http://www.trueblueliberal.com/2006/10/02/things-fall-apart/ Progressive News and Opinion Since Nov. 3, 2004 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:39:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.trueblueliberal.com/2006/10/02/things-fall-apart/#comment-18403 The Mahablog » Principles: Not What You Do, But What You Say? Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:50:38 +0000 http://truebluestaging.dreamhosters.com/?p=11082#comment-18403 [...] In today’s New York Times Paul Krugman writes, At its core, the political axis that currently controls Congress and the White House is an alliance between the preachers and the plutocrats — between the religious right, which hates gays, abortion and the theory of evolution, and the economic right, which hates Social Security, Medicare and taxes on rich people. Surrounding this core is a large periphery of politicians and lobbyists who joined the movement not out of conviction, but to share in the spoils. [...] [...] In today’s New York Times Paul Krugman writes, At its core, the political axis that currently controls Congress and the White House is an alliance between the preachers and the plutocrats — between the religious right, which hates gays, abortion and the theory of evolution, and the economic right, which hates Social Security, Medicare and taxes on rich people. Surrounding this core is a large periphery of politicians and lobbyists who joined the movement not out of conviction, but to share in the spoils. [...]

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