The American Conservative Crackup


	The American Conservative Crackup

jklugman

4-20-2007 8:07 AM

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american conservative, conservatives, racism, steve sailor

jklugman says:

A former assistant editor to The American Conservative explains why he left the magazine after it published a disingenuous (and racist) attack on Barak Obama.

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