Al Smith despised the uncompromising idealist that Robert Moses once was

Evidence

So Smith despised the noncompromisers, the starry-eyed idealists. He despised, in other words, most reformers. He coined words to describe them: “mush brains,” “double-domes,” “crackpots,” “Goo Goos.” Al Smith despised, in short, what Bob Moses had been. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 573

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Moses by 1945 had become the practical politician he once condemned — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 2980; Al Smith’s lack of schooling contradicted Moses’ ideal of the educated public man — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 386; The acquisition of power transformed Moses’ character into overt arrogance — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 1066 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Moses’ reform zeal evaporated the moment he lost Smith’s protection. #expands (0.78) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 1774
• The acquisition of power transformed Moses’ character into overt arrogance #expands (0.75) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 1066