Posted by Declan on January 25, 2006, at 22:23:15
In reply to Re: How much more is needed? » Declan, posted by zeugma on January 25, 2006, at 20:24:46
The left right thing is meaningless. I grew up with communism vs freedom, social democracy vs conservatism, and it has been one of the puzzles of the last 10 years to see that change. Now I agree with what my parents said: Vote for the candidate. Which means honesty first and foremost, and trustworthyness, not, I hasten to say the kind of trust with which Howard won this last election in his brazen way (who do you trust to run the country?), but trust meaning (only)a modicum of honesty in the traditional sense. And especially a small sense of fairness. By the standards of today McCain seems fine with me.
Declan
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