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...person) for a post that requires loyalty and trustworthiness.” The public is fed up with perfidy after all—epitomized appropriately enough in a 1998 movie titled Wag the Dog—and the media’s talk of “vetting?? reflects an interest in returning to values Americans want in their leaders. This is what vetting is all about: fitting candidates into their proper political boxes and figuring out which constituencies they woo best, be it the soccer moms or the NASCAR dads. Clearly vetting is not a very nuanced...

Author: By Liora R. Halperin, | Title: Campaign Doggerel | 3/24/2004 | See Source »

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