President O – A. Jay Adler

Politics and Shame

Posted on January 11, 2010 by A. Jay Adler

In the concluding paragraph of The Open Mind IV: Riposte, I wrote, To comment generally, the record of the Left’s response to 9/11 and of supporting the Bush administration in its response to that attack – a record I have researched and inscribed– is embarrassing and often shameful. Many conservatives today speak and act no […]

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