Asymptosis

Has anyone else noticed?

McLellan. MacArthur. McChrystal.

Makes me think of this post.

As Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., argues in his 2004 book, “Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America,” the Scots-Irish are a particularly pugnacious people, self-reliant and hyper-individualistic, who place honor above profit.

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Once Democrats, Webb says the Scots-Irish created the “core culture around which Red State America has gathered and thrived.”

And in that context, don’t forget: McCain.

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