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Talk About the South: Dayne Sherman's Blog: January 2015
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Talk About the South: Dayne Sherman's Blog. Southern Studies Online. These are the views of the author alone and not the views of any current or past employer. Saturday, January 10, 2015. New Blog: TalkAboutTheSouth.com. I have transitioned to a new blog: TalkAboutTheSouth.com. For new articles, go here. Thanks for reading and happy New Year. Dayne Sherman is the author of Zion: A Novel. On October 30th. His website is daynesherman.com. Dayne Sherman, Writer and Speaker. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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http://www.cosmopoliticsblog.com/home/an-open-letter-to-jon-stewart1
An Open Letter to Jon Stewart. You were a tonic for terrible times. A moment of zen for millions of Americans every night.". I started college in 2005. Everything was exploding then. Hurricane Katrina had just bludgeoned my home state. The shadow of 9/11 loomed large. The war drums were beating. Fox News had found its bearings. The dreariness of the Bush-Cheney years was suffocating. Political dysfunction was pervasive. Things were in a bad way. You emerged at a time when a voice like yours was desperate...
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http://www.cosmopoliticsblog.com/home/the-bernie-sanders-and-donald-trump-comparisons-are-justified-and-thats-a-problem-for-the-gop
The Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump Comparisons are Justified (and that's a problem for the GOP). Donald Trump, on the other hand, is a clown a pompous, spray-tanned clown. More importantly, he’s not actually running for president. His candidacy is a piece of performance art, a self-promoting circus.". He bravado, the bigotry, the raging idiocy, the false confidence, and the lack of ideas. Its all there in one gloriously manicured body. Was essentially a stream-of-consciousness rant, totally bereft of an...
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http://www.cosmopoliticsblog.com/home/fox-news-built-a-frankenstein-his-name-is-donald-trump
Fox News Built a Frankenstein (his name is Donald Trump). Conservatism, as a practical political philosophy, is dead in this country. Sure, there are intelligent conservative voices in the whirlwind, but they’ve been overwhelmed by the xenophobic hysteria peddled by the Sean Hannity’s and Rush Limbaugh’s of the world.". Has promoted the conservative brand and very likely energized grassroots conservatism in some sense, but at what cost? Conservatism, as a practical political philosophy, is dead in this c...
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http://www.cosmopoliticsblog.com/home/my-minute-by-minute-rundown-of-the-fox-news-debate
The Sound and Fury of the Fox News Debate. Perhaps the most depressing part was the makeup of the crowd, which was about as diverse as a U2 concert. The shimmering sea of whiteness was, if nothing else, a reminder of what diversity looks like in the Republican Party.". Let’s be honest: Ted Cruz is creepy. He also appears pathologically unlikeable a sentiment obviously shared by his colleagues. The thing about Cruz is that he never. Says anything. I honestly don’t remember a single point he made last ...
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http://www.cosmopoliticsblog.com/home/10-reasons-why-al-gore-should-run-for-president
10 Reasons Why Al Gore Should Run for President. The presidential election is still sixteen months away, but this much is clear: Hillary Clinton is a vulnerable candidate. Since announcing her candidacy in April, Clinton’s stature has steadily slipped. Things got even worse this week. We learned, first, that Bernie Sanders. Eclipsed Clinton in small, individual donations, which is an indicator of popular support among likely voters. Second, and more problematic, the newest AP poll. As the new AP poll.
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http://www.cosmopoliticsblog.com/home/the-gop-needs-a-reboot-now
The GOP Needs a Reboot - NOW. The GOP, in many respects, is no longer a legitimate governing party. They’ve become a self-perpetuating hype machine, a jobs program for conservative political entrepreneurs. When running for office, Republicans are forced to say and do stupid things in order appease their disconnected base, whose worldview is shaped almost exclusively by conservative media.". That much different than Herman Cain or Sarah Palin? This is why Republicans ought to submit their major-party card...
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http://www.cosmopoliticsblog.com/home/the-gops-defense-of-mccain-is-revealing-in-so-many-ways
The GOP's Defense of McCain is Revealing in so Many Ways. What Trump said about McCain is deeply offensive. What he said about Mexicans was stupid and nakedly racist. Most people not running for the Republican nomination would happily concede this. What’s instructive, though, is that GOP candidates felt comfortable critiquing one offense and not the other. And the reason is obvious: racism resonates with a large subset of the Republican base.". Arizona Republican John McCain’s military service. He’s ...
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http://www.cosmopoliticsblog.com/home/archives/05-2015
The Gross Nihilism of Neoconservatives like Bill Kristol. One of the perks of being an ideologue is the plasticity of mind that accompanies it. Living in an ideological bubble means never having to admit error.". Egghead-warmonger Bill Kristol published a column yesterday about the Iraq war. Astonishingly, it was titled We Were Right to Fight in Iraq. There was nothing conclusive about the situation in Iraq at that time. On the contrary, Bush surged troop numbers in 2007 which. Fourth, Kristol accuses Ob...
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