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the-reaction.blogspot.com - 9/6/2008
Nationalist kitsch and the GOP
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By Michael J.W. Stickings kitsch (n.) -- something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste. ( dictionary.com ) __________ "[P]olitical movements rest not so much on rational attitudes as on the fantasies, images, words, and archetypes ...

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Crooks and Liars — The Reaction: Nationalist kitsch and the GOP naked capitalism: Foreclosures and delinquences reach record highs. McCain nomination greeted by economic collapse Corrente: Polish prosecutors probe Bush gulag at last Ta-Nehisi Coates: What the white man means when he says “Ghetto” Tomgram: In the course of any year, there must be relatively few countries on this planet on which U.S. soldiers do not set foot, whether with guns blazing, humanitarian aid in hand, or just for a friendly ...

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Lawyers, Guns and Money — From about the internets... Efforts to ditch Mitch continue apace. Now with video! Michael Stickings noodles on nationalist kitsch and the GOP. David Greenberg accuses several bloggers, including myself, of being part of the indecent left. A bit more on that later... Spencer is in Afghanistan. Simon Jackman ruminates on political science and politics. Drezner puts things in perspective. And finally, my students are doing some bang up work.

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