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The people in urgent need of long-term banishment A right-wing Bush follower condemns liberals for exploiting crises "to expand the power of government at the expense of the individual."
  • With people like this, the faculty for satire will wither and die

    On top of everything else they've done, the Republicans have taken all the skill out of satire, given that most of the time you really just have to repeat what they've said, maybe intone it slightly differently, and, poof, it's now parody.

    It's not the fault of the satirist; it's that the Republicans and the conservative movement in general are just happy living in a state of natural ridiculousness.

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