Robert Reich to DU “we cannot allow ourselves to be lulled into either complacency or cynicism" [View all]

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Robert Reich to progressives: “we cannot allow ourselves to be lulled into either complacency or cynicism”
Posted on June 20, 2012

“I think the cost of a Romney administration is so huge, even if it would generate more public outrage, that I would say, let’s all get behind Obama for a second term; let’s make sure… we have a Democratic Congress; but let’s understand that’s just the beginning of our task. We’ve got to make them move in a progressive direction. It’s just like 1936, when Franklin D. Roosevelt was running for re-election and somebody said to him, “Mr. President, if you’re re-elected, I want you to do this and this and this and this.” And he said, “Ma’am, I want to do all these things, but if I am re-elected, you must make me do them.” This is what Democracy Now! is all about. Democracy is a practice. It’s a living form of ongoing citizen engagement. And we cannot allow ourselves to be lulled into either complacency or cynicism.”

http://my.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-career-within-you/201206/obama-ows-and-robert-reich