IF OAKES ISN'T WHIGGED OUT ONE MIGHT AS WELL ARGUE THAT E H CARR J M KEYNES OR K R POPPER AREN'T WHIGGED OUT EITHER!

 DEMONIZING THE HEGELIAN RIGHT QUA HEGELIAN, WHILE LEAVING THE HEGELIAN WHIG LEFT UNSCATHED, OR VICE VERSA, IS THE HEIGHTH OF WHIG INTRAMURAL SOPHISM.

THE GUARDIAN: THIS FLEDERMAUS, GALA 1983, COVENT GARDEN, A PINNACLE OF ESCAPISM.

OAKES, OR, SAY, GINGRICH, PICK YOUR WHIG POISON.

BUTTERFIELD HAD BEMOANED, "WE ARE ALL WHIGS, NOW." 

TAKE A SHOT.

(THAT'S A SMITH & WESSON, AND YOU'VE HAD YOUR SIX.")

This post is dedicated to Sean Connery, great Scottish patriot, who finally was willing to be knighted by the Queen, at age 70.