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John Avlon
Writer
Born:
1973
First
Follows
People
Political
Politics
Think
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Dr. Seuss
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One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.
John Avlon
Patriotism
Confuse
Sign
Partisanship
Always
I'm an independent. I'm a centrist. A new generation is arriving that has grown up with a multiplicity of choice in every aspect of their lives, and yet politics is the last place that they are told that they should be satisfied with a choice between brand A and brand B. It doesn't fit the way they think. It doesn't fit the way they live.
John Avlon
Politics
Generation
Live
Satisfied
Every
Think
Way
Independent
Between
New
New Generation
Arriving
Fit
Up
Brand
Place
Centrist
Choice
Should
Aspect
Multiplicity
Grown
Grown-Up
Lives
Last
If you only take offense when the president of your party is compared to Hitler, then you're part of the problem.
John Avlon
You
Problem
Party
President
Only
Take
Part
Offense
Then
Your
Compared
It's important to remember that Bush Derangement Syndrome on the left - comparing him to Hitler, calling him a terrorist and a tyrant - preceded Obama Derangement Syndrome on the right.
John Avlon
Remember
Important
Syndrome
Tyrant
Obama
Him
Calling
Terrorist
Left
Bush
Comparing
Right
I believe that the far-right and the far-left can be equally insane - but there's no question that in the first years of the Obama administration, the far-right has been far crazier. In part, this comes from parties being out of power - without the responsibility of governing to ground them, the activists and the ideologues take over.
John Avlon
Responsibility
Power
First
Believe
Insane
Out
Has-Been
Obama
Administration
Obama Administration
No Question
Take
Part
Over
Parties
Ideologues
Equally
Without
Governing
Been
Years
Question
Being
Crazier
Them
Far
Ground
Activists
The American people are smart. They've gotten sick of the predictable hyperpartisan talking points and canned anger.
John Avlon
Anger
People
Smart
Sick
Points
Talking
Gotten
American
Canned
Predictable
American People
Politics follows the lines of physics: every action creates an equal and opposite reaction.
John Avlon
Politics
Physics
Action
Every
Follows
Equal
Reaction
Opposite
Lines
Creates
When people tap into this politics of resentment, it usually ends ugly.
John Avlon
Politics
People
Ugly
Tap
Ends
Resentment
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