Want Proof That NOBODY Owns The Liberal/Progressive Movement? (Or *Any* Movement, For That Matter)
Howard "Don't Compromise on Health Care Reform" Dean proposes a...compromise for the whole Not a Mosque That's Not Really At Ground Zero non-story.
The lesson, cats and kittens: no one can claim to be the voice/symbol/leader of progressives and every time someone tries to claim that mantle (or has it thrust upon them) someone or something will inevitably come along to prove them "unworthy."
Now don't get me wrong; the same can be said for conservatives; especially after they get into office and realize that they'll have to temper some of their "beliefs" if they want to get anything passed, get re-elected or move to higher office.
Truly, if there are any pure liberals (or conservatives) those men and women would never run for office in the first place; they're essentially modern-day political Rorschachs and anyone who knows "Watchmen" knows that a Rorschach doesn't ever compromise, not even in the face of Armageddon.
And sense politics is the art of compromise, well...therein lies the quandry.
The lesson, cats and kittens: no one can claim to be the voice/symbol/leader of progressives and every time someone tries to claim that mantle (or has it thrust upon them) someone or something will inevitably come along to prove them "unworthy."
Now don't get me wrong; the same can be said for conservatives; especially after they get into office and realize that they'll have to temper some of their "beliefs" if they want to get anything passed, get re-elected or move to higher office.
Truly, if there are any pure liberals (or conservatives) those men and women would never run for office in the first place; they're essentially modern-day political Rorschachs and anyone who knows "Watchmen" knows that a Rorschach doesn't ever compromise, not even in the face of Armageddon.
And sense politics is the art of compromise, well...therein lies the quandry.
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