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I think as a nation we should

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:25:12 +0000

In reply to Mr. Gingrich, bwana, what about Freddy Mac?

I think as a nation we should all be equal. since this is the same old stand of the founding father's and to the legacy they left behind known as the Constitution.Republicans and Democrats unite for the whole nation.

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That does bring up the

Elusive Trope — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:43:22 +0000

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That does bring up the interesting notion of politicians acting as a surrogate, a safety valve for emotions, good and bad, to express the emotions bottled up in one.

I think the public displays

Oxy Mora — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:16:46 +0000

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I think the public displays of tea party "anger" may be in remission, channeled now into candidates who are perceived as able to beat up Obama, say in a debate. Let's hope the lid stays on during the election.

I think he was referring to

Oxy Mora — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:12:07 +0000

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I think he was referring to being a brother to the Koch Brothers. As of yet, no confirmation from that side of the family.

I would add that one sees in

Elusive Trope — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:54:47 +0000

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I would add that one sees in the Occupy movement both the sentiment of tearing down the existing power structure in order to replace it with a more democratic model to implement a progressive agenda and the sentiment that what is needed is for the current existing power structure implement a new and more progressive economic agenda. In this sense, the anxieties propelling each of these sentiments have a tendency to clash. Those with the latter sentiment (I would be included in this group) experiences as much anxiety about the consequences of the former sentiment as it does with the perceived consequences of remaining with the status quo.

During the election, I

rmrd0000 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:52:31 +0000

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During the election, I remember an interview with a potential voter who said, "I'm afraid that if Obama gets elected, they (Blacks) will do the same thing to us (Whites) that we did to them."

Herman Cain tried to taps into those White fears by pointing out that he wasn't like those other "brainwashed" Blacks. Cain was their "Brother from another mother" who wanted his Secret Service code name to be "Cornbread".

One has to only look at the

Elusive Trope — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:48:53 +0000

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One has to only look at the rise of gun and bullet sale after Obama's election to see a manifestation of that anxiety with Obama's election. On one hand there was actual fear about Obama taking away their guns, but driving that underneath was the anxiety about some possible threat for which they were going to need those guns. As long as I have my guns and plenty of bullets, I'll be okay. Guns as a calming agent. At the same time, there was a need to find that threat, that thing which one needed to shoot. That's why the stoking of the fear/anxiety in the tea party sentiment by the likes of Bachmann was so insidious.

Now with the economy tottering on the "brink" for so long, we have an even more heightened sense of anxiety among both the liberals and the conservatives. It is interesting that for the liberals, the impulse is to turn to the federal government to do something to calm the anxieties, while it is the conservatives who believe that dismantling the federal government is the pathway to relieving that anxiety.

I wish I had written that.

Oxy Mora — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:36:24 +0000

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I wish I had written that. You put in the exact thoughts which I was searching for but couldn't quite conceptualize to put the capstone on the post. I think we don't realize the anxiety that some people felt when Obama was elected. The ending of Apartheid is the perfect comparison. I think that anxiety fuelled the "tea party" sentiment in the Republican party and Gingrich is the perfect person to perpetuate the anxiety going forward. I think the sentiment is a driving force in the minds of many Republican primary voters, outweighing other factors.

Thanks, Dick. Anita Ekberg in

Oxy Mora — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:24:29 +0000

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Thanks, Dick. Anita Ekberg in the jungle. Hmm. Bwana ain't so dumb.

Thanks, Rootman. I personally

Oxy Mora — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:19:21 +0000

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Thanks, Rootman. I personally relate to Hans Olofson more than I would like to admit. He had no plan, took an option that was simply there, and stayed with it for 18 years.