Comments on: Quotes of the Day http://blogs.cfr.org/campaign2008/2008/02/11/quotes-of-the-day/ The Candidates and the World Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:30:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Judy http://blogs.cfr.org/campaign2008/2008/02/11/quotes-of-the-day/#comment-26 Judy Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:55:54 +0000 http://blogs.cfr.org/campaign2008/2008/02/11/quotes-of-the-day/#comment-26 It is not unusual for "extreme" (not my position) opinions to be more alike than different. My high school social studies teacher would put a circle on the board showing both communism and fascism meeting at the top of the circle and then the two centrist parties closer to the bottom of it. So, substitute "progressive" and "libertarian" and you've got the same illustration. What's changed is the condition of the country in the last 35 years; it's deteriorating, or perceived to be so which is the same difference if you're the voter. The reason turnout is so high for these primaries, I believe, after listening to punditry about voter apathy (think, rather: disenfranchised), is they are getting statements without obfuscation from these two "extremes." By the way, the country is deteriorating for the middle class. I for one will be reading David Cay Johnston's new book about the Reagan revolution, "Free Lunch." It is not unusual for “extreme” (not my position) opinions to be more alike than different. My high school social studies teacher would put a circle on the board showing both communism and fascism meeting at the top of the circle and then the two centrist parties closer to the bottom of it.
So, substitute “progressive” and “libertarian” and you’ve got the same illustration.

What’s changed is the condition of the country in the last 35 years; it’s deteriorating, or perceived to be so which is the same difference if you’re the voter.
The reason turnout is so high for these primaries, I believe, after listening to punditry about voter apathy (think, rather: disenfranchised), is they are getting statements without obfuscation from these two “extremes.”

By the way, the country is deteriorating for the middle class. I for one will be reading David Cay Johnston’s new book about the Reagan revolution, “Free Lunch.”

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