This being my first dKos diary entry, I thought I'd take a moment to iterate where I'm coming from before getting on to other things. That is, while I want more equal access to education and healthcare in America, and reaffirmation of the separation of Church and State, even more important is that we ask our elected officials to enable a meritocracy.
By meritocracy, I mean that we resist the temptation to turn the country into our political ideal. That would be no better than what the Republicans did during the Bush presidency. We must do something different - hold the Obama presidency accountable and feel free to question its major decisions. And we must ask for the best policies, conceived by the brightest minds and considering all of the options, in trying to re-invigorate technological innovation, enable equal opportunity to all, and to circumvent the mess that is lobbyism and spin that prevails in politics today.
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