The Authoritarian Streak in the Conservative Movement:
The despotic personality types we see in the Bush White House have their origins in the amoral politics practiced by the low-lifes of the Nixon administration.
That is an excerpt from John Dean's new book (which is on my amazon wishlist....cough, cough...).
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Don't you live near a library? Nowadays you can visit many libraries virtually and get on the hold list for a popular title. (I'm #6 in a queue of 26 waiting for the Dean book in my multi-branch county.)
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I am greedy that way. I like to own the book I read, keep it, come back to it over time, etc. That's why our home collection is so huge.