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We've had September 11th, the Gore-Bush recount, a war in Iraq, a war in Afghanistan, Hurricane Katrina. How can you not care about who's laying the country out for you? This is the time of life you get to question things. You should always think for yourself and speak out. |
Were the radical democratic impulses of the American Revolution still driving US politics, it would be difficult to imagine corporatization of the kind witnessed today. But that impulse has weakened, and the relationship between the people and the corporation has reversed. |
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What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of disregarding facts. |
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When I grew up, the conservatives were the isolationists and the liberals were the idealists. Now it's reversed. |
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When the US sneezes, Canada says, “gesundheit.” |
When you are guaranteed you will win, you can take very inflammatory, very extreme positions. If you have to run in a district where where you might lose, you will move to the center. That is the beauty of the two party system in America as opposed to the parliamentary system in Europe. |
When you perserve progressive thoughts they might become conservative |
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With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind. |