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Equating Buchanan with David Duke is also entirely inaccurate. It seems to me that Duke has coopted Buchanan's rhetoric, and not vice versa. Buchanan has been penning his conservative opinions for decades, while Duke is only a recent (and quite dubious) convert to conservatism...
...only two kinds of people because you, faithful reader, are either one or the other. If you are the kind of person who already listens to classical music, skip to the next page. If you're not, or if you're not sure, then I have a chance to convert...
Bill Clinton is a politician to the bone, as shown by his refusal to resist the draft out of concern for his "political viability." Paul E. Tsongas has been through the revolving door, serving as a corporate lobbyist. And Edmund G. Brown is a suspiciously recent convert to the "outsider" fold...
...curious that after all these years ahead of the pack, Steinem appears surprised and a bit disquieted by the controversy her book has engendered. In one breath she talks about rewriting the introduction to clarify the book's thesis and convert her critics, and in the next she refuses to see herself as a leader. "I wrote out of my personal and political reality and never thought it would have this impact," she admits readily. Breaking down hierarchies has long been her mission, and at 57, she is clearly not about to create a new one. "The point...
...received a power play in the closing minutes, but could not convert as Harvard escaped with a shutout...