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January 1, 2005![]() Catching up on 2004
Happy New Year! Been a while. To help me catch up, I'll start by grabbing a number of posts from other sites. First, Pandagon:
Nov 29: Compare and Contrast On most issues where Democrats enjoy an advantage, Republicans have grabbed enough rhetorical turf to force an electoral draw. If you listened to the debates, both candidates wanted to balance the budget, insure those without health care, make college education more affordable, preserve the environment, blah blah blah. That domestic policy static, combined with the traditional Republican advantage on security and "values", was enough to win Bush the election.I would argue this is only true for specific domestic issues (health care, budget, environment), not for most (gay rights, Iraq war, abortion), but the point does stand for those specific fights -- the Republicans work to sound centrist or even liberal but they govern from Neptune. Also, a keen insight from commenter 'Elemeno P.': ...you are saying that the republicans 'don't deliver'. yes they do.This sounds right to me, and is borne out from personal experience with enthusiastic Bush-voting relations. It's a comforting bedtime story to hear you are virtuous, we are strong, we will prevail, and at the same time no sacrifices, hard choices, or even doubts or criticisms are necessary. Yesterday I visited the Lincoln Memorial, re-read Lincoln's Second Inaugural on the north wall of the statue chamber, and reflected again how honest and mature, how acknowledging of imperfection and accepting of responsibility Lincoln was. How far we have come. Posted by V at January 1, 2005 06:26 PM
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