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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 04:42 PM

    Thy use Perfect Leo Straussian political tacitcs: developed in 1930's Germany

    1. Tell every lie you need to but never admit you lied

    2. Bang the drums of nationalism

    3. Focus the people on an enemy, real or imagined

    4. Use Religion as a tool to keep the masses in line.

    Came from the same cesspool as Uncle Milty Friedman's trickle down economic policy. Many of the Neo Cons were his desciples.

    Talk about brave Americans, these people are not it. Scared stupid by make believe boogeymen.

    Read Mark Twain's last piece, The Mysterious Stranger, and you will meet these people stoning a woman.

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