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Essence Of Oogedy-Boogedy
by hilzoy Steve Benen flagged an op-ed in the WSJ that has to be in the running for Dumbest Column Ever. It starts with fairly conventional War on Christmas stuff: "Christmas, the holiday that dare not speak its name." Right. But then it launches itself off into the great empyrean of ...
Oogedy-Boogedy-Boo
amconmag.com — Kathleen Parker is melting down: And shifting demographics suggest that the Republican Party -- and conservatism with... it -- eventually will die out unless religion is returned to the privacy of one's heart where it belongs. This is wrong, but the ... (more) Oogedy-Boogedy-Boo
Oogedy-Boogedy
motherjones.com — OOGEDY-BOOGEDY.... Kathleen Parker blames the demise of the Republican Party on its "evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch," and... Jonah Goldberg is annoyed: What aspects of the Christian Right amount to oogedy-boogedyism? I take ... (more) Oogedy-Boogedy
Those Oogedy Boogedy Christians
marcambinder.theatlantic.com — Is there evidence that suburban independents chose not to vote Republican primarily or even pluralily* because they... worried about what Kathleen Parker calls the Oogedy Boogedy sect within the party? (i.e., Andrew's Christianists , Ross's conservative ... (more) Those Oogedy Boogedy Christians
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The Poor Man Institute — ... on the underlying tension between the Free Market apostle wing of the GOP and its band of useful religidiots.  In particular, IOZ discusses the recent attempt by conservatives to scapegoat the financial crisis on the fact that Happy Holidays has replaced Merry Christmas by mandate of the atheists and mult-culti kids: ...

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