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    Conservative Folk

    After September 11, filmmaker David Zucker switched his politics from left to right. His new movie, An American Carol, is a spoof about a bunch of liberals bent on abolishing the Fourth of July. Zucker tells Kurt about being a conservative in the liberal world of Hollywood. Plus, the right side of folk music, Tift Merritt's "aha moment," and much more.

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    By Kurt Andersen • Oct 6, 2008 • 1 min read

    After September 11, David Zucker, the filmmaker behind the comedy classics Airplane! and The Naked Gun, switched his politics from left to right. His new movie, An American Carol, is a spoof about a bunch of liberals bent on abolishing the Fourth of July. David Zucker tells Kurt about being a conservative in the liberal world of Hollywood. Plus, the right side of folk music, Tift Merritt's "aha moment," and much more.

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      Kurt Andersen

      Author of "Evil Geniuses," "Fantasyland," and "You Can’t Spell America Without Me"

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