty years ago, were tren-         Party: the hip-                                  hysteria of the
 chant and hard-core critics of       pies, the prep-                                  1950s was that
 the welfare state, scorners of       pies, and the                                    Joe McCarthy
 the Official Conservative            rednecks." As                                    was a moderate,
 scramble for government jobs,        lhe self-pro-                                    or liberal, Re-
 and bitterly anti-statist in their   [claimed leader                                  publican. In ad-
 basic outlook. Hence, the now        ef the Redneckcaucus, Franzi      dition, McCarthy did not create
 famous rapprochement with            left no doubt where he himself    the frenetic anti-Communist
 the paleo-conservatives, the         stood. The "hippies" of course    world view: indeed, it was a
 creation of a new 'paleo-liber-      were the people we have           view that he absorbed out of
 tarian" movement as a way to         dubbed the Modals; the            our political culture, a view
 separate ourselves out from          'preppies" (or wannabee           created and totally shared by
 the flakes and cultural leftists     preppies) were the Koch-          conservatives, centrists, and
 who constitute the LP and            Crane       machine.      The     Cold War liberals. Indeed, one
 'Modal Libertarians," and the        'rednecks" were the real          of the most common, and re-
 happy fusion with the                people. In a sense the strat-     vealing, lines about McCarthy
 paleocons into a new 'paleo"         egy we are now proclaiming is     was: "We agree with his goals
 movement. For myself, after          a strategy of Outreach to the     [ant i-Communism], but we
 thirty-five years in the ideo-       Rednecks. And there really        don't agree with his means."
 logical wilderness, first allied     are virtually no rednecks in      Indeed, when McCarthy con-
 with the New Left and then in        the Libertarian Party. Truly,     fronted the Army and the en-
 a sectarian LP, I am happy to        even at best, there were never    tire Center in those famous
 be once again at home in a           very many: the Redneck Cau-       hearings, nobody disputed all

12 January 1992
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  • 1. - what might be called the 'proto-paleo," faction of the party walked out, and what's left of the LP is now spiraling downward into oblivion. n43w, revivified reincarnation of the Grand Old Right of my youth. Who says 'you can't go home again?" In my days in the Liber- cus never went beyond a gal- lant handful. The Lesson.of Joe McCarthy It is a happy coincidence tarian Party, one of my hap- Quick: Who was the most that just when the LP fell apart piest associations was with the hated, the most smeared, the in 1989, the collapse of Com- hlead of the Arizona Party, most universally reviled, man munism made the Cold War long-time political consultant in American political life, obsolete, and gave us hope Emil Franzi, one before David that many conservatives of the most as- Duke? You're would now rejoin us in an anti- tute political right: it was interventionist, anti-global minds in the LP. 'Tailgunner America First foreign policy. (A 'proto-paleo" Joe" McCarthy. Happily, we became aware if there ever was Why is that? Joe that there was indeed a wing one, Franzi is McCarthy was of conservatives, unfortu- also long out of not a Ku Kluxer, nately all too small among the the LP.) Franzi he was not a Official leadership in New York broke down LP Nazi, he was and Washington, who agreed members into not a libertarian, with us that the time had come three sociologi- he was not even for a resurgent isolationism. cal categories: a conserva- And it also turned out that 'Murray, there tive. One thing these 'paleo-conservatives," a are three types quickly forgot- generation younger than the of people in ten amidst the 'traditionalists" of twenty and the Libertarian anti-McCarthy thirty years ago, were tren- Party: the hip- hysteria of the chant and hard-core critics of pies, the prep- 1950s was that the welfare state, scorners of pies, and the Joe McCarthy the Official Conservative rednecks." As was a moderate, scramble for government jobs, lhe self-pro- or liberal, Re- and bitterly anti-statist in their [claimed leader publican. In ad- basic outlook. Hence, the now ef the Redneckcaucus, Franzi dition, McCarthy did not create famous rapprochement with left no doubt where he himself the frenetic anti-Communist the paleo-conservatives, the stood. The "hippies" of course world view: indeed, it was a creation of a new 'paleo-liber- were the people we have view that he absorbed out of tarian" movement as a way to dubbed the Modals; the our political culture, a view separate ourselves out from 'preppies" (or wannabee created and totally shared by the flakes and cultural leftists preppies) were the Koch- conservatives, centrists, and who constitute the LP and Crane machine. The Cold War liberals. Indeed, one 'Modal Libertarians," and the 'rednecks" were the real of the most common, and re- happy fusion with the people. In a sense the strat- vealing, lines about McCarthy paleocons into a new 'paleo" egy we are now proclaiming is was: "We agree with his goals movement. For myself, after a strategy of Outreach to the [ant i-Communism], but we thirty-five years in the ideo- Rednecks. And there really don't agree with his means." logical wilderness, first allied are virtually no rednecks in Indeed, when McCarthy con- with the New Left and then in the Libertarian Party. Truly, fronted the Army and the en- a sectarian LP, I am happy to even at best, there were never tire Center in those famous be once again at home in a very many: the Redneck Cau- hearings, nobody disputed all 12 January 1992 LICENSED TO UNZ.ORG ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED