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Sorry I don't buy it. I'm not that pessimistic about government, or about the state of democracy.
And there are in fact significant differences in political/social viewpoints of real people. Not that these viewpoints can't co-exist, of course. Some would argue that those differences make us stronger, more diverse, tougher. And no doubt that politicians use these differences for their own ends -- namely to gather more power. In that sense, you are right. they play us like violins.
But denying our very real differences will not bring us any closer together, it will just stop us from talking about them. If that happens, we will be in real trouble.
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We will stay the course. [8/30/06]
We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq. [8/4/05]
We will stay the course *** We’re just going to stay the course. [12/15/03]
And my message today to those in Iraq is: We’ll stay the course. [4/13/04]
And that’s why we’re going to stay the course in Iraq. [4/16/04]
And so we’ve got tough action in Iraq. But we will stay the course. [4/5/04]
Well, hey, listen, we’ve never been “stay the course” [10/21/06]
--- George W. Bush, President of the United States of America
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