The Other McCain

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America, the Abstraction

Posted on | June 13, 2010 | 6 Comments

“Contrast the Republican concept of a special place called America (with The Constitution as its defining document) against the idea of America as an abstraction; a transient anomaly in a world destined for some type of elite centralization.”
— Howard Towt

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6 Responses to “America, the Abstraction”

  1. Joe
    June 13th, 2010 @ 4:25 pm

    Modo’s piece on Biden v. Obama in dealing with the press is analgous to what this post is about. Biden gets it. Obama, well… he is upset they don’t love him any more.

  2. Joe
    June 13th, 2010 @ 12:25 pm

    Modo’s piece on Biden v. Obama in dealing with the press is analgous to what this post is about. Biden gets it. Obama, well… he is upset they don’t love him any more.

  3. Howard Towt
    June 13th, 2010 @ 5:26 pm

    Thanks for the link, Stacy!

  4. Howard Towt
    June 13th, 2010 @ 1:26 pm

    Thanks for the link, Stacy!

  5. left coast rebel
    June 14th, 2010 @ 2:44 am

    This is an awesome quote, damn you Stacy, you beat me to it! (Howard emailed me this post as well).

  6. left coast rebel
    June 13th, 2010 @ 10:44 pm

    This is an awesome quote, damn you Stacy, you beat me to it! (Howard emailed me this post as well).