February 6, 2014

MIsguided Journalist Think Political Disagreement is Un-American



[From article]
If the Super Bowl were what the average Washington pundit thinks politics is supposed to be, then we would have spent the past two weeks reading about how the two opposing teams were looking forward to working together for the common good in today’s game.
Just as we are constantly being told to yearn for an era of post-partisan compromise in D.C., our football pundits would be talking about the need for ending the heated rivalries and bringing about an era of cooperation on the field of play!
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in the spirit of that kinder and gentler nation we all know will emerge as soon as the Tea Party patriots are silenced by IRS audits, NSA wiretaps and, if necessary, police dogs,

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/opinion/columns/frank/article_e284b3ec-8baf-11e3-9415-001a4bcf887a.html

‘If football were politics’ — and other opium dreams
Posted: Saturday, February 1, 2014 7:00 pm
FRANK MIELE
Daily Inter Lake

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