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Overplaying the Red Scare
Republicans are using communism claims to rally supporters and distract from corruption, with speakers at a London conference drawing about 4,000 attendees.
By Jeff Poor It is pretty simple. The GOP has an economy problem heading into November’s midterm elections. It is self-inflicted. Even if taking military action against Iran for the sake of limiting its nuclear capability was the moral thing to do, it comes at a cost. The national average for gas prices was around $3 a gallon at the start of the war. The price got up to $5 but has leveled off at $4 a gallon in recent weeks. Democrats are not goi…
The president systematically stirs up the Soviet spectre against the dems in view of the midterm vote. It is a vocabulary that comes from Maccartism and speaks to a world shaped by terror for the existential enemy