“If it is recalled at all in future years, it will be as a Wizard of Oz moment where the curtain was pulled back and the all-powerful figure toward whom people have looked for guidance was revealed to be just another middle-aged man in a suit…”
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“I’m not sure how comfortable I am being mixed up with this message!”
“Contrary to popular opinion, the religion that this group espouses is Triumphalism, not Christianity. Theirs is a zealous form of nationalism, baptized with Christian language.”
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Have liberals been duped?
“Having been played for fools, most liberal hawks will retreat to a deep skepticism of American power. They will end up on the decent, feckless left.”
Issues of Harper’s and The Nation both feature cover stories by Jonathan Schell.
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Afghaniwhat?
“There was no money, not even a line item, for humanitarian or reconstruction funds for Afghanistan.”
President Bush’s Christianity strikes me as a species of “all about me” theology: God saved me, God loves me, and God endorses my desires.
Liberals should describe how right-wing policies threaten things that most Americans value, and they should do so in a way that doesn’t borrow an ounce of rhetoric from the radical left.
Americans vote their aspirations, not their short-term self-interest.