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A Little Sanity

Ta-Nehisi Coates
August 5, 2011

Chris Cristie's broadside against the anti-Muslim fools protesting his judicial nomination is heartening. The most disappointing portion of the "9/11 mosque" debate was watching Democrats like Howard Dean and Harry Reid fold in the face of bigotry. It's good to see this.


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