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Supporters of the status quo insist their system is fundamentally fair. "There are many places where the European Court of Human Rights and the United Nations could focus on promoting democracy rather than this small community that has not committed war or persecution, and has lived happily on its own for hundreds of years without any trouble," says Reginald Guille, the Chief Pleas' speaker of the house...
When they say change, what are they talking about? I say that change is the kind of change I and others are responsible for in Iraq. That is a big change. The reason why they are for change is because the status quo in Washington is not acceptable to the American people. We all know that from every polling data ... [But] in all due respect to the Democrats, I have yet to hear a specific...
...campaign is making a fundamental mistake by deliberately invoking this past as the best rationale for a brighter American future. With Barack Obama winning independents and young voters with a call for a united America, with Republican candidates now all calling for a change from the status quo in Washington, Hillary found herself stuck in a losing argument. Her initial reactions only made it worse. She chastised voters for failing to be "realistic," for not understanding that it takes experience to make change happen. It reminded me of an unhappy adult scolding a six-year-old that...
...It’s not that young Americans don’t take interest in current issues or hold opinions; on the contrary, according to the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, youth tend to be both less satisfied with the status quo and more optimistic about the future than adults. When we do vote, we tend to value individual freedoms over institutional stability (think, for example, of the debate over music censorship). Yet when it comes to political participation, whether it’s at the polls or through protests, we are shockingly passive. Gone is the daring sense...
...made... [that] I and others are responsible for in Iraq. That is a big change. But it also goes back to the classic counter-insurgency strategy that has succeeded in the past so... everybody is for change. The reason why they are for change is because the status quo in Washington is not acceptable to the American people. We all know that from every polling data. So is that going to be change? [Is it just someone saying] Here I am and I am going to change things or is it [someone working] to lay out a specific agenda such...