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A scary Halloween with Sarah Palin

In central Pennsylvania, the Republican base is afraid of Obama, and lost in fever dreams of a neo-Soviet nightmare. But it's all in God's hands.
By Rebecca Traister

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  • Saturday, November 1, 2008 09:58 AM

    Fear as a tactic

    The politics of fear have been with us for some time now. Remember Willie Horton?

    It should come as no surprise that the Republicans are using it again.

    But for all the hullabaloo over Marxism in this election, i wonder if any of our pundits remember who it was that perfected fear and terror as a political tool to power? Anybody???

    —MikeBoyScout Read MikeBoyScout's other letters

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