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I don't think success as a politician (by which I mean successful re-branding, that sort of thing) is any indication of potential success while in office. I don't think the sort of opportunism Palin showed (by switching from a far-right candidate running for mayor of Wasilla to a reform candidate running for Governor) is necessarily a bad thing; all long-term politicians have to do it to a great or lesser extent. But that's not really a record of success. And I'm wondering just what this record of success is supposed to be?
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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