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October 17, 2009 01:42 PM

The Maoist explains herself: egg, face at the White House

by Roger Kimball, from Roger's Rules


Damage control time! –She didn’t mean it. –She was only quoting a Republican operative. –Fox News is mean to Democrats. –Glenn Beck is an extremist. –The President is trying to clean up a big mess left by George Bush. –Can’t we just change the subject? When Glenn Beck aired a video of White House Communications Director Anita Dunn praising Chairman Mao–of of [...]


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