So how would you explain the animus of the paleos to the neos over this incident, given its mythic status in the conventional and Old Right tellings? Did the paleos not realize all this time that they had lost before the spat occurred? Did they retrospectively inflate the issue's gravity in response to the neocon attacks? Some other explanation?
It has been a long time since I thought about this (before my time) event. I am trying to remember if I thought Bradford was a withdrawn nominee, but I am not sure whether I did or not. At the least I was under the impression that his nomination had been a near fait accompli even if it had not been formally made. So this was informative.
So how would you explain the animus of the paleos to the neos over this incident, given its mythic status in the conventional and Old Right tellings? Did the paleos not realize all this time that they had lost before the spat occurred? Did they retrospectively inflate the issue's gravity in response to the neocon attacks? Some other explanation?
They simply didn’t know about the Admin’s decision and probably inflated the issue.
It has been a long time since I thought about this (before my time) event. I am trying to remember if I thought Bradford was a withdrawn nominee, but I am not sure whether I did or not. At the least I was under the impression that his nomination had been a near fait accompli even if it had not been formally made. So this was informative.