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		spikels on June 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the US Government will Smear, Slight Whistlebl... I'm not sure you read the article. Who needs to call him a traitor, only Obama? Is that your interpretation of Juan Cole's "governmental class"?

paisawalla on June 13, 2013 [–]

tptacek made it clear that there is an order magnitude difference in the size of the electorate for a Congressional rep vs the President, and that he thinks this distinction matters when making blanket attributions to the entire government/country.

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