It appears to me that you've actually validated my original comment, and you've helped show how our motivations for supporting candidates are in fact worlds apart, despite being fairly close on the political spectrum otherwise.
While I don't think I did. Your phrase was "Even if otherwise we're worlds apart, politically"; politically, there really isn't that big a difference between the two candidates.
Just remember how well faith/hope-based politics interacted with the cold, real world over the past few years, on the right.
I don't actually see much "hope-based politics" coming out of the right (or anywhere else, frankly). What I see is "ZOMG, the terrorists are gonna get us!" and "ZOMG, the gays are gonna destroy your marriage!" I see a whole honkin' lot more appeals to fear and confusion than I do to hope. I have yet to hear anything that sounds even remotely sincerely like "We can work together to make things better."
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Re: Part 3 and wrap-up
Date: 2008-02-08 09:00 pm (UTC)While I don't think I did. Your phrase was "Even if otherwise we're worlds apart, politically"; politically, there really isn't that big a difference between the two candidates.
Just remember how well faith/hope-based politics interacted with the cold, real world over the past few years, on the right.
I don't actually see much "hope-based politics" coming out of the right (or anywhere else, frankly). What I see is "ZOMG, the terrorists are gonna get us!" and "ZOMG, the gays are gonna destroy your marriage!" I see a whole honkin' lot more appeals to fear and confusion than I do to hope. I have yet to hear anything that sounds even remotely sincerely like "We can work together to make things better."