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Bill Clinton's latest imbroglio carries a valuable lesson in self-government. This lesson speaks to the fundamental presumption of democratic self-government, that the people have wisdom and virtue enough to elect politicians wise and virtuous enough to rule. That presumption is at bottom a moral one because it presumes a moral people...
...fall of 1995, the Progressive Undergraduate Council Coalition (PUCC) swept through the council's general elections, picking up more than half the seats largely because it pulled together a group of people who actually cared enough to campaign for them. At the same time, they managed to elect a progressive slate of leaders to the council's top positions, most notably Robert M. Hyman '98 as president and Lamelle D. Rawlins '99 as secretary...
...others. I was always taught, and firmly believe, that from those to whom the most has been given, the most is expected. However, I disagree with Redmond's leap from the idea that we have obligations to our fellow humans to the idea that those obligations require us to elect a "progressive" council president and vice president to fulfill them...
This is part of the reason why I am a Democrat, although I believe, to the core of my being, that abortion is not only morally wrong, but tantamount to murder. An oxymoronic reality? I voted to re-elect the President in 1996, not because I no longer felt abortion was a major issue or because my views had changed. Instead, I believed that a Democratic administration was the best hope to systematically reduce the number of abortions in this country. The goals of the party are to help strengthen and improve the social safety net this country so desperately...
Vice-Mayor Galluccio explained that he "wasconcerned about the voting process dragging on. Iwanted a compromise mayor that I could work with."He added that, "my job is to elect the best mayorthat is electable, I'm comfortable with what we'vedone...