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Right Revives Red Scare, Despite Lack of Reds

Fears of secret socialism prove a fertile ground for right-wing outrage

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 9, 2009 6:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – The right has been energized by a good old-fashioned Red hunt—never mind the fact that there are precious few old-style leftists around in America today, Thomas Frank writes in the Wall Street Journal. The centrist Democratic administration has been in power for well under...   Read full story »

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