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    Lippmann wrote Public Opinion shortly after World War I, which had involved a massive effort of manipulation through coordinated government…
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    • Excellent foray into a difficult and murky subject. Like you, I find the 2012 argument somewhat less than persuasive. I…
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    • Our political discourse is so debased because it is thought of as a game that is intertwined with the mass…
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    • Very noble, but probably not very smart. "Obama's posture confounds neighborhood political leaders sympathetic to his cause. " The middle…
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    • Even a massive victory will not diminish the need for the blogs to keep on doing just what they've been…
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    • Okay, I'll give one good reason: There is nothing about 9/11 per se that would lead one to attribute it…
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    • Boo,    "...to the rest of US peons..."
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    • Actually it's been in the works for some time. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_02/010771.php
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    • You're right on the merits, Egarwaen, but tactically it would be the wrong move. The meme is now boxed into…
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    • I don't even think she cares about winning the election any more. Basically what's going on here is that she's…
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    • Yes, Reid's son Rory Reid was actually chairman of Hillary's campaign in Nevada. http://politics.lasvegassun.com/2007/02/marriage_of_con.html On the other hand, as the…
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    • Come on, Boo, what's with the slanted coverage? She's not poaching delegates, she's just trying to persuade them to switch…
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    • Yes, I think it will be something like this. But who will bell the cat? Anyway, someone will, or all…
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    • No, let me put that more correctly -- not specifically because they hate Hillary, but because they hate all Democrats,…
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    • Why? Because the only reason an independent or a Republican would actually do that is because they like Obama. On…
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    • "Oderint dum metuant", "let them hate, so long as they fear", was a favorite saying of the mad Roman emperor…
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    • I check TL every couple of weeks for just laughs. But actually, I don't laugh. I can't take more than…
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    • Except for Steven D, who threw in Stravinsky, you are the first commenter to have applied this to 20th-century classical…
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    • Obama then becomes the first to co-sponsor the bill.
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    • Even if they can count on the regular Democratic voters, they definitely will not get the independents and crossover Republicans…
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