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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (165404)7/6/2005 12:12:27 PM
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"They successfully demonized Newt, and Trent, and they are hoping to do the same again. Democrat politicians are not held to the same standard. Listen to the stunning silence about Dick Durbin."

The structures that resulted from social movements of the 60's 70's and 80's were very powerful at the time. I haven't heard anything from the N.O.W. lately and they were at the top of their game then. The current rise of conservative structures is a direct result of 1) The conservative agenda is purposeful and productive, 2) The values of the right wing are clear and definable, 3) Voters move away from pointless character assassination and nastiness (from both the object of the attacks and the attackers) 4) The left wing is wallowing in negative politics without a clear principle centered alternative for people to grab onto.

"Listen to the stunning silence about Dick Durbin."

5) Where as the conservative movement is getting results the liberal finger pointers lack credibility. They even decided to be anti-gay when they suspected someone in the white house of being gay.

So, the stock pile of political prestige put in place over the last 4 decades is rapidly being depleted with no efforts to rebuild. That is too bad because there is a great deal of important liberal work that needs to be done. Looks like at some point they will need to rebuild from scratch.
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