Re: The G.O.P.'s Empty Stage

On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 10:45 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> >Not sure what the difference is here. "Acting" like a leader is different
> than actually being a >leader?
>
> Uh...yes.  Many times people mistake, say, inspirational personalities or
> "forceful" personalities for having leadership and authority...but it's an
> image-the real quality isn't there.
>

Well, yeah, it's the effect on people that's important. But if someone gets
people to follow them by "acting", that's leading.


>  >Having a leader doesn't mean things are necessarily "great". It means
> you have someone >pointing us in the right direction.
>
> I am not sure Reagan qualifies any more than our current president.  In
> fact, I see many similarities between the two.
>

Funny that you should mention that, as Obama appears to consider Reagan as
something of a role model.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2044579,00.html

It remains to be seen whether Obama will have anything near the affect that
Reagan did.

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