American - Journalist | October 13, 1943 -
Politicians in Washington work in a small, sheltered world where they lurch from crisis to crisis that they create, nurture and use as ideological triggers in their selfish pursuit of re-election.
Mike Barnicle
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Political people give speeches and espouse positions declaring that America is the best and strongest nation in the world.
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The United States of America, justifiably and proudly, went to war in Afghanistan in early winter of 2001. The United States invaded Iraq on a false premise in the spring of 2003.
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In Washington, politicians worry about their 'base.' About polls. About ideology. About raising money. About re-election. They measure their future in two- or six-year increments.
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Very few people live in the same house they move into when they're married or the same neighborhood when they're married. Very few people certainly live in the neighborhood they grew up in.
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The refurbishing and rebuilding of Fenway Park since 2001 has created a new urban neighborhood in Boston.
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You can have a wedding at Fenway Park.
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The first time I went to Fenway Park was probably 1950. It was the early '50s, and it was my father taking me to the game.
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You used to be able to identify Sox fans in Yankee Stadium. They sat, slump-shouldered, with the same panicked expectation nervous motorists have looking in the rearview mirror at the 16-wheeler behind them on Interstate 95 near New Haven.
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