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Marty Peretz's assistant is the latest to be elected spokesperson for the Moderate Americans

How do people with extremist, unpopular views convince themselves that they speak for the average American?

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  • Sunday, November 16, 2008 08:08 AM

    Joe will go away

    Joe Lieberman will be up for re-election soon, if he has betrayed his constituency they will dunp him soon enough. That is how he will eventually learn he does or does not speak for the average American. It's all in the Constitution, you can read it there.

    As for the rest of these crazies and their ardent followers, one just has to point out their errors, knowing that the power of their message comes from the ignorance of their audience. Unfortunately in our country there is a lot of fertile ground for them to sow. The last 8 years stand as stark evidence of the power inherent in harnessing that very idea.

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