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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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16 Jan 2005 12:04:27 PM |
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OT: Democracy: Walking the Walk |
Democracy: Walking the Walk
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6831010/site/newsweek/
President Bush's talk of the power of freedom is inspiring. But it's
hardly sufficient when it's selective and hypocritical.
By Jonathan Alter
Newsweek
Jan. 24 issue - You've heard the explanations of why John Kerry is not
raising his right hand in front of the Capitol this week. Anxieties
about security, a failure to share the voters' moral values and the
"toughness gap" between Democrats and Republicans are the most common
theories. But there's another reason Kerry never connected: he failed
to tap into the idealism of the American people. In part because he was
so ambivalent about Iraq, he never spoke convincingly about spreading
democracy around the world, opting instead for less-stirring calls for
realism and multilateralism. It's as if Kerry found it a little hokey
to talk too much about freedom.
Jonathan Alter
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/c90f31ce098f8692
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