Editor’s note: Thanks to a regular reader for forwarding this along. Some might recall we had discussed a similar scenario a while ago – between the tea party and the “We are the 99 percent” crowd.
“It was only a living room conversation. But: this living room conversation, earlier in the month, was between two clashing political titans: the co-founder of MoveOn.org, Joan Blades, and the co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, the largest and most authentic of the Tea Party groups, Mark Meckler,” writes Forbes Contributor Ralph Benko. “Neither represented their respective organizations; they were there in their personal capacities only. Tabula rasa, all to the good.
“A great rapport, without compromising principles, developed. Will this prove of importance? One can but consider the observation of the great quantum physicist Niels Bohr: “How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.”
“The meeting between Blades and Meckler just possibly might prove to have explosive long-term political impact. Why? The Washington elites have been, to their own profit, throttling America’s ability to achieve an equitable prosperity. Washington, economically, is thriving. Seven of the 10 most prosperous counties in America, out of 3,000+, surround the nation’s capital.”
The rest of the article is here.
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Nice to hear that people can get together and talk without being jerks to each other……
It’s a good position to work from areas that you have in common, and move onto areas that you do not!
I’ve always maintained that too. Sad there are some that won’t budge even on topics where there is agreement.
I’m not holding my breath.