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To: Crocodile who wrote (15461)	1/23/2005 7:17:03 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) of 20773

There's a substantial school of thought in the US (on the right, mostly) that says the country gets lost in complex analysis and compromises; the answer to everything is simple, goodhearted principles that good people carry out like angels. The fact that a complex world doesn't lend itself to simplistic solutions, and blind ideals don't translate into effective policy most of the time, have nothing to do with the the underlying belief. The fact that much of what we do is the exact opposite of those principles (restricting liberty to protect freedom, for example) is also steadfastly ignored. If you question the validity of implementing the basic principles, you oppose goodness and you are part of the problem, the miserable complexity that conservatives want to push aside. This is why a lying, flip-flopping lightweight like George W. Bush can be considered a steadfast leader by a big chunk of the American population. Simple is "in" - analysis is "out". Why argue with yourself, Bush would say, when you already know what is right? So says the right.

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