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During the Sixth Crusade (1228– 1229), the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II managed to secure Jerusalem for the Christians by negotiation.
A few years ago they went after Barney because he could fly, and because he taught kids about the powers of the imagination (in their crusade they had the tacit support of parents across America, who are fully prepared to believe that the purple dinosaur is the instrument of Satan).
Newsweek supplies their motive--"Many senators despise [McCain] … for his crusade in favor of campaign-finance reform"--and McCain's campaign manager affirms that they're out to stop him because "John's shaken up the establishment by talking about strong conservative reform."
For their part, Highland Southern populists tend to rally around harebrained economic programs, elevating them from an instrument of policy into a symbol of a crusade against their enemies.
It wouldn't be good news for Republican politicians, either, if the left listened to Rorty and joined a common crusade for social betterment.