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Hypocrisy Held Over

Still more knives aimed at Ben Stein -- whose defenders come equipped with shields. Also: The fear the Democrats factor. The Dems' CREW team. The Great War. Speaking of Pence. Plus more.

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Can a principled person of any political party believe Ben Stein's reality-free rationalizations about either Mark Foley or George Allen?

An intellectually honest editorial might have acknowledged that racists and pedophiles can have any party designation without laboriously ignoring reality to excuse the two recently discovered Republican examples.

And since he's conflating pedophilia with homosexuality, does he realize how offensive that might be to his "gay friend"? Since in Stein's lazy and erroneous moral calculus all gay men are pedophiles, doesn't it bother him that his many gay friends are also child predators?

p>It's sad to see Stein descend to such cheap and obvious hackery this late in his life. But it's another example of how Republicans, who will contort reality to the breaking point for the ends of political gain for its own sake, have left the electorate no other choice but the Democrats. br> -- Tom Coffeen br> Phoenix, Arizona /p> p> Ben Stein has responded all of his critics here with a dismissive quote from Bob Dylan. It turns out he used the exact same quote in a column last March about those who complain about high gasoline prices. Don't his "dear readers" here at The American Spectator at least rate an original putdown? br> -- Glen Hoffing br> Shamong, New Jersey /p>
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