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Political Metaphors

If George H. W. Bush represented Republican thought when he spoke of his quest for �a thousand points of light� then my political metaphor magnifies his. The Republicans are indeed like a thousand points of light, a thousand stars in the sky � each rich man on his big estate twinkles alone, giving off no heat or light, sharing nothing with the rest of the world. But in the Democratic universe, the sense is we stars must join as one and together not only will we give off a great deal of warmth and energy but all will benefit from these pooled resources, those who have much and those who have little.

Here endeth my 6th blog entry