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Insightful analysis, I enjoyed it. Sort of a Peter Principle, where we
rise until we are incompetent and then stay there. Appreciative Inquiry
has the potential to reduce this kind of us/them dichotomy.<br>
Demos have to get away from the far-left litmus tests and run another
centrist. Like it or not, people in the US are very suspicious of the
term Liberal. Obama seems like someone with real potential. If the war
produces a democracy in Iraq and the economy picks up, the Repubs will
be tough to beat in 2008. <br>
Lynn<br>
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Michael Christopher wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap=""><!---->uneasy with Bush and his team. They seem to be
absolutely blind. Anyone know why????<<
--It does seem that the Bush team is dominated by
people who did really well with a single political
formula and can't change their strategy to deal with a
different culture. What worked in Texas and other
Southern and Midwestern states didn't work in the West
and Northeast. People living in high-divorce states
claiming they can protect marriage by keeping gays out
of it just don't make any sense, unless you're
responding with a sense of emotional identity, "He's
one of us" and not thinking about reality. If someone
is "one of us" we don't really have to think about
their argument, just how it makes us feel. I doubt
many Arabs would respond to Southern white male
identity politics, despite some similarities in the
two cultures. And that identity thing is what
Democrats have lacked since Clinton. We'd reject
Abraham Lincoln for the same reason, he just wouldn't
be charismatic enough and wouldn't come across as "one
of us".
Michael
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