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Saturday, November 1, 2008 12:00 AM

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 05:35 PM

    Ummm

    Haven't fascists typically won elections by sowing fear of socialists? OTOH, I suppose that communists (who IMHO are really just fascists pretending to be socialists) have typically won elections by sowing fear of bad fascists. Theocratic fascists fall in there somewhere. Bottom line, be afraid of anyone who tells you to fear someone else [;-) And really, this time, how about we vote for our dreams, rather than against our fears?

    —Dimitri Read Dimitri's other letters

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