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Dec. 17th, 2004 08:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ymarkovАльберт Хант, показной либерал в Wall Street Journal, пишет:
Denial is an impediment. One of the most prescient observers of American politics that I've ever known was the late Alan Baron. After the 1984 election, he advised his fellow Democrats to ask a central question: "Do you think an intelligent, well-informed, compassionate, open-minded, well-intentioned American could have concluded that Ronald Reagan's re-election was in the best interest of the nation in 1984?" If the answer was negative, this one-time Democratic activist concluded, that politician ought to look for another line of work.
A similar question should be posed to Democratic politicians today about more than a few of those red-state voters; Mr. Baron's conclusion is equally relevant.
Denial is an impediment. One of the most prescient observers of American politics that I've ever known was the late Alan Baron. After the 1984 election, he advised his fellow Democrats to ask a central question: "Do you think an intelligent, well-informed, compassionate, open-minded, well-intentioned American could have concluded that Ronald Reagan's re-election was in the best interest of the nation in 1984?" If the answer was negative, this one-time Democratic activist concluded, that politician ought to look for another line of work.
A similar question should be posed to Democratic politicians today about more than a few of those red-state voters; Mr. Baron's conclusion is equally relevant.
