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Ideological Purity and the Presidential Election: It’s the Culture, Stupid

August 17, 2012
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Ideological Purity and the Presidential Election: It’s the Culture, Stupid

I get frustrated when I see articles like the following: “40 Points That Prove That Barack Obama And Mitt Romney Are Essentially The Same Candidate.” This is absurd on the face of it, but to the true believer it’s all but axiomatic. You’ll find this in certain conservative (write large) circles. Some call themselves Constitutionalists, some traditionalist conservative, some libertarian, and maybe there are others. The problem I have with these people is strategic on one hand, and the blindness they seem to show on…

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