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you reap what you sow.
conservatives opened themselves up to the far right during the clinton period. the discourse of the populist set drifted well into that region. if you think about it, there's not a whole lot that holds together the defacto coalition of far right groups. this leaves the conservative machine with little space to manoever.
add to that the consequences of conservatives actually holding power for 8 years prior to this, and i think the incoherent, paranoid memes that shape the anti-healthcare crowd at least becomes explainable.
basically, in my more optimistic moments, i agree with what dc said earlier: we are watching the right eat itself.
in my less optimistic moments, i find this whole display a pathetic commentary on what american consumer "democracy" has become.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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