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Unprincipled Hacks and Imperious Haughties

29 April 2009 11:50 AM, PDT | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »

In the trembling aftermath of the Specter defection, Nate Silver (whom I met last week at a swinging loft party on the Lower East Side that was enlivened at one point by an interpretive free-form dance solo) asks: [I]f you're a Democrat, would you really want Arlen Specter to be anything other than a soulless, unprincipled hack? Hell, no. Or to put it another way, Hell, no! For a man of his years, Specter's political pliancy would make him the marvel of any Ineygar yoga class, his joints so lubricated with oily calculation that he can take as many positions as there are positions to take, then add in an extra one to express his eccentricity. Every institution needs its unprincipled hacks to prevent a crippling arthritis of integrity that leads to stasis and false pride. For example, let's say a magazine needs an extended caption on a young stunner »

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