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Tuesday, October 17, 2006 12:00 AM

Breach of faith

Former White House insider David Kuo talks about how the Bush administration used its most loyal voters, evangelical Christians, for political gain.
By Alex Koppelman

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  • Monday, October 16, 2006 10:16 PM

    Machiavelli

    The relevant section in _The Prince_ is XVIII.

    Machiavelli goes on at some length about the realities of statecraft and the impossibility of keeping your word or being a good or religious person. He then talks about the importance of appearing to have these virtues.

    Appearing to be religious is the most critical. That's the one that the yahoos of his day fell for too.

    I don't know if Dubya ever read Machiavelli, but Carl Rove sure did.

    Kuo is just saying things, finally, that anybody with half a brain has always known.

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