Comments on: The Bully Pulpit

By: Hart Williams

Hart Williams — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:13:21 +0000

Thank you, Denford. Some of us here in America are believing again, too.

Good luck with what’s going on there.

By: Denford

Denford — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:45:53 +0000

We’ve got a live one! Love the stuff you are putting up and the American democracy never ceases to amaze me, everyone wants to defend their right to think, speak and act in a manner they see fit. We are still trying to get our heads above dictatorial waters, but we as a people will get there. Big shout from down here in Zimbabwe. Hope you hear it amongst all the well-deserved cheered for Obama. Some of us believe in America again.

By: Hart Williams

Hart Williams — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:23:42 +0000

Your prescription presupposes the cause of the malaise. “hate and polarism” are definitely the most toxic symptoms of what’s been wrong in Washington, D.C. since at least Jimmy Carter’s “malaise” speech (which we all ought to re-read, to see just how prescient it was).

But is it REALLY the “two party” system?

Or is it something more insidious?

The “two party” system has operated without the rancor and “polarism” that’s characterized the national discourse of late.Ralph Nader has been one of the most arrogant and nasty political candidates around — calling his opponents stupid and corrupt at every opportunity, but without, seemingly, any practical plan of his own to fix anything. He’s not the product of any “two party” system. He’s just being himself.

If we misdiagnose the illness, then the cure is just as apt to kill the patient as to cure her.If you lay the blame on the “two party” system and that’s not the problem, then none of your solutions will solve the problem. I urge you to reexamine your analysis of the root problems and what causes them.

By: Mark Ferrar

Mark Ferrar — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:45:07 +0000

There are so many large changes that need to come to Ameica, yet a Alaskan senator, a convicted felon loses his race by the narrowest of margins. The same people who voted for the senator would make sure no felon can ever work at a McDonalds. Bully pulpits or not, no can fix much untill America comes togeather as a people and overcome the hate and polarism our two party system breeds.