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Both candidates are pro-SOPA, pro-NDAA, pro-Drug War, pro-excessive spending wherever it suits their agendas. To hell with both of them.

Thank you Randal for seeing thru the flimflam.

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Gosh, another attempt to scare the dumb white people into thinking The Other is going to bulldoze their neighborhood and replace it with housing for non-whites. Its the second or third this week I’ve seen. Must be election season and Rove and AFP have money to trickle around.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/14/ryans-budget-keeps-obamas-medicare-cuts-full-stop/

In another rare case I agree about 98% with The Antiplanner about this book, the “liberal fascist” comment aside. The “paranoid style” is typical of Kurtz, reinforced by footnotes mostly documenting “so and so went to such and such conference” or “who knows who” but lacking any substantiation of his many dozens of assertions.

As noted by others here, Kurtz and his publisher are catering to the well-established “paranoid right wing” demographic, and this screed will not appeal to those not already convinced. Well, except perhaps to someone like me who thought there might be a worthy opponent with substantive arguments to dispute.

Because what Obama learned when he became president was that however bad Gitmo is, all the alternatives are much worse. And any answers that do not know the difference between US criminal law, “international law”, and what the Geneva Convention treaties actually say, are not interesting.

We agree that Stanley Krutz is a fear mongering, hyperbolic culture warrior (it’s one unethical way to sell lots of books).

As a social liberal, I too find Obama to be a huge disappointment. My hopes is that this area is where the second term stand will be taken (I’m not holding my breath).

My only disagreement, or rather observation of short sided analysis, is in regards to “liberal fascists… eager to force their notions of such vague ideas… down other people’s throats.” Since when have presidential campaigns (republican or democrat) ever been about specifics? Believe me, conservative fascists have their vague buzz words too. So I guess I don’t disagree per se, but I would argue that I’m more egalitarian in my assessments of the douchebaggery in both parties. That is, forcing vague ideas down peoples throats is the name of the game regardless of ideological persuasion (unless you’re a fringe candidate during the primaries).