Monday, February 26, 2007
Hagel Confused About the Dialectic
The solution to these problems isn't some vacuous "unity." It's progressive politics.
Good point at the Right's Field on Chuck Hagel's fantasy "unity ticket":
I have a tremendously hard time believing that any significant group of Americans will vote for a presidential ticket because they are civil and not because of any ideological reasoning. Civility is a red-herring. A political party devoid of any political ideology is the last thing America needs when you look at the problems that will be facing this country after Bush’s term expires.There is a real problem with divisiveness in American politics, but the answer to that isn't some sort of mindless difference-splitting or knee-jerk pseudo-centrism. The divisiveness problem is a specific one - it's the result of conservative and Republican political tactics and strategies. Likewise, the various crises facing America right now are largely the product of conservative Republican government.
The solution to these problems isn't some vacuous "unity." It's progressive politics.
Labels: Chuck Hagel, The Right's Field
¶ Posted by Paul Curtis 4:35 PM 
