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Cult of Personality

Dave Weigel sticks up for Joe McCarthy who was “was (in his mind, at least) protecting American tradition, religion, and capitalism against the threat of Communism, which if implemented would abolish all of that. Hannity, like far too many Fox News pundits and radio hosts, are protecting George W. Bush against criticism from, well, everyone, from Pat Buchanan and Justin Raimondo to Cindy Sheehan and Dennis Kucinich.” I think there’s something to that. Fox News, in particular, seems much more invested in the greater glory of George W. Bush than in anything even resembling a set of ideas.

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