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bluestate10

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19. You are wrong.

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #6)

Sun Sep 23, 2012, 12:34 AM

Sep 2012

I am almost dead Moderate, maybe a tad left of true center. I want school children to have as nutritious food as I eat and am willing to pay taxes to help with that. What I don't want is to have the tax money pissed away, I want most of every dollar to accomplish it's intended purpose. One of my big issues with the Left isn't the Left's heart, I think that is in exactly the right place, my issue is that the Left appear to want policy and programs without checks on the effectiveness of those programs and modifications from time to time to make those programs work.

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Can somebody explain to me what are moderates and independents? [View all] CheapShotArtist Sep 2012 OP

there are very few moderate positions on a single issue banned from Kos Sep 2012 #1

I think these are people who haven't noticed > mr_hat Sep 2012 #2

You know, I think the real, honest answer to this... Spider Jerusalem Sep 2012 #3

These days a moderate is often daleanime Sep 2012 #4

You can't be more wrong. nt bluestate10 Sep 2012 #14

Well, it's said half in jest... daleanime Sep 2012 #18

I can help you out on that, I think. I'm a liberal Independent. Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #5

I think a moderate libertarian OriginalGeek Sep 2012 #16

I don't agree with one observation you made on Independents. bluestate10 Sep 2012 #17

Maybe. But I agree with Bill Maher on this... Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #24

There is no such thing as moderate. It's code leftstreet Sep 2012 #6

You are so very wrong on both moderates and independents. I'm an independent. Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #7

You couldn't be more wrong about independents. enlightenment Sep 2012 #9

You are wrong. bluestate10 Sep 2012 #19

They are mostly a mythical invention of DINO DLC politicians. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #8

Nothing to do with self-image, Odin, enlightenment Sep 2012 #10

I am a partisan democrat. bluestate10 Sep 2012 #20

Since a few liberasl independents have spoken up - I'll take the other tack. dmallind Sep 2012 #11

I mostly agree with you. bluestate10 Sep 2012 #21

There's no such thing as an independent. Everyone leans one way or the other. craigmatic Sep 2012 #12

I will take a shot. I am a Moderate-Progressive. bluestate10 Sep 2012 #13

Moderate politicians from my experience usually means pro big business or socially conservative or JRLeft Sep 2012 #15

I am Moderate. bluestate10 Sep 2012 #22

I am one nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #23