the dems are on and on about "average americans" whose opportunities are destroyed, don't have health care etc. they think they're talking to the huge majority of americans. but most americans don't really think of themselves this way, or want to, even when struggling. if the idea is that we're always industrious and resilient, or to whatever extent that's true, it's specifically because we regard momentary setbacks as aberrations until completely flattened. so they like more the republican rhetoric of entrepreneurs and independence.

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[Rik Little]

who can really conceive a multi trillion dollar debt in taxpayer funds for a oil war. politics of fear. politics of class. politics of police state law.

[mr.fun]

again, not for the majority. we're talking majority politics here.

this is what lawsuits are for.

[Henry]

If you've seen Michael Moore's "Sicko," then you know that not having health insurance is not the only problem. Another problem is that health insurance companies have many people working full-time, spending money that could go to medical care, to come up with reasons to deny benefits to people who have health insurance. The movie cites instances of people who have died because of this.

[mr.fun]

that's for goddamn certain, and that's why McCain will win. Dems are the Downer/Buzzkill Party.

what is the percentage of Americans that do not have health insurance in this country? they're not the majority. why would the majority want to prop up the rest of the country? eff those lazy fuckers. get a job!

[marriotr]

this is a good point. the Dems are trying to appeal to the self interest they watch the Reps sucessfully use when talking about the economy, but because they can't put themselves in the shoes of the 'average american' in any accurate way, they describe policy in terms of how and who it would actually help, instead of trying to describe it in ways that make the constituents feel good. It's the whole superiority thing- it could be seen as a symptom of the government from above that the Dems advocate.