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Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures." -- Daniel Webster
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Monday, September 10, 2012 :::
From Taranto, an E.J. Dionne quote about Obama's DNC speech:
He seemed to reach back to John F. Kennedy's call on the nation to ask not what the country could do for them, but what they could do for the country. "As citizens," Obama said, "we understand that America is not about what can be done for us. It's about what can be done by us, together, through the hard and frustrating work of self-government."
And the difference between that and JFK — between "what can be done ... through ... self-government" and "what you can do for your country" — neatly encapsulates much of what was wrong with last week's DNC zeitgeist.
::: posted by dWj at 4:16 PM
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