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2007-07-19 Europe

Peaktalk: Dutch left regroups, right fizzles

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Posted by lotp 2007-07-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 The Dutch did not move to the right, nor did they re-embrace the good old grand schemes of the pioneers of the liberal welfare state. Fortuyn sensed the discontent and the need for change but none of the larger parties was intellectually equipped to grasp his inheritance and convert the feelings of fear and change into a cohesive and electorally compelling set of ideas.

That seem similar to what we are going through here in the US. It seems to me that this is how the amoeba of progress slowly evolves - saving what is good and discarding that which is not. Rarely do we just grow a new tail overnight.

Posted by AT 2007-07-19 12:12|| 2007-07-19 12:12|| Front Page Top

#2 A new tail isn't what's needed, AT - it's testicles. Not only in the Netherlands, but all of Europe, and many places in the US. They also have to come in brass, to keep the left from trying to neuter the recipients - again.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-07-19 14:49|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-07-19 14:49|| Front Page Top

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