{"id":2586,"date":"2009-12-20T20:54:35","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T01:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2009-12-20T20:54:35","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T01:54:35","slug":"repostthe-wysiwyg-president-paul-krugman-blog-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/20\/repostthe-wysiwyg-president-paul-krugman-blog-nytimes-com\/","title":{"rendered":"rePost::The WYSIWYG president – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of my commenters have argued that even with this bill Democrats may well lose seats next year \u2014 possibly even more than they would have without it. Definitely on the first point; on the second, I don\u2019t think people realize just how damaging it would be if Obama didn\u2019t get any major reforms passed. But in any case, that misses the point. The reason to pass reform, even inadequate reform, now isn\u2019t to gain seats next year; it is to pass reform, which will do vast good, during the window that\u2019s available. If it doesn\u2019t pass now, it will probably be many nears before the next chance.
\nBut back to Obama: the important thing to bear in mind is that this isn\u2019t about him; and, equally important, it isn\u2019t about you. If you\u2019ve fallen out of love with a politician, well, so what? You should just keep working for the things you believe in.<\/strong>
\nvia The WYSIWYG president – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Friends this is our generation’s time to be ground troops some maybe even commanders, What I am getting at is that this is the first election that we can be very actively involved in. This is also the first election that we see hope and identify with candidates.\u00a0 Let us work for what we believe in, if we hate the personality based way that elections in out country is identified with, then let’s be the change by encouraging friendly discourse, by being polite with each other in discussing the candidates we support and in keeping an open mind. Let us let go of the bickering and the “TEAM whatever” thinking that seems to pervade everywhere, It’s been shown that a good way to bind a group together is to create an outsider\/enemy, this is just how people are being manipulated by the media handlers of these politicians. I don’t know about you but I hate the thought of someone manipulating me. Let us resist how they are trying to separate us with petty identification with politicians , and let us realize that the fact that we are all trying to get by living and succeeding in this country of ours when so many others have given up and left binds us more than any idolation of a politician.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some of my commenters have argued that even with this bill Democrats may well lose seats next year \u2014 possibly even more than they would have without it. Definitely on the first point; on the second, I don\u2019t think people realize just how damaging it would be if Obama didn\u2019t get any major reforms passed. … <\/p>\n

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