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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 11:23 AM
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4. I guess you think it is the power of the Government that changes
Edited on Fri Jan-18-08 11:29 AM by dkf
minds and attitudes.

Blech.

I thought we were free thinkers myself. Big brother reigns!

On further reflection this is her viewpoint. She sees Government as being all powerful with the ability to force conformity and therefore sees it as the solution to everything. She sees laws and legislation as the end all and be all.

Obama sees Government as a tool to change but understands that it is only one in a range of tools and that you have to do other things, like change Public Opinion, to realize goals.

Hillary Clinton has been bucking public opinion so long, her instinct is to navigate it or ignore it, not change it.
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