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Skriven 2006-08-22 21:35:00 av Robert E Starr JR (7136.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: My presidential pick
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On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:16:42 -0700, "Vorlonagent"
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>"Wendy of NJ" <voxwoman@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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>>>long time lurker here.  (hope you don't mind me jumping into the
>>>conversation at your post wendy)
>>>
>>>is bringing the republican (and the democratic, for that matter) party
>>>back to center really necessary?
>>
>> I think so. But I'm left of center, so the far right sort of scares
>> the hell out of me.
>
>I agree that a centerward pull is needed and I'm right-leaning.

Well I'm actually in the lower left quadrant of that political compass
thingy online (measures more than just "liberal/conservative" factors,
and provides a more accurate measure of where you really sit on the
political plane).  http://www.politicalcompass.org/  

If you have taken it before, they've changed some questions recently
(I think). And it's interesting to see if your attitude changes over
time. Mine's been pretty stable; I may have gotten slightly more
libertarian as I age.

I have a feeling that you are on the lower right axis (economic right
and social libertarian).

>
>When we're at each other's throats just because of our political 
>differences, there's something very, very wrong.  And with both parties 
>pulling toward worse and worse extremes, our ability to compromise for the 
>good of the nation is itself compromised.
>
>I don't share Wendy's apprehension toward the extreme Right.  

Well, let's just say that as the grandchild of refugees (and as
someone whose family tree got severely pruned during one of the
genocides of the 20th century), I am very wary of people who want to
force me to behave or believe in a certain way.

>Nor am I 
>particularly scared of the extreme Left.  No matter the ambitions of its 
>component people, the Left's gone as far as it can go and is mostly in 
>"rearguard mode" trying to hold onto what it has against a resurgent Right. 
>The Left wants to hold onto everything, but some of it deserves to be rolled 
>back.  That debate--what to roll back--is occurring the the USA's collective 
>subconscious right now.  Because the Right wants to roll back wholesale and 
>some of what it'd like to see gone shouldn't be lost either.
>
>I think some vigilance is in order concering the Extreme Right, however. I 
>have no desire to "christianize" the US.  Everything else is stuff on which 
>resonable people can disagree...even a lot of the christian-driven stuff. 
>Resonable people can disagree on life vs choice and gay marriage.  Indeed 
>they must be able to accept disagreement or the process of hashing out a 
>societal norm is made much more difficult by the all-or-nothing extremists 
>on both sides.
>
>Which brings me back to "doe" I suppose...

Or D'oh!

-Wendy
                                                                               
                                 
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