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This sort of stance can only perpetuate the very attitudes it finds problematic. Stereotypes about “New England liberals?? that President Bush brought so memorably into play during the debates have a great deal of currency in some parts of the country. If students from socially conservative areas absorb the type of rhetoric they hear at Harvard and take it home, they will confirm the notion that Ivy Leaguers are a bunch of leftists who will not deign to even consider opposing positions as anything but ignorant. This lexicon of alienation can take many forms...
It’s unlikely that the way the American electorate sees “liberals?? will change any time soon. What is certain, however, is that the revulsion felt by a large segment of the population at any suggestion of liberalism will only aid conservative forces that seek to keep American social policy rooted in the past. Whether the cause is a constitutional amendment to exclude gay couples from the institution of marriage, or a ban on federal aid to overseas Planned Parenthood groups, the “liberal” tag will continue to be used...
...Even if Annan isn’t directly held responsible for the failures of this department, he’s certainly an unexceptional administrator. To boot, a scandal to rival liberals?? favorite refrains about Bush’s oil ties is in the works currently at Rockefeller Center. Instead of alleged conflict of interests with Halliburton, however, the recent scandal from the Oil-for-Food program is quite real. In this instance, while Saddam was skimming money off his side of the budget to pay sympathizers in other countries that kept his regime afloat diplomatically, Kofi made sure...
Don’t expect liberals?? standard outrage to tarnish the United Nations’ reputation as a standard-bearer for all that’s good and true, despite the recent revelation that Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s son skimmed money off Iraq’s oil-for-food budget...
Enter Mark Latham. With Simon Crean’s leadership of the ALP in serious doubt, several potential candidates began to make themselves known, but the outspoken Latham was the first to threaten the Liberals?? comfortable hold on the electorate. A little over a year ago, Latham delivered a speech to the Australian Parliament, declaring, “I am opposed to the government’s strategy for war in Iraq because it comes from a prime minister who is too weak to say ‘no’ to the Americans...