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One among hundreds and hundreds of examples: on p. 72 "Working out of the suburbs of northern Virginia.....the New Right leaders" is accompanied by this footnote: "Conservatives have always favored the Virginia suburbs over those located in Maryland, I believe, because of their residual southernness and their reassuring proximity to the Pentagon."

Well, ok, that's clever, and I get that you look down on southerners, and maybe some % of like-minded readers will find the Pentagon thing funny, but one after another after another of these [who's in charge here? Is there an editor in the house?] is excessive if your goal is to inform readers and argue against conservative politics.]]>