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The Washington Times<\/em><\/strong> today pronounced me guilty of the “character assassination”<\/strong><\/a> of George W. Bush.<\/p>\n

A “bombthrower”?\u00a0 Me?<\/p>\n

“Smearing”?\u00a0\u00a0 Moi?<\/p>\n

The Washington Times’s editorial page editor, Tony Blankley, is renown for advocating reviving and vigorously enforcing laws against sedition….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Washington Times today pronounced me guilty of the “character assassination” of George W. Bush. A “bombthrower”?\u00a0 Me? “Smearing”?\u00a0\u00a0 Moi? The Washington Times’s editorial page editor, Tony Blankley, is renown for advocating reviving and vigorously enforcing laws against sedition….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[22,659,6,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-86","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"tag-attention-deficit-democracy","8":"tag-bovard","9":"tag-elective-dictatorship"},"yoast_head":"\nWashington Times heats up Attention Deficit Democracy - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/26\/washington-times-heats-up-attention-deficit-democracy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Washington Times heats up Attention Deficit Democracy - James Bovard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Washington Times today pronounced me guilty of the “character assassination” of George W. 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