Head for the High Road

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BOB HERBERT
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/opinion/02herbert.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin

The Democrats need to be careful about the intensity of their criticism of Sarah Palin.

Here’s the deal: Palin is the latest G.O.P. distraction. She’s meant to shift attention away from the real issue of this campaign — the awful state of the nation after eight years of Republican rule. The Republicans are brilliant at distractions. Willie Horton was a distraction. The chatter about gays, guns and God has been a long-running distraction. And we all remember the Swift-boat campaign.

If you want a real issue, forget all of the above and revisit Monday’s front page of The New York Times. Hundreds of families are being forced out of their homes each month in Louisville, Ky., because of mortgage foreclosures. With record numbers of poor and homeless students, the public schools are struggling.

The crisis has only been made worse by fiscal difficulties facing the schools. Higher energy and other costs, combined with a $43 million cut in state aid, have left the school system in a sorry state.

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1. From what I've seen lately I am not sure if DU has a high road.

At least here at General Discussion: Palin.

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2. I don't get this...

are the "Democrats" that this article is referring to any American that posts a message on a website, or are they referring to Democratic Representatives? Do I have to watch what I say because I might have an affect on the election?

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4. It's why we post. To go on the record and try to influence.

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5. I don't post so the NY Times..

can point their finger and tell me to watch what I say, or else. I can understand the writers inference of what is important, but I find his word choice to be insulting. I am sick of labels, and the idea that what I post is "Democratic" or "Republican". I'm a fucking human being, and I resent being branded like cattle.

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6. Hey remember the sorting hat from Harry Potter? You hoping for Griffindor or Slitherin?

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3. He is absolutely right.

Our country is in the worst shape its been during my lifetime, but you'd never know it if you turned on the MSM. I know DUer's are all too aware of the crappy state the 'pubs have taken this country to.

I think the Palin thing has made people happy because maybe we just might have a chance at the win we so desperately need in November.