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Old 05-07-2008, 05:34 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by BillCosby View Post
Again... SOrry but I don't agree.... I see many, many on the left just as bad. Blind babbling of set out talking points...

Sheep vs sheep..................

I do believe that over the last 20 years or so the right has been far better @ framing the arguments & defining importance...... To suit themselves of course..................

It is the failure of the left.... SPecificly the democratic party, IMO, that has failed miserably to address this...... One only look @ how they allowed themselves to be stampeded & often times stumbling over themselves to appear out in front of the war wagons.......

Rather than pulling the right towards the center they have moved continuously towards the right, leaving the center far more to the right of most Americans on many issues including healthcare & the war......

On many issues & especially regarding foreign affairs their positions are almost indistinguishable & their mutual military industrial friends set their pace as the military marches off in support of American hegemony............

If I am wrong here please help me out & show me I am wrong on this..........
Yoicks! It seemed like a lot simpler a question when I first answered it.

i don't think you're wrong, I don't think I am either, for that matter. I've given this post a lot of thought.And you've clearly given the subject a lot of thought.

There's a lot of things to consider if the question is this encompassing.Media and the psychology of advertising, the comforting nature of easy answers, the attention span of the American consumer, education, etc.

It's a subject that holds interest for me, but maybe we could break it down into smaller facets?
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