Friday, December 16, 2011

politicsUSA: Campaign Presidency: Why Obama zigs and zags his attempt for another victory

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Stanley Crouch: "Can We Reclaim The Middle?"


The moderate-liberal columnist in New York argues that the Right fringe and 
Left fringe are driving out moderate voices:

"The kinds of ideologues who are buffoonishly trapped in irrational narcissism
 threaten both the right and the left.  It does not matter if one is Donald Trump,
a conservative elephant, or Cornel West, a so-called academic donkey ready to
spout 'progressive' clichés. In fact, each believes that President Obama proves
how out of touch he is by not calling one of them for badly needed advice."

More: "We are at our best when we tune out the loud, broad comedy of both
the Tea Party and the progressive buffoons, allowing the true spirit of America
to come through. And though the extremes only get louder and louder, I am
confident that we will make it through, because we are still the United States of
America."

Posted by Shay Riley at 12/12/2011 16 Comments  refWrite recommends that you click up the article, read it in in full, and read 
the 16 or more comments you will find attached to Mr. Riley's post,  Reposted by Politicarp, refWrite columnist on politics.

 

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But go to Booker Rising's page, read it, read the comments, and off you go!refWrite comment by Politicarp:
One thing that struck me for the first time, in reading Mr. Crouch's approach, is that there may be an at-
least-subteranean connection between the idea of a third party of moderates and centrists, whose moderation
is known of all men.  My mentor, sadly long-gone from our midst, Dr Evan Runner (prof of philosophy, Calving
College had as his political dimension the slogan "Neither Right nor Left."  I've amended it to say, "Neither
Right nor Left, nor down the Middle, nor on the Fence.  Whebn we're not pandering to the Right or Left, some of 
my spiritual kin (reformational Christians) have made a key issue of civility.  My objection to that is the
possiblity of rulling out all rant, satire, mockery. and rhetorical power out of the mold and the box.

Why even Stanley Crouch above refers to the trumpeting Mr Trump as a "conservative elephant" and to the 
braying Mr West as an "academic donkey."  It's not so easy to always be in the mode of politesse even when
tilting up to the moderate Middle.





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