Reply #120: well, "above politics" is an odd place for a Presidential hopeful to be

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I made my little query/annoyance and toddled off to do some work and take a nap. Somehow I was expecting some coordinated response.

Truly, I'd like some shining knight (or knightette) on a charger to save us all, but I don't get this one.

To be "above the fray" is a form of elitism, whereas successful pluralist politics is to be willingly and vigorously "in the melee".

Hell, the Deanies bug me with their almost religious zeal--and they often offend me with their righteous attacks on opponents--but at least their guy's out there making his case. He's proven he'd make a good President, even though he's still not my first choice.

This just sounds like some wishful thinking. It sounds like fickle infatuation mixed with fear of the big paper tiger.