Thaddeus Russell on the Rise of the Unholy Alliance

In 2010, Lindsey Graham could see it coming.

“You know what I worry most about?” the Republican Senator from
South Carolina told
CNN about the growing opposition to the war in
Afghanistan. “An unholy alliance between the right and the
left.”

Six months later, progressive icon Ralph Nader saw the potential
power of a libertarian-left alliance, too, but welcomed
it. Appearing
with Ron Paul on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s “Freedom Watch”
show on Fox Business Network in January 2011, Nader issued a
manifesto for “a dynamic political force” that would not only stop
the war in Afghanistan but radically re-shape American
politics.

In fact, Graham’s fears and Nader’s hopes have now been
realized. Never has there been a greater convergence of libertarian
and leftist activities, never has it given more trouble to the
powers of Washington, D.C., and never has it been a greater cause
of concern, hope, and conflict among the political
intelligentsia.

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