Reply #9: National security again???

[MonteLukast]

You overlook the national security aspect of this. Brown said that he didn't want terrorists to lawyer-up on the taxpayers dime.

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Grrrrrrr...

EXACTLY like Georgia in 2002. Have we learned NOTHING from Bush?
Preening and a big macho show of strength is NOT strength, people!! It is NOT courage. Quit making Frank Luntz smile! Quit falling for cheap symbols and gimmicks!!

Maybe Mass voters hadn't felt it personally enough thus far. Maybe they have be to personally, experientially snow-jobbed by "terra" machismo, to wise up and learn not to get taken in by any schmuck who promises to make them feel safe from scary brown people. Because that's an American thing: thinking something doesn't count unless we experience it firsthand.

That's the bane of American society: we appear to learn nothing, because we have both short memories and this insane need to experience things personally... in large part because there's a strong cultural message that understanding and connecting with someone requires sharing experiences and lifestyles.
I guess as a childfree woman, I have no business running for office, eh? Because everything in politics is about families, and I couldn't possibly know how to relate to my prospective constituents unless I actually share the family lifestyle. Plus, being childfree might be an indication that I'm, oh, unsociable or lacking in empathy or something... so I'd better suck it up and get some humanity props, er, kids; if I want to be elected!