You make a good point. Mimicry is certainly is a natural tendency--is a survival mechanism, in fact.
Perhaps I'm overstating it, but benign--even instintive--cause on the one hand doesn't preclude malignant motivation on the other. IMO the clintons view us as idiots. I don't think Bush comes from that place. (If his PR is to be believed, he want others to view HIM as the idiot.) ;)
As I've often said, the clintons' fundamental error is that they are too arrogant and dim-witted to understand that the demagogic process in this fiberoptic age isn't about counting spun heads; it's about not discounting circumambient brains.
instinctive