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Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post on the Republican loyalty oath purity pledge:
It was superb message manipulation, if you go for that sort of thing. But it was also pandering to America’s inner simpleton. Not to defend Kerry, specifically, but heaven forbid anyone should ever consider shades of meaning or new developments and change his mind. As Kerry said during a 2008 Associated Press interview, “Decisiveness wrongly applied can create a lot of pain.” This nation was, after all, for slavery before it was against it.
Remember, when Curly and Larry weren’t sure what to do, Moe was decisive.
Via Balloon Juice.
