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March 22, 2025

Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can formally muster.

James Harvey Robinson (1863-1936), American historian, The Human Comedy (1937), Jay p.307

What sort of a campaigner are you? Are you seized of the pressing issues, or do you prefer to distract attention from them? Do you answer the questions asked of you or simply repeat a “canned” response? Does anyone notice?

Kim Campbell, the first female prime minister of Canada, was right when she said a 47-day-long election campaign (Imagine a campaign of only 47 days!) was not enough time to reconsider the nation’s social programs. But she was wrong to say so.


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