It Seems To Me That

I Am Very Proud Of The Role I Played In Getting Legal Equality For People Who Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual And Transgender, And In Helping Get Rid Of The Prejudice By Being Visible About It, Helping To Block The Conviction Of Bill Clinton Of Impeachment.

Conservatives Believe That From The Standpoint Of The Federal Government, Life Begins At Conception And Ends At Birth.

They Appear To Have Become So Attached To Their Outrage That They Are Even More Outraged That They Won't Be Able To Be Outraged Anymore.

Trying To Avert Foreclosures, Once You Can't Just Force The Banks To Do It As A Condition Of Getting Aid, Means That You Have To Put Some Public Money Into It Or You Have To Do Other Things That Are Politically Unpopular. From The Macroeconomic Standpoint There Is Overwhelming Need To Help People Reduce What They Owe So That We Don't Get The Foreclosures And We Don't Get People Kicked Out Of Their Homes. On The Other Hand, There Is Great Resistance Politically To Helping People, Not All Of Whom Would Be Worth Recipients Of The Help.

The Most Active People In The Country Know Different Things, And Because Each One Tends To Hear Mostly And Deal Mostly With People With Whom They Agree, They Are Reinforced Not Simply In The Conviction That They Are Right, Which Is Totally Appropriate, But That They Are The Majority. So You Have Both Sides, The Left And The Right, Thinking That The Majority Of The Country Is Really With Them.