Ideologues Defined


	Ideologues Defined

baydawg

4-12-2009 11:39 AM

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ideology, ideologue, realism, reality-based community

baydawg says:

portrait of Bush?

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4-12-2009 12:49 PM

kmcolo

More so of the Limbaugh-right. I think Bush, toward the end, adapted according to the circumstances. E.g the surge in Iraq & the reaction (albeit slow) to the economic crisis.

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