From: David N. Barnett 

On Sun, 08 Jun 2003 00:46:58 GMT, John Beckett
 wrote in message
:

|  (pity me - I have no idea what "hyper-con politics" is)

I don't think that's an example of typical US slang.

But I can help with the interpretation -- "con" stands for
"conservative."  From there you should be able to figure the rest
of it out...

--dave

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