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The GOP Reads Foucault

By The Daily Dish
Mar 2 2009, 5:09 AM ET

Julian Sanchez sees the true relevance of Joe The Plumber:

He comes pretty close to the Platonic ideal of the “celebrity” as someone who’s “famous for being famous”: His stardom in the conservative movement is, paradoxically, its own lone rationale. Conservatives, self-declared foes of postmodernism, have finally produced the ultimate postmodern icon.



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