Our National Conversation
By RP Staff | September 1, 2008
With Gustav hitting the coast, the Republicans postponing the start of their convention, and pundits grousing over McCain’s vice-presidential selection, it is worth it to take a moment to step back and consider what has become of “our national conversation.” First, one must ask who is facilitating this conversation. As a mix of bloggers, bloviators, broadcasters, commentators and journalists proliferate our airwaves we are as likely to be hearing the same thing over and over again (normally the things that we like hearing) without any clear end goal. Second, without a clear facilitator it makes sense that few of us ever really know what precisely is being discussed. This is not so much a result of any ignorance on our part with the issues themselves, but rather it’s that far too many of us have been convinced to think that certain things are non-issues. We can not move the conversation forward because we remain steadfast in our belief that the opposing side does not have a point, which of course suggests that the conversation in itself may be pointless.
As we continue casting votes with our remotes in preparation of casting our ballots, it’s well worth remembering that what happens now goes well beyond election day. The person we elect will play a role in not only shaping our foreign and domestic policy, but setting the standard for how we choose to engage each other. Frighteningly enough, they will likely do this by following our lead. Therefore it’s imperative that we learn sooner rather than later, what indeed is “our national conversation.”
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