It just so happened that this class, an interdisciplinary venture with the history department, had as its curricular focus the rhetoric of revolution and conflict in the U.S. Our discussion of the election consisted of equal parts analysis of campaign rhetoric and outpouring of fears and frustrations.
The government, which was formed after the 2010 general election, consisted of a minority coalition of Rutte's right-of-centre People's Party for Freedom and Democracy VVDD) and the centre-right Christian Democrats that was made possible only by the consent and a promise of supporting votes in the parliament of the anti-immigrant Party for Freedom (PVV).
That election consisted mostly of ethnic groups and political parties trying to show their strength.
There were no winners in an election that consisted of establishment parties running around at the last minute trying desperately to outwit what they warned was a racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic and overwhelmingly dangerous party.
It can't be any more insulting or reductive than MTV's prime-time election coverage, which consisted of an episode of "Paris Hilton's My New BFF" and a tiny corner crawl into which viewers could text inspirational messages about the election in progress: "Obama Rules," "We Need Change Now," and so forth.
The concept mimicked an old-style political election campaign and consisted of bumper stickers, campaign buttons, red suspenders and a letter from "campaign manager" Jerry Buss, who urged writers to vote for Bryant.
The first group it helped co-establish was the European Right after the 1984 election, which also consisted of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), its early inspiration, and the Greek National Political Union.
Going into the 2008 elections, the Senate consisted of 49 Democrats, 49 Republicans, and two Independents (Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Bernie Sanders of Vermont) who caucused with the Democrats.
Most political events, particularly in this election year, consist of a candidate, a microphone, and a few television cameras.
The election will consist of each of the organization's 17 branches voting to determine the occupant of one of its three seats on the board.
