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10/24/2008: "Haider is a Big Disappointment"
Honestly, why can't the far Right just get its act together? I don't expect much from my recidivist Hitlerian bogeyman. A coherent desire for humanity to be ground under the jackbooted heels of the armies of the night, that'll do me. Is it too much to ask?
Seems so. Jorg Haider, wherever you are, you're a big disappointment. For a while, I really thought you were the one we were waiting for. You liked the Nazis, you really weren't fond of Jews. You were an anti-immigrant populist, and finally, you seemed destined for real power. You could have inspired thousands. Oh yes. We really could have hated you.
But no. Because you had to be secretly gay, didn't you? You can still be an evil tyrant and be gay, of course. Just ask the Emperor Hadrian, but the secrecy of it, the wife and kids, well, that sadly points towards a degree of inner conflict. It makes you sound like a victim, Jorg. Not a bully. It's bloody annoying.
[ Interesting account of the effect of recent revelations on a liberal. Yes, Haider is a big disappointment, and why is his cringing "scared of the dark" accomplice in sleaze still in a high position in his party? Good luck to Strasser's break-away party. Let's hope they live up to their principles. ]
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/hugo_rifkind/article5002797.ece