> This is some excerpts of the column that ran yesterday. I detected a
> tone of condescension, and felt compelled to e-mail a response, which
> appears below the excerpts. If you want to read the whole column and
> click the link, you'll probably be taken to a registration page,
> though it is free.
>
> ". . . The belief that official Washington is deaf to the people's
> wishes is a staple of political rhetoric for both Republicans and
> Democrats -- even those, including Thompson, who have operated inside
> the Beltway for decades."
>
> "Let a reporter who is not running for anything suggest that exactly
> the opposite may be true: A particularly virulent strain of populism
> has made official Washington altogether too responsive to public
> opinion."
>
> "From Aristotle to Edmund Burke, philosophers have written of the
> healthy tension that normally exists between the understanding and
> strategies of leaders and the sentiments and opinions of their ...

> On Jul 6, 9:12 am, Mike gmail.com> wrote:

>> This is some excerpts of the column that ran yesterday. I detected a
>> tone of condescension, and felt compelled to e-mail a response, which
>> appears below the excerpts. If you want to read the whole column and
>> click the link, you'll probably be taken to a registration page,
>> though it is free.
>>
>> ". . . The belief that official Washington is deaf to the people's
>> wishes is a staple of political rhetoric for both Republicans and
>> Democrats -- even those, including Thompson, who have operated inside
>> the Beltway for decades."
>>
>> "Let a reporter who is not running for anything suggest that exactly
>> the opposite may be true: A particularly virulent strain of populism
>> has made official Washington altogether too responsive to public ...