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by Mark Finkelstein August 15, 2006 - 10:06 Those mean-spirited Republicans. They're all about the politics of hate. And now this! Can you imagine, calling a political opponent an "evil, authoritarian, crypto-fascist puppet master"? Wait a sec. That wasn't a Republican. It's a Huff Poster describing Dick Cheney. Oh, and for good measure he calls President Bush "a smiling, dry alcoholic with sadistic tendencies." The author in question is one Larry Beinhart, who, as per his web page, is a member in good standing of the liberal establishment: Fulbright Fellow, novelist and screenplay writer, written for Newsday, LA Times, International...

BOSTON -- Recently while browsing at the Boston University Barnes & Noble, I serendipitously stumbled upon what might be the first-ever liberal action novel, The Librarian (Thunder's Mouth/Nation Books, 256 pages, $13.95 paper). Here's how it happened: I was thumbing through Bill O'Reilly's new children's book, and, in particular, I was giggling through the following passage: "Here's a big word for today: dehumanization. When you are interested in someone only on the basis of physique, you're dehumanizing him or her, seeing that person only as an attractive object…And guys, if you exploit a girl, it will come back to get...