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Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:00 AM

The political fringe

The views that our media depict as "centrist" and "serious" are ones that are rejected by increasingly large majorities of Americans.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:11 AM

    Maybe worse than we know

    It's my belief that Democrats in Congress will continue to put their own political survival above anything else...

    And maybe not only political. I frequently think that the only fact that could totally explain the Democrats' behavior is that they see what happened to Paul Wellstone and know that anyone who steps out of line could be next.

    —Hank Scorpio Read Hank Scorpio 's other letters

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