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Funny, I don't remember hearing that authoritarian crap when Bill Clinton
was president. But then, he did get a hummer and lied about it. An impeachable offense, although ordering unconstitutional eavesdroppings and outing a CIA operative are not...
posted by
saul_relative
on March 10, 2007 at 5:53 PM
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Saul
I've always thought that there's a deep moral tension in the American psyche. On one hand Americans are supposedly profoundly committed to democracy, while on the other they threaten those who provide the dissenting voice.
'We all have to pull together behind the president' is one of the most undemocratic concepts imaginable.
posted by
Antipodean
on March 10, 2007 at 5:45 PM
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thanks, afzal.
posted by
saul_relative
on March 9, 2007 at 10:40 PM
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Excellent quotation .
posted by
afzal50
on March 9, 2007 at 10:38 PM
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