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k8conant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 12:46 PM
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The Ghost of Politics Past
by Anna Quindlen
Newsweek

    ...
    There is an alternative to capitulation. It is unconditional authenticity.
    ...
    Instead of playing desperate defense, the Democrats might try searching their souls, asking themselves simple questions with complex answers. What really matters to me? What are the principles on which I will not compromise?

Read the whole column at http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6777662/site/newsweek

This is why Congress needs to stand up now, as Wellstone did before.

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bush_is_wacko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:05 PM
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1. Great article!
Our Senators should be willing to follow their hearts and conscience regardless of the potential effect to their careers! The reality is Americans are far more likely to stand behind a Senator that acts like a REAL human being rather than a government robot!
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