cross posted from The Dream Antilles
Cartoon By Dr. Seuss
It’s been more than 65 years. But the slogan of the RNC and of the McCain Candidacy, “Country First” consciously evokes a slogan from America’s recent, right wing, isolationist, antisemitic past, “America First.” It’s troubling, and it’s not an accident. The Republicans might appear at first to be tone deaf. Or maybe they don’t recall history. But I doubt it. The phrase “Country First”, echoing “America First”, is a blatant signal to the far right, the very same people to whom the Republicans offered the Palin nomination, that a McCain candidacy shares their extremist ideological goals.
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