Soundbites - anathema to democracy?

Read my lips - no new soundbites.

Mr.Gorbachev,tear down this wall!

Originally posted by sh76
Nothing is fatally detrimental to democracy! Democracy always lives on!

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Our biggest threat is the feeling there are no threats.

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Originally posted by FMF
Our biggest threat is the feeling there are no threats.

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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Any policy statement ten words long is inherently a soundbite.

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Originally posted by sh76
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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Everyone knew that but Bush and co flourished nevertheless.

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Originally posted by FMF
Everyone knew that but Bush and co flourished nevertheless.

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In the end you get the government you most deserve.

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Originally posted by kmax87
In the end you get the government you most deserve.

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In the end you get the government that's been approved.

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Originally posted by FMF
In the end you get the government that's been approved.

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Every grand conspiracy theory, allows the truth to go begging.

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Originally posted by kmax87
Every grand conspiracy theory, allows the truth to go begging.

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You say conspiracy theory. I say institutional analysis.

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Originally posted by FMF
You say conspiracy theory. I say institutional analysis.

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Spin attempts to transform tea cup prognostication into scientific insight.

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Originally posted by kmax87
Spin attempts to transform tea cup prognostication into scientific insight.

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News Of The Day is a figment of our technological imagination.

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Originally posted by FMF
News Of The Day is a figment of our technological imagination.

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Drop "of the day" and you'll be under ten words.

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Originally posted by kmax87
Every grand conspiracy theory, allows the truth to go begging.

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Out of place commas make soundbites harder to understand.

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Originally posted by sh76
Drop "of the day" and you'll be under ten words.

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I'm a man of few words. My opponent even fewer.

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