Today's Wall Street Journal is making the same point I have been making on this blog since it began:
President Obama's policy differences with Republicans (and theirs with him) are few. Of course, their rhetoric is different, but rhetoric is not policy.
Democrats and Republicans are like Coke and Pepsi: they spend a lot of effort marketing their purported distinctions, while the chemists (like me) say that they are producing almost exactly the same product.
Oct 20 2008: "Do not Read This Until Nov 5"
Oct 21 2008: "The Rhetorical Gap far Exceeds the Policy Gap: Further Evidence and Interpretation"
Jan 5 2009: "Flashback: The Rhetorical Gap far Exceeds the Policy Gap"
Jan 26 2010: "Flashback to 2008: The Rhetorical Gap far Exceeds the Policy Gap"
Today's example is about terrorism policy, one of the areas where the D-R rhetorical gap is especially large.
President Obama's policy differences with Republicans (and theirs with him) are few. Of course, their rhetoric is different, but rhetoric is not policy.
Democrats and Republicans are like Coke and Pepsi: they spend a lot of effort marketing their purported distinctions, while the chemists (like me) say that they are producing almost exactly the same product.
Oct 20 2008: "Do not Read This Until Nov 5"
Oct 21 2008: "The Rhetorical Gap far Exceeds the Policy Gap: Further Evidence and Interpretation"
Jan 5 2009: "Flashback: The Rhetorical Gap far Exceeds the Policy Gap"
Jan 26 2010: "Flashback to 2008: The Rhetorical Gap far Exceeds the Policy Gap"
Today's example is about terrorism policy, one of the areas where the D-R rhetorical gap is especially large.
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