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We are at the end of things. Again. It always happens just before the beginning. But in every turning, traditionalists fight against it. The Beatles land in New York, and the old school comforts the rank and file: They will soon get on the plane again, go back where they came from and everything will be like it was in the peaceable kingdom. It never is. The Democrats have been plagued these past years with the Clinton reflex and the Republicans are today with the Bush reflex. But the Beatles have landed. This time it is Sarah Palin and the Tea Party. And I can assure you that here in the New Hampshire back woods, where conservatism is a fireside tradition, Sarah Palin strikes discord in the heart of local conservatives, just as she does with Frank Rich and Barbara Bush.

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