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    That means the Franken voted against the amendments that provide the authority for some parts of the programs that he…
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    • The librarians at the Library of Congress always seem to be on the up and up.
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    • I trust Al Franken, but I hate that I have to do so. Reconciling democratic legitimacy with the legitimate boundaries…
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    • Starvation is also torture, and you can't claim that someone in your custody is "voluntarily" or "consensually" starving himself. So…
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    • There is a certain type of American exceptionalism, popular on the left, that insists that any situation in which the…
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    • "Let your reflexive defense of the President cool a bit and think about it."
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    • I deal with substance all the time. That is the least credible possible accusation you could make towards me: that…
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    • Right, you're "the base," and you control democratic politics.
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    • And what was traded to get those bills through Congress? Wait wait wait - so now being willing to trade…
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    • ...says the guy who keeps responding to every point about political dynamics with I WAS AT A RALLY WITH REAL…
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    • Fortunately, whenever one of these performances reaches its conclusion - DADT passes exactly as the President intended, the Plan B…
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    • Oh, it's "white progressives", is it? Yep. The comment I was replying to, from BooMan, was about white progressives. Did…
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    • On the other hand, how does marketing exclusivity rebut his theory? That point seems to be neither here nor there.
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    • Sometimes I think that some segment of those "advocates" are consciously, even happily, on board with the strategy BooMan describes…
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    • Hippie-punch-taking?
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    • Once upon a time, such people proudly declared themselves to be a vanguard. What's wrong with being a vanguard? Why…
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    • Not all criticism is the same, of course. The trick is to gin up opposition to the policy without damaging…
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    • I have no idea how you can get from what I wrote to "He's not bluffing." And there is no…
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    • I think there's another element going on here; the framing of women's issues. The Democrats have been kicking ass using…
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    • Or you don't want to believe it because it rebuts your view of the President. You know, some of us…
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