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Barack Obama and the Debt Crisis: Successful Con Game Explained

Seeded on Sun Aug 7, 2011 8:53 PM EDT
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Analogy For Democratic/Republican, Criminal Cooperation:

Every Jeff needs a Mutt, every good cop needs a bad cop. This was the role played by Republicans...

Bruce A. Dixon's article suggests the idea of seeing the Democratic/Republican Party roles as that of the Good Cop, Bad Cop con game. The con presents the idea of two different parties when both parties are united in aim.

This perspective offers a very different assessment of political culture in which the facade of disagreement and therefore discourse is used to placate the electorate that would otherwise rebel against the preclusion of its interests from civic discourse.

 

 

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At What Point Do We Recognize That ...

...the mainline parties con the nation in a game that effectively constitutes rulers as the whole of the nation and squelches real political dissent at the top?

    Reply#1 - Sun Aug 7, 2011 8:55 PM EDT
    DS12

    VI....Bruce is hard on the president on a regular basis....even though...he makes you think if you can listen to his point of view with a open mind.

      Reply#2 - Mon Aug 8, 2011 1:24 AM EDT
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