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Article: Myth of `vital center'
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 17, 1996
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Washington overflows with talk of bipartisanship these days. The
president has even resurrected the phrase "vital center," which
Arthur Schlesinger coined 48 years ago to describe the common ground
between fascism and communism. Schlesinger, who calls himself "an
unrepentant and unreconstructed liberal," has expressed concern that
the phrase is being reduced to nothing more than "middle of the
road." As an unrepentant and unreconstructed conservative, I share
his concern. The middle of the road is strictly for yellow lines
and dead armadillos. At a dinner given by the Nixon Center for
Peace and Freedom on Tuesday night, Henry Kissinger, celebrated
seeker of common ground, gave ...