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101 “Buchanan claims that ‘it appears’ that Sotomayor ‘believe[s] in reverse discrimination against white males,’” Media Matters, 27 May 2009, http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200905270001. “Outrageous comments about Sotomayor,” Media Matters, 13 Jul. 2009, http://mediamatters.org/research/200907130047. “Buchanan claims that ‘it appears’ that Sotomayor ‘believe[s] in reverse discrimination against white males,’” Media Matters, 27 May 2009, http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200905270001.

102 “Hour 1: Limbaugh Reacts to Sotomayor Nomination: ‘Horrible,’ ‘Hack,’ ‘Disaster’ Nominee Who Should ‘Fail,’” Media Matters, 26 May 2009, http://mediamatters.org/limbaughwire/2009/05/26. “Limbaugh compares Sotomayor nomination to nominating David Duke,” Media Matters, 29 May 2009, http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200905290018.

103 “Beck calls Sotomayor a ‘racist,’ who ‘is not that bright’ and ‘divisive,’” Media Matters, 28 May 2009, http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200905280008.

104 Ali Frick, “Tancredo: Sotomayor Is a Member of the ‘Latino KKK without the Hoods or the Nooses,” Think Progress, 28 May 2009, http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/28/tancredo-latino-kkk/.

105 Andy Barr, “Newt Gingrich: Sonia Sotomayor a ‘racist,’” Politico, 27 May 2009, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/23024.html

106 “Senators Offer Competing Views of Sotomayor,” NPR, 28 May 2009, transcript, http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=104683393.

107 “Meet the Press,” MSNBC, 31 May 2009, transcript, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31015497/.

108 Greg Sargent, “Steele: GOP Needs to Stop ‘Slammin’ and Rammin” on Sotomayor,” Who Runs Gov, 29 May 2009, http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/republican-national-committee/steele-gop-needs-to-stop-slammin-and-rammin-on-sotomayor/.

109 Rush Limbaugh, “America‘s Piñata Strikes Back: We Won’t Shut Up on Sotomayor, May 29, 2009,” The Rush Limbaugh Show, 29 May 2009, http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_052909/content/01125106.guest.html.

110 “Exclusive: Rush Unleashed, Parts 1 and 2,” Fox News, 25 Jul. 2009, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534701,00.html.

111 Countdown with Keith Olberman, “‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann’ for Wednesday, July 29,” 29 Jul. 2009, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32218739/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann/.

112 “Ad Boycott Costs Glenn Beck Over 50% of Ad Dollars: 62 Companies Refusing to Advertise with Beck Cost Fox Nearly $600k Per Week,” Color of Change, 14 Sep. 2009, http://colorofchange.org/beck/more/release-9-14-09.html.

113 “Hour 1: Limbaugh Reacts to Sotomayor Nomination: ‘Horrible,’ ‘Hack,’ ‘Disaster’ Nominee Who Should ‘Fail,’” Media Matters, 26 May 2009. http://mediamatters.org/limbaughwire/2009/05/26.

114 Jennifer Bendery, “King Downplays Protesters’ Racial Slurs Against Congressmen,” Roll Call, 21 Mar. 2010, http://www.rollcall.com/news/44466-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS. Andrea Nill, “GOP Rep. Nunes Excuses Racist, Homophobic Tea Partier Slurs as a Response to ‘Totalitarian Tactics,’” Think Progress, 21 Mar. 2010, http://thinkprogress.org/2010/03/21/nunes-tea-part/.

115 “A Message to the President: Freedom Knows No Race, Sir,” The Rush Limbaugh Show, 26 Apr. 2010, http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_042610/content/01125108.guest.html.

7. The Sweetest of Drugs

1 Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter, When Prophecy Fails, Kindle ed. (London: Pinter & Martin Ltd, 1956): 136.

2 Ibid., 2781.

3 Ibid., 583.

4 Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles A. Murray, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life, Free Press ed. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994): 508, 548.

5 Ibid., 525-526.

6 Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, “See Baby Discriminate,” Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2009, http://www.newsweek.com/2009/09/04/see-baby-discriminate.html.

7 Jake Tapper, “Obama Talks More about ‘Typical White Person’ Grandmother,” ABC News, 20 Mar. 2008, http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/obama-talksmor. html.

8 Charles Murray,