Name: 【TED】Bob Inglis: American bipartisan politics can be saved -- here's how (American bipartisan politics can be saved -- here's how | Bob Inglis)
Uploaded: 2018-02-09T17:20:37.000Z
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Imagine that you're a member of Congress.

sweating and shivering, depending on the season.

maybe thousands of phone calls to people you don't even know

It's hanging on a door in Washington, DC.

that you represent the people of your state.

Now, imagine you're a conservative member of Congress.

For some of you here in Boston, Massachusetts,

that's going to take a powerful imagination, all right?

that you're a conservative member of Congress.

You've watched Ronald Reagan's farewell address over and over,

he gets to the part about the shining city on the hill,

doors to let in those yearning to breathe free.

You get goosebumps when you think of him telling Mr. Gorbachev

You're a conservative member of Congress,

and you agree with President John F. Kennedy

you go to YouTube and you watch his speech at Rice University,

And you're amazed that he admits in that speech --

a speech of 17 minutes of pure American exceptionalism --

that some of the materials needed for the spacecraft

We're going to the Moon before the decade is out.

that the vows of this nation can be fulfilled

You've taken as your own the affect that he so embodied.

they're saying they believe in the people they represent.

and you believe in the precautionary principle.

You know that climate change is real and human-caused,

One that calls for the greatness of your nation

You are a conservative member of Congress.

that the test of conservatism is that it works for everyone,

You want them to have nothing to do with your brand, your party, your legacy.

You're a conservative member of Congress.

You rise with compassion to protect the lives of the unborn,

but otherwise you think the bedroom of consenting adults

is a rather strange place for the government to be.

that a mob is not able to protect liberty,

And you're amazed at the wisdom that he and other framers had

in establishing a slow, deliberative governing process --

an inherently conservative governing process.

It would grow far greater than they could ever imagine.

You fear the fire of populist nationalism,

because you know that those who play with fire

and you know they're not good building tools.

The pitchforks and torches can tear down and burn up but they can't build up.

They can't build up the institutions and the communities

so necessary to a stable and prosperous country.

and you fear the next county party convention.

You so wish for your party to be the grand opportunity party,

You know that they want to hear from you some old saw

about how a secret Muslim, non-American socialist took over in the White House

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