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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 2/12/2009
Obama The Thug
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Wolcott says Arnold Kling is either a race-baiter or "fatuously clueless." I don't mean to beat up on Kling who is, by all accounts, a charming right-of-center chap. But it hasn't been a good week.

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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 2/13/2009
Obama The Thug, Ctd.
— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — Megan defends Kling . His shift on Keynesian economics seems to me a fair point but in full context, the racism innuendo is unfair. Poor wording and a little excitable, at the most. But not in any way racist. (more) Obama The Thug, Ctd.

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Are We Past Race in Obama's America? Are We Past the Stimulus Bill Yet?
Hit & Run — ... the mini-flap surrounding economist and Reason.com contributor Arnold Kling, I'm starting to think I've been way overly optimistic. Readers of Kling's work at places such as Econlog know him as serious Ph.D. who comments on all sorts of issues from a free-market libertarian perspective. That is, he generally thinks that people should control most aspects of their lives and be allowed to live however they want. Readers of sites such as Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish, James Wolcott's blog, The American Prospect's Tapped, ...

Anti-Obama Racism
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... contends that only “idiots” would charge racism in genuine policy disputes but the demonstrably bright Andrew Sullivan fell into the trap — although quite decently ...

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