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Alan Finlayson is a Reader in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Swansea University. His research is focused, broadly, on theories and practices of politics as well as methodologies for their analysis and his books include Making Sense of New Labour (Lawrence and Wishart 2003) and Contemporary Political Theory: A Reader and Guide (Edinburgh UP, 2003). He is currently conducting theoretical and empirical research into rhetoric and undertaking a research project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, examining political argument, speech and oratory in twentieth century Britain.

Oxymoron alert.

Reading this kind of uber-pseudo-intellectual tripe brings to mind two words: mental masturbation.

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In fairness, while it is guilty of modern academia’s obfuscation-by-verbosity-and-jargon, the article IS giving SOME credit to Coulter and stating pretty clearly (from my meager skimmings) that Coulter and movement conservatism infuriate liberals PRECISELY because she/it do not conform to liberal prejudices and that movement conservatism has some legitimate critiques of liberalism.

Now, of course, they present it in an unappealing manner but it’s not pure invective against Coulter or movement conservatism.

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Ref. to AF: it’s been done. Read the rhetorical research—trying to invent the wheel, again, is boring. Start with Aristotle. Then go to Socrates/Plato—one can apply his observations to what AC does in an entertainment medium. She has a better mind that that...I wish she would use it.