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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:00 AM

Buchanan: The Kos crowd deserves a Cabinet pick

Why does a conservative seem to respect the Democratic left more than many Democrats? Plus: Pick Hillary, or don't, but get it over with!
Joan Walsh

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  • Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:19 AM

    Rivals Be Damned; Bring Us a Leader

    Bipartisanship is a false aspiration. It is the enemy of truth and, ultimately, justice. It fosters false equivalencies, as if to suggest that rabid vitriol deserves an equal footing alongside reasoned discourse. Bipartisanship is the enemy of debate, of democracy. It denies leadership in favor of group think. If a "team of rivals," a phrase I am already profoundly sick of, produces no answers, no solutions, no progress, then what, in the end, is its value? And what does such a team reveal of its leader?

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