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Entry: A Reply to Thomas DiLorenzo Link: http://www.takimag.com/sniperstower/article/a_reply_to_thomas_dilorenzo#24890 Post contents: To my fellow contributors: On the question of Willmoore Kendall as a "paleo," it really doesn't matter that this term had not been coined before he died in 1967. Kendall defended what have become core paleo-positions: believing in the primacy of the Constitution, doubting the wisdom of reconstructing the world as an egalitarian New Jerusalem, and understanding American Christianity as a beneficial influence on the Founding. As for Mel Bradford, his portrayal of Lincoln as a "political gnostic" who desired endless revolutions at home and abroad is identical to the position of Jaffa. Once again, the difference is that Bradford deplored this legacy of Lincoln while Jaffa favored it. I admire Kendall and Bradford too, but I think that they too quickly accepted the progressivist view of Lincoln as a social revolutionary. It has always been my intention to set the record straight. If that means that the neocons lose control of Lincoln's legacy, then so be it (and why would that be a bad thing?!) Sent at: 2008 09 08