Matt Yglesias

23 Responses to “Fukuyama for Obama”

1. Njorl Says:
   October 30th, 2008 at 2:55 pm

   When is he going to publish “History: An Afterword”

2. Dan Kervick Says:
   October 30th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

   Now, if Obama can only get Fukmeyama to endorse him too, he’ll have this thing locked up.

3. Why oh why Says:
   October 30th, 2008 at 3:11 pm

   Not all endorsments are good… What’s next, Cheney and Kristol? All those neocons backing Obama make me nervous.

4. Average Voter Says:
   October 30th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

   Who? There are endorsements that matter (Colin Powell, Warren Buffett) and those of people we’ve never heard of (Fukuyama) and from magazines we pretend we read (The Economist).

5. for the record Says:
   October 30th, 2008 at 3:31 pm

   Unlike Powell, Fukuyama first stated he was planning to vote for Obama this past spring. (It’s in a Bob Wright-Francis Fukuyama diavlog from bloggingheads…i’m in class right now or i’d look up the link). He hasn’t been a neocon for a long time, for what that’s worth..

6. tusket Says:
   October 30th, 2008 at 3:49 pm

   Add Fukuyama to the list of Republican “intellectuals” jumping ship, and it’s clear that the tiny tiny brain of the Republican party has been decapitated.

7. Doh Says:
   October 30th, 2008 at 7:46 pm

   Does anyone really care what Fukayama thinks? I think I take Gingrich more seriously as a thinker– and that’s saying something.

8. Linus Says:
   October 30th, 2008 at 9:43 pm

   You wonder if some of these talking heads (or at least people who write books talking heads like to chat about) might be able to parlay their fame into successful lines of sauces and condiments.

   (I’m not buying Dick Perl’s kosher wine Linus.)

   What about Fukuyama brand Sukiyaki sauce? It’s a family tradition from the heart of Japan.

9. Buskertype Says:
   October 30th, 2008 at 11:11 pm

   Isn’t it about time for a third party to be formed out of all these defecting moderate republicans? Cause I don’t want ‘em in my party.

10. Ed Smithe Says:
    October 31st, 2008 at 7:50 am

    I don’t know that I would describe the Fuk’s views on Foreign Policy as being “rational” given where he’s come from (an avid supporter of social engineering in the Middle East). I might instead describe them as evolving.

11. Matt G. Says:
    October 31st, 2008 at 9:39 am

    Disregarding the fact that Fukuyama was one the key early drivers of the same disastrous and tragic neoconservative approach, this still doesn’t amount to much. Imo, once a hack, always a hack. If he prefaced his endorsement with an apology, then I’d perhaps reconsider.

12. Phil Says:
    October 31st, 2008 at 9:47 am

    I seem to remember Fukuyama coming out and backing Obama much earlier this year in an opinion piece or interview or two. Maybe it was back in May or around then. Not sure why this current mini-article in The American Conservative is being taken as such big news.

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