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That change has advantages and disadvantages. The advantages? Greater division means the nation lacks the unity necessary to go on great collective crusades. We simply don't agree about the goals for such a crusade.
A genuine enemy might enable McCain to unite a disparate nation, but few now believe radical Muslims represent a mortal danger. Once Obama stops talking about "a common purpose" and starts governing, he will discover concretely how little Americans have in common.
The nation does need a leader that understands and accepts that Americans need some geographical, political, and cultural distance from one another. America needs, in other words, a president who knows We do not exist.
The Democrats say Obamacare opponents are a mob. Are they right?
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