the out-of-touch-elitist, ‘at the country club leaning against the wall with a cigarette and a martini making snide comments about everyone’? i guess rove made some comment like that; i know politics is nothing if it isnt personal, but thats just catty. if anyone has the link to the original source i want it: email me. [i paraphrased this from whaaatshertits (is that a horrific name filler?) on the today show while she interviewed first lady clinton’s fmr press secy.] too cool for school vs too hot for tv; which tagline will win?
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idealism is the new pragmatism? (pt1/pts 1, 2, 3) mmcain should represent the present state of pragmatism; problems x, y, z and expedients a, b, c should be the words coming out of his mouth. i think he gets to the x,y and a level of completeness. obama should be seen as some twinkle in the eye wheel turning idealist who is, himself, a nice idea but not a practical implement. actually, if the match up today was a year younger then those perceptions would be entirely apropos (though mmcain would retain his dark horse status from an entirely similar yet opposite position). is it that when night is darkest hope and ideals are all we have for light?
if i address a problem that is not a segment of your enduring malcontent, no matter the expedience of my solution it will never settle what ails you. it seems amazing that so many have reached the dregs of situations that long abided as the well of hope for the democratic brain trust. amazing because seeing an idealism turn into a practical solution is the most amazing of political metamorphoses.
the danger that lingers is the squandering of that public trust, that faith in having something get better. attach a dozen bills or so, varying from 80$ to 580$, to a single person who was thrown into an uncontrollable circumstance. add 3 liters of frustration, a half dozen bureaucrats, and a pinch of self-contempt and you have a very desperate person.
when this person is let alone on the vine to die it is one thing; when it becomes an epidemic you have (not a lobby but) a political action committee (PAC). after it has become an epidemic, and it degenerates into a systemic failure due to malfeasance, disinterest, and sporting partisanship it will devolve into a pandemic and the pupae may soon see their day. but can it escape the cocoon? it depends on the example you choose. the above situation applies to a lot of issues. i do think that mmcain can stand up for the status quo on most, and maybe tame the fringe and get us into a plateau.
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