Imagine a President who …
San Francisco Chronicle
by Jon Carroll
05/27/08
The incoming president will have about 1 million problems to solve. Some of them will require political courage; some of them will require creative thinking; some of them will require delicate diplomacy, and some of them will require strong-arm tactics. Knowing which problems require which solutions is what makes an effective executive. Of course, if said executive also agrees with me, clearly we’re in the presence of greatness. But there are issues that are apparently utterly resistant to change because they have been demagogued to death, and there seems to be no way to undemagogue them. Polls indicate that the American people are way ahead of their legislators on these topics, but the perceived political risk of confronting them is just too great. So they languish, injustices continue to occur, and hopelessness descends...
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by Jon Carroll
05/27/08
The incoming president will have about 1 million problems to solve. Some of them will require political courage; some of them will require creative thinking; some of them will require delicate diplomacy, and some of them will require strong-arm tactics. Knowing which problems require which solutions is what makes an effective executive. Of course, if said executive also agrees with me, clearly we’re in the presence of greatness. But there are issues that are apparently utterly resistant to change because they have been demagogued to death, and there seems to be no way to undemagogue them. Polls indicate that the American people are way ahead of their legislators on these topics, but the perceived political risk of confronting them is just too great. So they languish, injustices continue to occur, and hopelessness descends...
http://tinyurl.com/4hwqct
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jon+Carroll
rudkla - 28. Mai, 11:09
