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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:00 AM

Right attacking stimulus money for health programs

Spurred by Matt Drudge, conservatives are targeting funding for healthcare and disease prevention that would have real economic benefit.
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  • Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:26 AM

    Why are you continuing to reference Drudge?

    I thought that hack was marginalized by the election. Continuing to quote him serves to legitimize him again. I'm sure there's many other right-wing crackpot sites you can quote, and you can rotate them so that no one of them can gain any prestige.

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