Bob Roberts. From: National Review | Date: November 2, 1992| Author: Simon, John | COPYRIGHT 1992 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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ALL extremism--Left or Right, black or white--is heinous. Conservatism can be perverted into sclerosis; radicalism easily turns inte despotism. The satraps of the Right are as atavistic as the firebrands of the Left, and the permissiveness of the knee-jerk liberals does at least as much damage as the stodginess of the reactionaries. A movie such as Bob Roberts, pretending to be a courageous political fable, is only an elaboration of radical-populist skits and songs from ...

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