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November 5, 2009 - 6:05 am - by Roger Kimball
J. D. Lindskog
2009-11-05 10:04:11

ZARD O Z
Deceit, thy name is NY-23.
When the curtain is pulled aside, we witness the masquerade of NY-23 posing as a Republican redoubt with the claim of a century of history. Faced with the prospect of a genuine conservative representative, the polity of the district retreated to it roots.
To extend and project NY-23 as a representation of the nation at large is to commit another error. It’s just NY-23 without the camouflage.
Those cry “We Won”, whom I assume are engaging in a jest, this: if it’s not a jest, you are the joke.