>>>>If you said security, entitlements, healthcare, preserving life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness you're WAY off.
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>>>>http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/nyc-mayor-bloomberg-government-s-highest-duty-push-healthy-foods
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>>>>If only Mr. Bloomberg was around some 234 years ago we could've avoided this whole obesity "epidemic". But for the lack of the heavy hand of the nanny-state goes yet another doughnut down another engorged throat.
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>>>Calm down, calm down - it's just hyperbole. Next week the "highest duty" will be something else.
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>>>Politicians have many different "highest duties", because they have many different voters, and they're trying to appeal to all of them.
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>>They are constantly in touch with what "the American people" want ;-) "The American people don't want that. What the American people want is....." How many times have we heard that from politicians?
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>Now really - poor politicians getting flak every time.
>And when they are really trying to get in touch with the base,
>they have more problems, as Weinergate proved...

At least in the U.S., they would rather gnaw off their own arms than admit outright that they are targeting the base with their remarks. Only the scum in the other party stoop that low <g>. Instead they claim to be speaking to both sides of the aisle, those with whom we have reasonable disagreements on certain issues, all Americans, and so on.