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In reply to the discussion: Presidents should be questioned and confronted, not idolized [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)In subtle ways, my disappointment can work wonders on them. Of course a family situation is different from the political arena, I admit that. Obama has no personal stake in any of us so our relationship is tenuous at best.
Maybe it's that lack of direct communication that's involved here. The principle cause of road rage is that same lack of communication. Is our perceived helplessness a root cause of the vitriol directed at the President?
I don't mean to open up another front in this debate but did Occupy's failure (my opinion, don't shoot me!) sound the death knell of organized protest? Why can't we get large numbers of people to rally around one subject on which we can all agree and put real pressure on our reps to make real changes?
What one topic would that be, I wonder?
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