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If you think that the combination of "The Passion..."; the "Amendment" and Ash Wednesday were a coincidence, think, think again. But, what I think most have not connected is the Social Security statements by Greenspan and the "NEA as Terrorist Organization" by the Sec of Edu recently.
Some of you know enough about me to know that I am professionally involved in politics---advisory, and, yes, Dems only. I'm on leave from the "day job" at the moment to work on policy and speechwriting (as well as all the other stuff like focus group interviews)for a campaign for (shall we simply say) "federal office". What I am seeing here among my long-time DU friends is a lot of sharp connecting but, as you are meant to, you are missing the overall shape of the recent announcements. The key is "divide and conquer" the oldest trick in the book. Pit the 'secular' against the most "fundamentally oriented"; pit the "baby boom" against the more "market minded" Gen X, Gen Y and whatever the hell we will be calling the 15 year olds next week. Oh, and that old punching bag the NEA---that's all purpose: angry parents in poor neighborhoods, underacheiving suburban kids, and all those who, in general, don't like something but for whom blaming the "NEA" is easier than looking at home or on the local schoolboard.
These are active topics of conversation within the culture. But the fact that they are thrown up at this moment in the way they are is to take advantage of timing----Gibson's movie and Newsome's actions in SF. They are meant, just as the posters I've seen on specific topic threads for two weeks are meant (and paid), to do what I heard one Republican PR type in DC say last week: "break their backs."
This isn't a normal election. You *know* that. Don't let them break us by dividing us. Differences do exist but pay attention, the "disruptor" who is a professional cultivates a "soul of reason" and "honest disagreement, please educate me" persona.
FWIW
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