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This article had me at, "The GOP dilemma—a golden opportunity to rule but nothing to say and no one to say it—". -Well Put. Plus the artist depiction of Rand/Bachmann is fantastic.
-BLAH!
I think the reason most right wing ideologues espouse Ayn Rand is actually quite simple; they no nothing of her works, but know that other right wingers espouse her. They therefore follow along blindly because its the only thing semi-(pseudo, really)-intellectual about the modern version of their movement. Want to sound smart?...Talk about Ayn Rand!
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thenewgreen · 4934 days ago · link ·
I think you are, unfortunately, right. I have to think that the "Paul Ryans" have actually read her work but she has merely become a "talking point" for most GOPers. If any of them actually heard her, theyd likely stop holding her up in such praise.
thenewgreen · 4936 days ago · link ·
For more on Ayn Rand and her grasp on the current political elite, check out NotPhil's post a while back: http://hubski.com/pub?id=1801