http://themoderatevoice.disqus.com/enWed, 19 Mar 2008 10:49:29 -0000http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/18455/not-this-time/#comment-244135<p>Re: division<br>Every politician breeds division, to some extent. because some will agree with him/her and some not. when it comes to policy positions.</p><p>Disagreements can become contentious, and that's what has happened at every step since the creation of the USA was first contemplated.</p><p>If conention and division are to avoid sliding into self-destrucion, we must1 1) be honest about our points of conflict, and 2) look for ways to overcome them instead of getting stuck in looking for means to destroy our opponents.</p><p>That's what Obama's speech said to me., among other things.</p><p></p>domajotWed, 19 Mar 2008 10:49:29 -0000http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/18455/not-this-time/#comment-240938<p>Not we, Holly. You mean I. Not all of us are 40-50-ish women from Ohio. </p>janinedmTue, 18 Mar 2008 17:27:18 -0000http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/18455/not-this-time/#comment-240837<p>Sen. Obama practices "a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism" and we cannot "come together" around him.</p>Holly_in_CincinnatiTue, 18 Mar 2008 16:51:18 -0000http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/18455/not-this-time/#comment-240285<blockquote>Will we be divided along artificial lines of race and income and party? Not this time. Will we succumb to smear campaigns? Not this time. Will we stumble through the world blind to the fears and hopes of others? Not this time.</blockquote><p></p><p>Very well said!</p>GeorgeSorwellTue, 18 Mar 2008 14:29:34 -0000