Feb 09 2008
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Declaring Something Doesn't Make It True
(see Peter Overby quote below)
What really puts a bad taste in my mouth is the way in which the Clinton campaign doesn’t see reality as the summation of past actions, but rather as a marketing campaign that can be whatever they pay money to brand. “Oh, now the voters want something new now? That’s OK! Yesterday we were the voice of experience, but today we’ll be the voice of the outsider!”
What was it that George Orwell write about? Memory holes?
Leaders act to to lead and speak to inspire, not speak to market and market to win.
A campaign so blatantly built around “winning the presidency” rather than “leading the country” is not one that deserves the White House.