This is the problem -- despite the image of progressivism, his actual
proposals are very muddle of the road -- something for everyone.
Hope is nice -- good planning is better.
On Jan 18, 2009, at 6:39 PM, Shearon, Tim wrote:
Paul- I'll consider sainthood if he (they!) manages to get the
economy turned around! :) It still troubles me that for one of our
political factions/parties to be "happy" the other has to be so
abjectly miserable!! That the divide often seems so deep we can't
even speak over it or past it. I do understand the psychology of
it- perhaps that's what makes it all the more troubling.
Tim
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From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sun 1/18/2009 5:28 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] cohesiveness in D.C.
It's OK -- reality will set in sooner or later.
I did vote for him, but not for sainthood.
On Jan 18, 2009, at 6:17 PM, Beth Benoit wrote:
What an amazing scene of people joining together to rejoice in such
a powerful current. I have been in tears many times today.
My husband pointed out that he felt a similar cohesiveness when he
went to NYC the day after 9/11 to help in the medical tent (he's a
physician).
BUT the big difference was that 9/11 was mutual feeling about
tragedy. Barack's inauguration is about hope. What a powerful time!
Paul Brandon
Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Minnesota State University, Mankato
[email protected]
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