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Originally posted by D9
With the current political system or the current political climate? It is the job of our President to do what is necessary to secure and protect the rights of Americans as guaranteed in The Constitution, from threats foreign and domestic. It is not to drift with the tides of public opinion. So I don't see anything about the form of our government, so much as the cultural and political climate, as the primary impediment to a rational policy.
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Well, lets say you really want a policy change that reflects a patriarchal/constitutional approach. What do you think you need to do to get it?
What creates the current cultural and political climate?
isolated events (9/11)?
long term polarization between people of very different dispositions?
In the postmodern day, the president wants to keep people supporting him, because he needs the swing votes. He doesnt get to be the protector of all, because there are extremely different notions going around of what it means to be patriotic and american.