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eppur_se_muova

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7. Take it back to St. Ronnie, the king of the superficially inspirational, but vacuous, sound bite.

Reply to pampango (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 21, 2015, 08:24 PM

Dec 2015

And frankly, Goldwater's famous "Extemism in the defense of liberty is no vice", looks a lot better from a distance as well. The common thread is "movement" conservatism, with its obligatory adherence to dogma, facts be damned.

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Krugman: Dumb and Dumber [View all] Human101948 Dec 2015 OP

Trump (or someone like him) was inevitable Moral Compass Dec 2015 #1

Wrong movie. It's "Idiocracy". nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2015 #2

Have to agree... Moral Compass Dec 2015 #3

He is right, though NewJeffCT Dec 2015 #4

60%? aksptth Dec 2015 #5

"Bluster and belligerence as substitutes for analysis, disdain for any kind of measured response, pampango Dec 2015 #6

Take it back to St. Ronnie, the king of the superficially inspirational, but vacuous, sound bite. eppur_se_muova Dec 2015 #7