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Seven Days in May

Manifest Destiny and the Art of the Political Thriller

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Don McNay

Manifest Destiny is unquestionably Robinson's best book. He weaves a lot of "inside the beltway" background into a thriller along the lines of a Tom Clancy novel.

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Seven Days in January: How the Pentagon Counts Coups in Washington

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Pentagon, Robert Gates, Robert Gates Pakistan, Military Spending, Seven Days in May, Secretary of Defense, Politics News
Tom Engelhardt

In the last two decades our fantasies about a military plot to take over the government is entertainingly outré exactly because, in the Washington of 2010, such a thought is ludicrous. It's already happened.

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What Sarah Palin and Other Patriotic Traitors Think About Health Care Reform: "Soylent Green Is People!"

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Soylent Green, Town Hall Meetings, Sean Hannity, Seven Days in May, Treason, George W. Bush, Birthers, Health Care Reform, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Trig Palin, Burt Lancaster, Palin Health Care, Politics News
Ariel Gonzalez

When I call Sarah Palin a patriotic traitor, I'm not equating her with Benedict Arnold, Vidkun Quisling, or Kim Philby. I have no reason to doubt that she loves the United States.

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What One Learns from Politicos Who Watch Movies...

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: The Week, Ed Markey, Andrea Mitchell, Andrew Sullivan, Seven Days in May, Team America World Police, Jane Harman, Christopher Dodd, Being There, Citizen Kane, Chris Matthews, Movies, Dr. Strangelove, The Candidate, Peter Sellars, Susan Collins, John Sununu, Margaret Carlson, A Man for All Seasons, George Vradenburg, Phillips Collection, Thelma and Louise, Alan Greenspan, Bob Schieffer, Entertainment News
Steve Clemons

Lindsey Graham hosted a movie night a couple of years ago and his selection was Seven Days in May. Other hosts were Jane Harman and Susan Collins who picked Thelma and Louise.

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