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Conason is a right-wing Democrat, a former gossip-columnist and a Clinton loyalist. The liberal establishment is seriously worried about the politics beyond the limits of allowable debate that are emerging with the Pauls, the tea party movement, etc., and are doing all that they can to destroy them - to corral all political debate back into the predictable Republican-Democrat round. If that's not done, who knows what people might start to think? (Remember that most Americans - who didn't go to good colleges - are stupid red-necks, and easily led.) Of course establishment scribes like Conason would have trouble actually defending the policies of the administration (aggressive war, torture at Bagram, summary execution of American citizens, denial of habeas corpus contrary to the Constitution, etc.). So far better to suggest that all Obama critics are simply motivated by racism, the one unforgivable sin on the liberal style-sheet. Obamaism uses "Racist!" as McCarthyism used "Communist!" - and for a similar purpose. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
