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rendition switcher   Question: How are politicians ideological
hostages?  Kohlrieser: There are a lot of hostages there in
Washington D.C. without a gun to their head. They are hostage to
party ideology, they are hostage to political forces all kinds
of things that do not allow them to truly focus on where we need
to go. And, of course, that confusion stimulates confusion in
the American people. I myself as I read and look at this I say,
“Where is the truth here? Where do we need to go?” And
leadership means somehow bringing people together, and it’s a
very sad state when we cannot get a clear vision where people
see that where going to go. Now, what we do know is negative
does work, fear does work. The brain is oriented, it’s an early
warning system, and it’s natural to look for danger, for pain.
But if you don’t control i