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<P>"Conservatives really want to change the basis of American life, to make America run according to the conservative moral worldview in all areas of life.</P>
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<P>In the 2008 campaign, candidate Obama accurately described the basis of American democracy: Empathy -- citizens caring for each other, both social and personal responsibility -- acting on that care, and an ethic of excellence. From these, our freedoms and our way of life follow, as does the role of government: to protect and empower everyone equally. Protection includes safety, health, the environment, pensions and empowerment starts with education and infrastructure. No one can be free without these, and without a commitment to care and act on that care by one's fellow citizens.</P>
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<P>The conservative worldview rejects all of that."</P>
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<P>Lakoff makes no attempt to discern what Obama and Democrats actually believe, and what explains their behaivor.</P>
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<P><A href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/20">http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/02/20</A></P></DIV></div><br>
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