tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601645495252690464.post5161980980759857927..comments2023-10-26T05:06:50.098-06:00Comments on ebv: Politics...fer Real Nowebvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00469251512930520710noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601645495252690464.post-15448474906566660702008-09-06T13:27:00.000-06:002008-09-06T13:27:00.000-06:00Thank you Eric! I love that, and I admit that som...Thank you Eric! I love that, and I admit that sometimes I get caught up with one party over the other, when in reality they both have good. I agree that it is important to research each candidate carefully and vote for the best one based on your own reasoning, thanks for the reminder. The campaign is getting so ugly! Sometimes I just want to hear someone say "you know things were pretty good about 20 years ago lets go back to that" instead of all of this talk of change.Christinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399418806969203506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601645495252690464.post-55887091516527735372008-09-06T11:02:00.000-06:002008-09-06T11:02:00.000-06:00I so agree with you! Politics gives me a headache...I so agree with you! Politics gives me a headache. Even I, who loves a good fight, get so tired of the "line in the sand" mentality and the reactionary politics you mention. It's so hard not to be completely disillusioned by it all. Thank goodness you exist to put a humorous spin on things with your political satire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601645495252690464.post-7524030648535848442008-09-05T21:43:00.000-06:002008-09-05T21:43:00.000-06:00true truetrue trueCotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161300751740740811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601645495252690464.post-65504582377810677352008-09-05T19:06:00.000-06:002008-09-05T19:06:00.000-06:00Very interesting... thanks. I agree with the plug...Very interesting... thanks. I agree with the plug that it's important to research as much as possible and then pick a candidate we think is the right fit. P.S. Thanks for your words about Mayor Roundy. I'm sure she appreciates it, and I do too.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16977014064921364280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601645495252690464.post-62978346046925729512008-09-05T11:10:00.000-06:002008-09-05T11:10:00.000-06:00Amen, Eric. I love this quote from David Brooks (...Amen, Eric. I love this quote from David Brooks (NY Times) on NPR August 22nd:<BR/>"I think people are going to take a look at this big contretemps and they’re just going to see stupid politics. They’re going to see a bunch of stupid ads on a stupid issue, attacking each other in nasty and stupid ways, which have nothing to do with what people care about. And it’s a dissent very early in the process to an extremely dumb level of politics (I think much earlier in the process than we’re used to). And who does this hurt most? It hurts them both, because they both promised to be 'new politics' and post-political,' and now they seem utterly conventional and utterly depressing, even for those of us who admire both of them."t.t.turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09958729645655347750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601645495252690464.post-77056492268088778652008-09-05T09:30:00.000-06:002008-09-05T09:30:00.000-06:00Well said my friend. Well said indeed.Well said my friend. Well said indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601645495252690464.post-79681686198800355572008-09-05T09:00:00.000-06:002008-09-05T09:00:00.000-06:00Very well said.Regarding national politics: when y...Very well said.<BR/><BR/>Regarding national politics: when you're riding that particular bull, all your energy goes into staying on top of it--forget taking it in any particular direction.<BR/><BR/>Sgarff's point about history is not without merit, but I think it is overly cynical. The fact that history builds consensus regarding heroes and villains doesn't mean they don't exist now--they're just harder to spot because we're often "too close" to the situation.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, we still have a lot of great public servants in the government, but moving beyond local or perhaps state politics usually requires just the sort of power-hungry attitude we'd like to discourage in our so-called "leaders." Exceptions do exist, but you're right to note that they are rare.Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409210638176004680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601645495252690464.post-5948244997375040402008-09-05T00:06:00.000-06:002008-09-05T00:06:00.000-06:00“What happened to the public servants who went in ...“What happened to the public servants who went in to Washington, eschewed the natural reaction and stepped down or away from their pedestals?”<BR/><BR/>I think that you have a point about politicians replacing public servants but I also think that history has a tendency to sort people out into categories that are more black and white than those figures actually were. And that is why we often look back in time and see it populated with heroes, villains, romantics, Idealists, etc... In reality there are no good guys and bad guys. History just likes to simplify things that way. But then again so do political parties.SGarffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637912884778634603noreply@blogger.com