He drives a vintage Cadillac and inserts 1950s doo-wop tunes into his build-a-border-fence fulminations.

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Scalia, in his fulminations over the Lawrence decision, did point out what he believes is the source of all these subversive ideas.

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Democrats hope that all this will dent Mr Romney's prospects among Hispanic voters, many of whom see Republican fulminations against illegal immigration as stony-hearted, if not racist.

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But the fulminations of the eurosceptical press had to be faced at some point, and by flushing them out early he may have made it harder for his critics to sustain their sense of indignation.

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