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Entry: A Slogan We Can Believe In Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/a_slogan_we_can_believe_in#31560 Post contents: Prof. Gottfried – I could have been more clear, but I did not mean to suggest that Wilson’s war-mongering occurred in 1920 rather than earlier. What I meant was, the dubious events that were the issue of the 1920 campaign had already occurred (in 1916-19), just as the dubious events that may be the issue of the 2008 campaign have already occurred (starting in about 2002). In other words, both elections turned/may turn on whether past decisions were advisable. I tried to indicate this in the case of the 1920 election (perhaps unsuccessfully) by using the past perfect tense. (“The president of 1920 had done so and so.”) Sent at: 2008 11 20