https://redstate.com/erick/2011/07/27/in-which-bill-kristol-decides-to-play-the-fool-again/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:02:56 -0400<![CDATA[For years Bill Kristol defended the excesses of the Bush Administration. Before that, he was a John McCain champion. His partner in crime is Fred Barnes who defended the rise of &#8220;big government conservatives.&#8221;And now, Bill Kristol thinks that conservatives who want smaller government are &#8220;pro-Obama&#8221; conservatives.Nothing could be further from the truth, but Kristol really doesn&#8217;t care. This is point scoring from a guy who really doesn&#8217;t have much in common with a lot of the conservative movement.Kristol wants to cut a deal because . . . well . . . because he likes sucking up to Republican leaders first of all. But also because in his cowardly abandon he cannot perceive how holding the line can force the Democrats to produce a better deal.So this is the deal Bill Kristol wants — from a staffer on Capitol Hill who attended the briefings:]]>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:29:35 -0400<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2011/07/27/in-which-bill-kristol-decides-to-play-the-fool-again-n39825