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  • It is part of the larger meme about his being an arab, a fellow-traveler with terrorists, a secret muslim, a sleeper cell, an "other," an "unqualified black man," a socialist.

    Discourse.net: Media Matters Patiently (Pointlessly?) Rebuts Each and Every Birther Claim 2009

  • Model had expressed contempt for the "Jewish and democratic poison of materialist ideas" and only two weeks before his suicide had ordered an "examination" of the prisoners in the local jails that resulted in the deaths of more than 200 inmates: not a Roman, then, just another brutal fellow-traveler.

    Fearsome Days Giles MacDonogh 2011

  • I say this as a fellow-traveler of liberalism and as one who recognizes that many liberals fear the heartland.

    Cohen: Who is reading about Sarah Palin -- and why? Richard Cohen 2010

  • It should also be noted that, before innovative artistic programs eventually became a part of public diplomacy during the Cold War, Secretary Marshall, according to The New Yorker's Louis Menand, had "announced that no taxpayer money would be spent on modern art ..., and the State Department issued a directive that no artist suspected of being a Communist or fellow-traveler could be exhibited at government expense."

    John Brown: Public Diplomacy: "Out" for the U.S., "In" Overseas? John Brown 2010

  • I say this as a fellow-traveler of liberalism and as one who recognizes that many liberals fear the heartland.

    Who is reading about Sarah Palin -- and why? Richard Cohen 2010

  • I say this as a fellow-traveler of liberalism and as one who recognizes that many liberals fear the heartland.

    Birther of The Nation James Taranto 2010

  • She is a fellow-traveler of the emerging biopunk movement who argues passionately on behalf of open-sourced genomic databases.

    io9’s Annalee Newitz Coming to SA! | Missions Unknown 2010

  • It should also be noted that, before innovative artistic programs eventually became a part of public diplomacy during the Cold War, Secretary Marshall, according to The New Yorker's Louis Menand, had "announced that no taxpayer money would be spent on modern art ..., and the State Department issued a directive that no artist suspected of being a Communist or fellow-traveler could be exhibited at government expense."

    John Brown: Public Diplomacy: "Out" for the U.S., "In" Overseas? John Brown 2010

  • As a result, young Stephanie Grace -- pretty, smart and blonde -- has become something of a celebrity and a cultural touchstone: among conservatives, she represents a voice that speaks a truth nobody dare utter; among liberals, she is a specimen of a certain type of highly educated fellow-traveler who might very well be standing next to one, doing the down-dog position, in yoga class, polluting one's chakra with her hate-speech.

    Khanh Ho: Words of Advice to Young People: The Case of Stephanie Grace 2010

  • It should also be noted that, before innovative artistic programs eventually became a part of public diplomacy during the Cold War, Secretary Marshall, according to The New Yorker's Louis Menand, had "announced that no taxpayer money would be spent on modern art ..., and the State Department issued a directive that no artist suspected of being a Communist or fellow-traveler could be exhibited at government expense."

    John Brown: Public Diplomacy: "Out" for the U.S., "In" Overseas? John Brown 2010

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