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And, to their credit, there are voices here from both the Left and (in a few cases) the Right (but, I must say, solely from the Idiotic).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure I agree with the order, but I can&#8217;t contest the categorization.<\/p>\n<p><small>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/instapundit.blogspot.com\/2001_11_11_instapundit_archive.html#7143293\">InstaPundit<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least according to The New Republic. 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