Lope - 07/07/03 05:57 PM
Generally speaking, we self-identify as conservative or liberal. Doug Newman points out that no matter how we self-identify, our actions speak louder than our feelings. In We Are All Liberals Now, he makes an excellent sports analogy about the current state of politics:
"Recently, I said that politics should resemble football, with one team moving the ball toward one end zone, and the other team moving the ball toward the opposite end zone. Someone e-mailed me back saying that contemporary politics is more like baseball, with both teams working to advance across the same plate, but just earlier and more often."
If you like this quote, you'll love the full essay.
Category: Liberal for a Day
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The essay is impressive, but I would draw a distinction that Mr. Newman does not address, In my view, we must distinguish those who are sentimentally liberal, in his usage, from those who are tactically liberal -- that is, those who play demagogic games with people's emotions solely because it could help them to gain or hold power.
Private citizens are almost always sentimentally liberal. Professional politicians and their troops are almost always tactically liberal.
Exactly who are you describing as a tactical liberal? Ted Kennedy? George Bush? Everyone but Pat Buchanan?
Posted by: Lope at July 7, 2003 11:07 PM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1.99K - 2K7
