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A disconnect between leaders, citizenry.

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From: Blade (Toledo, OH)
Date: 20060106
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Byline: Marilou Johanek

Jan. 6--THOMAS Carlyle once said, "In the long run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government." If the 19th-century British writer meant we're no better than the leaders we send to Washington who become hopelessly intoxicated with the trappings of power and abuse the privilege of elected office, I believe the Brit misspoke. The vast expanse of this hard-working nation is head and shoulders above most of the ruling politicos at the highest reaches of government who ...

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