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To: Lane3 who wrote (29952)	2/16/2004 3:20:17 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793916

What I really dislike is this attitude that their approach is is the only "true" approach and that all other options are silly or traitorous or partisan or whatever. The Democrats are certainly helping this attitude along by their discussion, which seems to be "Liar! Traitor! Unilateralist! Warmonger!" Did I forget anything? The current political discussion makes it hard to discuss points of difference. The Democratic visions of multilateralism are based on fantasy, or on the not-so-secret wish to do nothing, continue the fp of the 90s. Where can anyone discuss realistic alternatives to handle France's anti-Americanism and dreams of EU glory?

To: Lane3 who wrote (29952)	2/18/2004 12:35:53 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793916

I don't think that's realistic, Karen. The President has a limited ability to get his message to people, and people have a limited understanding of the issues. The message has to be narrow, simple, and capable of expression in 30 seconds. That's American politics for ya. Especially when journalists seem to be, as a rule, dumb as rocks and you can't trust them to pass on complex ideas faithfully. The real meat and discussion gets outted in the "writing for political nerds" venues. The think tanks, policy mags and columnists roll out this stuff. Derek