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 EH> Republican Party certainly would never have chosen a black
 EH> nominee. This seems to be a somewhat hard test for the
 EH> United States to pass. Such people will not really be
 EH> satisfied until the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan is
 EH> black.

 Now that is an interesting notion.

 ...

 EH> Indeed, the idea that all historical sins have been washed
 EH> away and all social difficulties resolved by the sprinkling
 EH> of the holy water of this election is patently absurd, as

 Yet the right has tried to sell that very idea for years, based
 on the civil rights act, pretending that racism ended then.

 ...

 EH> George W. Bush's presidency marked the recent nadir of
 EH> American popularity and trust in its leadership, according
 EH> to polls nearly everywhere. "It is better to be feared than
 EH> loved," AEI's Michael Ledeen advised Bush. But to be feared
 EH> is not quite the same as to be powerful,

 Which is true. And it is better to be loved. If they fear you
 they might fight for you, or, more likely, they will plot to
 destroy you. If they love you they will die for you.

 No American goes to war for this country because he fears
 America, but because he loves America.



BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... Bin Laden would not threaten the US if Bush had killed him the first time.
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