Monday, July 05, 2004
A Red And Blue Country
There has been much talk recently about how politically divided we are as a country. Those who bring up the subject often refer back to the red and blue coded map of the United States that was used during the 2000 election to show which states had been won by Bush (red) and those that had gone with Gore (blue). David Brooks started the discussion in the New York Times and offers a national volunteer program as a solution to bringing people with divergent views closer together (honestly). A few days later Robert Samuelson in the Washington Post weighs in with his own whining about how politics is supposed to narrow opposing opinions but today it is having the opposite effect. Finally over the weekend Ellen Goodman casts her vote on the side of how bad all of the fighting has become between those on the political left and right. The whole topic was even picked up by CBS's Sunday Morning television program.
Well of course, I take a different view. I don't think there are enough arguments about the course the country is on. To me the more discussions we have over policy the more it will help clarify where the parties stand on the issues. What we don't want is political leaders coming together just so they can govern because this is when we have to watch our wallets. In the marketplace of ideas, liberty and freedom will always win.
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Well of course, I take a different view. I don't think there are enough arguments about the course the country is on. To me the more discussions we have over policy the more it will help clarify where the parties stand on the issues. What we don't want is political leaders coming together just so they can govern because this is when we have to watch our wallets. In the marketplace of ideas, liberty and freedom will always win.
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