Last night, I watched and listened to podcasts about the primary elections in the U.S. from NBC’s Meet the Press and ABC’s This Week. I was particularly impressed by the civility of U.S. politicians, pondits, and President Clinton himself in discussing the upcoming elections. For example, Newt Gingrich (Clinton’s former nemesis in the House of Representatives) called Bill Clinton the best politician of his generation. He also had good things to say about Hillary. Meanwhile, President Clinton had positive things to say about various Republican candidates. Even Pat Buchanan had a few nice words for Obama.
I got to thinking that in Spain, members of one party (and even journalists who associate with one party) will never say anything remotely positive about anyone from another party. There isn’t even a general notion of respect for former presidents. Then this morning I saw these two pieces of news: Continue reading
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