"There are men, in all ages, who mean to exercise power usefully; but who mean to exercise it. They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters." Daniel Webster

Saturday, September 13, 2008

All Politics Is Tribal

It would be easy to dimiss this clip from The Daily Show as demonstrating the hypocrisy of Republican Party politics. But it really shows the tribalism of American poltiical system, where elections and campaigns are more about identifying with one group, defending that group and attacking others rather than consistently upholding a set of guiding principles.




HT: Diana Hsieh.

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