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Wednesday, January 30, 2008 12:00 AM

What "bipartisanship" in Washington means

"Bipartisanship" pleas are heavy on trite slogans and bereft of substance, except they usually entail even more Democratic capitulation to the Republican agenda.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:04 AM

    My nomination for HL Mencken award

    re: " bipartisanship goes to Jane @ FireDogLake for this, last week :

    “Can someone explain to me how “bipartisan” ever means anything but giving the wingnuts what they want so they don’t pitch a bitch in the corner?”

    Been wondering that for years. But I thought it was some Librul/Commie-nist Far-Left George Soros-sponsored CRAZY talk infecting my brain, so ignored it. ;D

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