David Bernstein from the Boston Phoenix loves modifiers. Bernstein's recent article is full of political-speak resembling a DNC press release.
radical right wing creatures
radical kooks
ultra-right wing (Steve Pearce)
ultra-right wing (American Conservative Union)
ultra-conservative (Newt Gingrich)
ultra-conservative (John Kyl)
rabid conservatives
rabid right
rabid ideologues
radical right wing creatures
hard right conservatives
ultra right wing (2)
hard-core conservatives.
know-nothing, scary conservatives.
zombies.
The term "conservative" won't do for David. He wants to show you how very, super-duper, very, very, very, majorly, "extreme" some of these Republicans are. The article should cause you to zoom out a little bit and ask; what is the difference between conservative and "ultra," "radical" conservative? David's answer is that Newt Gingrich is not simply a conservative. What this article really reveals, if anything, is David's worldview and where he is on the political spectrum.
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