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Originally posted by bilmore
Easy. Seb was speaking of how Ty's City on the Hill (New Ulm?) can only be reached if you, in fact, can win an election and put yourself into a position to help create that city. It's a lot like that SNL Dukakis debate line ("how the hell am I losing to this guy?!") He should have been winning, if voters valued the factors that he valued. Point was, they didn't. Lefty academics should be handsomely rewarded, if society valued the academics' gifts as highly as the academics do. Point was, they don't.
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Ah. Had to go back and read Ty's post.
So if Bush wins a debate even though objectively speaking he is incapable of articulating his simple thoughts and wins because the average idiot out there has a knee-jerk reaction to "Vote for Kerry and we'll be attacked again" that amounts to pulling the lever for Bush, Kerry should adjust his approach -- in effect, lowering himself to the lowest common denominator.
TM
