Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Press: Beyond Viagra Politics - NYT

Beyond Viagra Politics - New York Times: "There's more, of course, but this gives you a feel for how different our politics would sound if we moved beyond Viagra politics and got serious about our problems. All it would take is enough of us rebelling against a perverse culture in which 'political courage' is oddly defined as 'telling the truth.' After all, if we don't make the world safe for our leaders to do the right thing, who will?

'I like a look of agony, because I know it's true,' wrote Emily Dickinson. It may not be agony citizens are looking for, but common sense tells them that the ratio of fact to flimflam has reached depressing lows. It may take a jolt to the system more powerful than the one Viagra delivers to rouse us from the torpor of charades-as-usual. Then again, now that Deep Throat has been unveiled, maybe anything is possible."

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