Best, Joe Dear Joe, While I miss la gloire, comme on dit, of not having been tested in physical combat, I take pleasure that those of our persuasion – if indeed we are persuaded!
Certainty requires that we know something to be true, to be what it is, that we are persuaded that it is what we know it to be, and that we have an adequate reason for our persuasion.
It's for people of our persuasion.
"Our voting persuasions, or our positions within the Labour party, are nothing to do with what happened that night and the next day when what we asked for didn't happen.
Or, do our political persuasions affect our personality type?
Chris Mooney, author of "The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science--and Reality," thinks our personalities (more than our ideologies) shape our political persuasions.
This new adaptation seems to have been composed using refrigerator magnets stamped with corporate lingo: "transactional proficiency," "tangible interface," "relational longevity," "continuum of opportunities," "interpersonal futility," and "our faith persuasion".
"Regardless of our political persuasions and perspectives, I know that all of us serve because we believe that we can make America for future generations," he said.
In Memphis, Tenn., we laid aside our vegetarian persuasions for barbecue, then cried in spite of ourselves at Graceland.
So the hosts chat with their like-minded guest panelists (a new gig for old pols), spew off-the-cuff opinions, and pander to our political persuasions: Fox for red, MSNBC for blue.
It also means that our final GOTV operation and our final persuasion of undecided voters' efforts are very much aligned.
