[Paleopsych] GOP and dems

[Lynn D. Johnson, Ph.D.]

This resonates with me, and is consistent with Kerry's concession speech 
and Clinton's library speech. It is time to join and try to learn what 
each side has to offer.

Geraldine Reinhardt wrote:

>
> I've been following this thread and what occurs to me is why cannot 
> the Dems join with the GOP in pursuit of social justice?
> That way, votes will not be split and everyone can re-align and form a 
> common whole.  The differences in America between the two parties has 
> become fairly negligible.
>
> Regards,
> Gerry Reinhart-Waller
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Hovland" 
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> To: "'The new improved paleopsych list'" <paleopsych at paleopsych.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:27 AM
> Subject: RE: [Paleopsych] GOP and dems
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>
>> I think the Dems have to reassert certain
>> positions like social justice, not move to
>> the right.
>>
>> The real task is to capture just a few
>> percent of the swing voters.
>>
>> Steve Hovland
>> www.stevehovland.net
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Christopher [SMTP:anonymous_animus at yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:18 AM
>> To: paleopsych at paleopsych.org
>> Subject: [Paleopsych] GOP and dems
>>
>>
>>>> Insightful analysis, I enjoyed it. Sort of a
>>>
>> Peter Principle, where we rise until we are
>> incompetent and then stay there.<<
>>
>> --Good insight. When Peter's boss likes Peter because
>> he never questions the system, Peter's incompetence is
>> even more likely to be accepted and spun as success.
>>
>>>> Demos have to get away from the far-left litmus
>>>
>> tests and run another centrist.<<
>>
>> --I'm not sure how much further to the right the Dems
>> can get before they become clones of the GOP. They
>> have backed down on gay marriage and gun control,
>> squeezed out the anti-war pacifists (Kerry is not
>> anti-war, he only questioned the BUSH'S war policy)...
>> What else can they back down on and still have
>> anything to offer that isn't offered by the GOP?
>>
>> I think it's pure spin that makes Kerry seem like a
>> "fringe liberal" (claims that he's the "most liberal"
>> senator have been debunked). Look at Kucinich, a REAL
>> liberal, he didn't do well at all. Dean didn't do well
>> either. Kerry was about as close to the center as
>> Democrats could get without becoming another
>> Republican party.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
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