{"id":248,"date":"2010-10-21T20:45:26","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T18:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/premesso.newcontrarian.com\/?p=248"},"modified":"2010-10-21T20:45:26","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T18:45:26","slug":"rand-paul-in-the-corriere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premesso.com\/?p=248","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul in the Corriere"},"content":{"rendered":"

This time I’m not writing to encourage you to vote for an artist. This is for real. \u00a0Or as real as it gets with opposing the Civil Rights<\/a>–rejecting<\/a>,\u00a0Amero-believing <\/a>regressive lunacy<\/a> that will become our state’s cross to bear. \u00a0Yes. \u00a0A man only an alien could love…<\/p>\n

\"\"Kentuckians, get out there and vote. I realize that outside of Louisville and Lexington things don’t look too good, but we have to defeat this fool Rand Paul. \u00a0Or at least try. The race is not only being closely watched outside of KY, but outside of the US. Here’s an observation from the Corriere<\/em><\/a> — an aside in an article about Joe Miller that caught a bit interest in the country of Berlusconismo.<\/p>\n

The headline reads, “Fights, insults, handcuffs, threats. \u00a0The U.S. and the ‘politics of rage.'”<\/p>\n

It is the latest in a series of examples of the “politics of rage”as it’s called by the influential U.S. website Politico.com<\/a>: the anger of the electorate (or more correctly the extreme frustration according to some polls) that is finding more expression than ever in a bad attitude and is ready to be used in the struggles of both Republican and Democrat politicians, as is clearly visible from the red faces and eyes bulging in clashes performed on television and in relationships with journalists.<\/p>\n

Other examples: last Sunday in Kentucky, Republican Rand Paul was so offended when his Democratic opponent accused him of being “a member of a group that insulted Christianity and Christ” that he declared: “Have you lost your sense of decency?” He may refuse to appear at the next televised debate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do your part to crash the tea party\/teabag the teabaggers\/piss in the teapot\/your insult of choice here. \u00a0I for one am filling out my absentee ballot tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This time I’m not writing to encourage you to vote for an artist. This is for real. \u00a0Or as real as it gets with opposing the Civil Rights–rejecting,\u00a0Amero-believing regressive lunacy that will become our state’s cross to bear. \u00a0Yes. \u00a0A man only an alien could love… Kentuckians, get out there and vote. I realize that … <\/p>\n

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