[MD] Spin word of the day: pragmatist

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Greetings,

I'm always interested in the new word of the  day.  The newest 
political alphabet soup has choked up the word  'pragmatist'.  The 
newly elected congress members are being described  not as 
conservative or moderate democrats, but as pragmatists.    I've heard 
Robert Gates described as a pragmatist.   I've heard  the word too 
many times in the last 36 hours to be just a  coincidence.

Marsha

Mark 9-11-06: Hello Marsha.
Introducing pragmatism in this context implies the opponent does not  support 
pragmatism.
This further implies the opponent is wasteful in terms of that which is not  
useful.
The message may be that a War in Iraq is not useful.
 
I should like to note something which has been concerning me during the US  
mid-term elections: The Democrats may push to extricate US forces from Iraq at  
precisely the moment Iraq is about to collapse into all out civil war.
We could be about to witness a disaster.
I hope those with influence involve the UN as soon as possible.
Love,
Mark