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Matthew Dowd's not-so-miraculous conversion

Is the former Bush pollster a true believer turned disillusioned critic, or was he an opportunist from the get-go?
By Sidney Blumenthal

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  • Friday, April 6, 2007 06:19 AM

    Southern Baptist traditions???

    bodacious wrote:

    Mr. Dowd is employing a time honored Southern tradition that gives everyone, even vapid liars, a second chance. As I was raised in a Southern Baptist tradition, and many of Salon's readers haven't a clue what that means, let me fill you in.

    We haven't a clue, nor ever want to have one. Excuses in the name of religious traditions that are narrow minded and hateful don't pass muster. Nice try. I know many who have been brought up in intolerant religious traditions. They run from it at the speed of light. Apologizing for it is noxious.

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