Well OK, I don't hate him, because I try not to hate human beings. But I used to really despise him for being a half-wit, who happened to be on the smart side of politics. Then I decided that the country is in too bad a mess to fight so much amongst ourselves, and he was on the right side of things at least, and I even began to respect him for taking seriously how bad things are getting and might get. And even if the history lessons he tries to teach on "Progressives" like Wilson and Roosevelt are probably not exactly scholarly, at least he's getting conservatives to look farther back than the 1960s for the source of our nation's woes. This is important.
Well, now I can't stand him again. Have you heard this gag on his radio show, where he mocks historical writing about George Washington for being too boring, and pushes for some silly historical novel approach? "This is how you SHOULD learn about George Washington."
I'm sorry, Glenn. Sorry that fighting a revolution and founding a country was about more than action scenes and lofty rhetoric. I'm sorry there were prosaic details involved, and that exciting interchanges between Washington and Hamilton are only speculative recreations and not actual history. We'll do better the next time we found the country. We'll record the video for you.
I'm sorry for being such a nerd about this. It's my fault, of course.