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Wednesday, September 5, 2007 12:00 AM

National Review's new tough guy, Mark Hemingway

Seeking a concise and creative title to describe the faux masculinity warriors on the right.

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  • Friday, September 7, 2007 05:23 AM

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    Book Title Suggestion

    How about:

    The Republican's Cynical Alchemy

    How the GOP makes winners out of losers and losers out of winners

    -- pmorlan

    I posted the above title yesterday but thought of some variations on the title.

    A Cynical Alchemy

    How the GOP Turns Losers into Political Gold.

    Or

    A Cynical Alchemy

    How the GOP turns losers into winners and winners into losers.

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