Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 24 Editor's Choice: 2
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I think Dobson will break
[Read the article: James Dobson's Rudy problem]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The marriage between the RR and the GOP has always been one of convenience -- there is no *real* love there. Dobson and his followers, cohorts, fellow travelers, etc. are splitters at heart. They crave the sensation of being part of a messianic movement that they believe can and will remake the world in fundamental ways. Sure, they have enjoyed some political success in recent years, and that has awoken them to the delights of real power in the here and now, but at heart they are revolutionaries. Can not the God of great and small move mountains? Surely He can deliver unto them the victory of a third-party candidate in 2008 no matter what the secularist elitist pollsters have to say. The ground swell of support from the Red states, of humble Christian men and women who have never voted before, will be so great it will be like a mighty wave crashing into the Secular Humanist establishment come election day. Washington will never know what hit it when God's Army is loosed upon it. And even if they don't win with a third-party candidate, the loss will be part of God's plan to purge the party and recall it to righteousness. Why endorse Giuliani, who is clearly godless, and trifle with the mundane details of real-world politics when you can be part of a movement endorsing one of God's own? That's much more exciting. I think a split is not only probable, but inevitable at some point. I think the RR is plenty narcissistic (and loony and moon batty enough) to split. I think the text book definition of narcissism is conflating your own egotistical wishes and desires with an all powerful God who controls the universe. That's narcissism of infantile proportions. Bless them. I wish them well in their endeavor. I hope they endorse Pat Robertson again. That would be a gas. You remember how much fun it was to listen to his asinine remarks last go round?
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This might sound lame....
[Read the article: My neighbor is having coffee with somebody new]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]but here's what I do when a friend seems to envy something I have (and I think that's what you may be dealing with her LW .. she's afraid you are now too good for her, or think you're too good for her). When I'm talking to the friend in a relaxed setting, I say in a mocking voice, "I'm (insert friend's name) and I think I'm sooo much better than (insert my name) because (insert something cool about friend that others admire and/or envy)." For example, I have a friend who does not yet have a college education. He's in his mid 20s; I'm early 30's. His wife was an English major, now an editor. When they came to our house, I can tell he felt a bit miffed and intimidated as she went on and on about all of the good books my wife and I have (we both majored in British Lit.). So, later on, when he and I were alone and several drinks into the evening, I went on and on in a jokey tone about how he thinks he's so much better than me because he was taking his wife to London. "You're making me look bad, pal." (My wife has never been and would kill to go.) That sort of thing. This approach turns a potentially cool situation into one that brings me closer to people, I notice. Now he can brag about his trip to London knowing that I'm genuinely thrilled and pleased for him, and I don't have to feel self conscious about my books (really, the only possessions I have absolutely anything to be proud of). This might not work for you, but then again it might... depending on your personality. The next time you do bump into her, tease her about thinking she's so much better than you because she doesn't have to work.