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    Rick Santorum and the Closing of the Conservative Mind

    FEBRUARY 29, 2012 3:09PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: liberalism, dennis prager, anti-intellectualism, richard hofstadter, christian right, lawrence welk, godliness, morality, liberal arts, good, evil, republican party, ayn rand, atlas shrugged, nazis, national review, william f. buckley, l. brent bozell, barry goldwater, freedom, virtue, francisco franco, fascism, liberal bias, truth

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    Ten Republican Wars of 2012

    FEBRUARY 6, 2012 6:51PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: history bats last, republican war + twenty-first century, war on voting, market god, mom and pop capitalism, social darwinism, social responsibility, war on the poor, war on the middle class, republican class warfare, war on immigrants, nation of immigrants, war on islam, christianity + ku klux klan, anti-intellectualism, war against labor, voter suppression campaign, war on sustainability, war on non-renewable energy, carbon industry, anti-intellectualism, war on labor, disorganized labor, individualized labor, war on feminism, war on family planning, war on planned parenthood, war on the environment, republicans + guns + warfare, conservatively incorrect, daniel rigney, danagram, politics, ideology, economy, 2012 elections, cultural warfare, republican class warfare

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    Reading the 2008 Election

    SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 12:24PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: books, john mccain, mccain, obama, politics, presidential election, mccain campaign, republicans, barack obama, sarah palin, palin, religion, republican party, mccain-palin, fascism, elections, mccain-palin campaign, karl rove, history, harry braverman, richard hofstadter, wilhelm reich, herbert marcuse, liberalism, anti-intellectualism, intellectuals, labor, work, american politics, american history, antiintellectualism

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