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18. "Did it mean all foreigners had to support the Bush/Cheney war in order not to be branded anti-American?" That was how

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Tue May 14, 2024, 02:58 PM

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Republicans played it, yes. Remember "freedom fries"? In the long run, opposing the war was accepted as sensible, but in 2004, Senator Kerry was attacked for "looking French", and for speaking it well.

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