Portrait of the Conservative Mind

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Tuesday July 11, 2006 · 7:32 AM PDT

2006/07/11 · 07:32

John Dean appeared on Countdown yesterda to promote his new book "Conservatives Without Conscience" (C&L has the video up here).

In the interview Dean revealed some of the results of a massive study of the authoritarian personality. The study spanned about 50 years and involved hundreds of thousands of people. The results give a profound insight into the conservative mind. Read More

Preparations under way for attack on Iran?

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Friday May 12, 2006 · 8:24 AM PDT

2006/05/12 · 08:24

This week the Pentagon decided to delay the deployment of some 3,500 troops to Iraq (AP story). This was discussed on Scarborough Country. Scarborough's lead in was

Does the White House have a secret plan to withdraw from Iraq? The Pentagon`s announcement this week that it`s canceled the deployment of thousands of U.S. troops headed to that country brought about a flurry of speculation and Pentagon denials that a retreat is beginning, a retreat that many Americans would like to see in time to save the president`s party from disaster in this fall`s mid-term elections.

My reaction was different. I wondered whether this was a prelude to attacking Iran. US troops in Iraq will be very vulnerable to a pro-Iranian Shia backlash (see Riverbend's post on American Hostages... US troops will have to be withdrawn to safe areas in advance of the attack, which would include delaying new deployments to Iraq. Read More

We need a more partisan congress

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Thursday April 27, 2006 · 3:37 PM PDT

2006/04/27 · 15:37

The Democrats need to get more partisan. I know that runs counter to the conventional wisdom, especially as espoused by Democratic consultants and pundits. The conventional wisdom says that the counter to Republican extremism is for Democrats to move to the middle and co-opt the "moderate" vote. The conventional wisdom is full of shit. Read More

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