The Essential Emptiness of Broderism
Another vapid column from David Broder that does do one service, it highlights why he is essentially a man with empty thoughts:
The authors write . . . "why worry? Because a healthy civic culture ought to do more than bestir voters; it should build their trust in the nation's political institutions. It is in this respect that, alas, querulous partisanship can become corrosive." As we come to the end of another down-and-dirty campaign, that is the damage we must contemplate. It matters little which party controls Congress if the people think Congress is made up of knaves and rascals, or even of well-intentioned men and women corrupted by special interests and the constant pursuit of campaign cash.
It matter little which party controls Congress writes Broder. Because the problem is NOT Iraq, Katrina, and any Bush disaster you care to name, it is the lack of civility. Heck, his next column should cite Rodney King.
Form over substance is the very essence of Broderism. I am glad he admits it.
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