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Monday, October 13, 2008 12:00 AM

"Great American Hypocrites": The paperback

The GOP has only one tactic it uses to win elections -- tribal warfare combined with character smears -- and one sees that this year as vividly as ever.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Monday, October 13, 2008 10:05 AM

    Invoking and Stoking Militarism

    Anyone notice the repugs continually appeal to their audience for more and more allegiance to the military culture of war = patriotism? Whether one is inclined to regard with hushed reverence anything like "we honor your service", we for whom recent wars are seen as imperialistic, profitable agendas in the extreme will not be moved by such rhetoric. There are some Americans who would rather think with their higher brains and not baser, violent instincts to accomplish a more justice- oriented society.

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