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"The right is convinced that the left is evil. The left is convinced that the right is retarded. "

"The right is convinced that the left is evil. The left is convinced that the right is retarded. "

How lowbrow radio conservatism is choking off intellectual conservatism.

Note the first and last item. Alas, they aren't quite the same person, but it's easy to mistake, and it did make me roll my eyes. (For those of you seeing this on solecist.net, the photo contains two notes.)

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“‘I think there are going to be outbreaks from blacks,’ she added. ‘From where I’m from, this is going to give them the right to be more aggressive.’” - a woman from Arkansas quoted in this New York Times article on the waning influence of the South in politics and why some Southern areas went even more Republican in 2008 than they did in 2004.

[random snip from the piece follows]

PALIN: Hi folks!  Sorry I’m late!  I brought caribou burgers.

HILARY: Who the HELL is this?

MCCAIN: It’s cool, she’s with me.

HILARY: No!  No, it’s not cool!  Every time you bring one of your rodeo-queen girlfriends in here she ends up playing some succubus infiltrator and killing the whole party!

MCCAIN: Now, that is patently untrue.

BIDEN: He has a point. Cindy turned out to be a vampire.

MCCAIN: DUDE. SHUT UP.