We are a Center-Right country.

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WULFENSTAR

Thursday, July 8, 2010 2:46 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/07/avlon.independent.voters/index.h
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1. The progs here can't spin this article (Fauxnoise ect) Its from CNN, a mostly liberal news source.

2. If the Repubs win, they better not be the batshit insane group they have been. I would prefer mostly Independants, and Libertarians... but almost anything would be better than what is there now. (Yes, Obamacare crushed the Dems)

NIKI2

Thursday, July 8, 2010 5:00 PM

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We are a Center-Right country

This is news? To whom exactly?

I love it when "it's gotta be valid because CNN said it, and they're left-wing MSM", but another article would be trashed for the same reason as being pure propaganda. Nice RWA, file-cabinet reactions.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
signing off

BYTEMITE

Thursday, July 8, 2010 5:04 PM

Wulf, this is an editorial. See that tag line at the top that says "commentary?" Notice that the section of CNN online it appears in is the "OPINION" section in your URL?

I don't disagree with your statement. I don't think even left wing people would disagree with your statement. But an opinion article is not a credible news source. I hope you realize that.

WULFENSTAR

Thursday, July 8, 2010 5:09 PM

I know full well its an op-ed piece. But to see something on CNN like that? IMHO CNN is just liberal lite.

And being Cneter Right is not a bad thing, as much as some here might think so. COnservative, republic, with some leanings towards liberalism is well and good.

Its when you go too far one way or the other that things get awful. Right now, we are waaaaay to far left. Before we were waaaay to far right.

Honestly, we need a new path. Libertarian, republic, would be nice.

MAGONSDAUGHTER

Friday, July 9, 2010 12:15 AM

Not exactly news worthy. I'd also say that under Bush, you had tipped a lot further right than centre.

DREAMTROVE

Friday, July 9, 2010 1:18 AM

Left right is relative, but I'm going to agree with Niki. So yes, that means america is somewhere around me, how nice. Thing is that I don't spend the way america does, and I don't imagine the folks on the left do either... I don't invade my neighbors either, or the people halfway across town.

CHRISISALL

Friday, July 9, 2010 1:47 AM

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Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
Not exactly news worthy. I'd also say that under Bush, you had tipped a lot further right than centre.

And it's taking SOOOOO long to swing back. Like it ever will. Fear & hate will be forever played to prevent it IMO. Even with the Obamanator leading us (the far-left socialista that he's painted as, by the neo-center tea-bagging re-labled NeoCons).

The laughing Chrisisall

DREAMTROVE

Friday, July 9, 2010 12:54 PM

Chris

I disagree. Obama is pretty left wing. It's just that folks on the left have decided that authoritarianism and corporatism is right wing because they don't like it, and so when a lot of stuff that they don't like comes with a democrat, they think it's right wing.

There's nothing particularly left wing about a peace platform or civil liberties. At the moment Michael Steele seems more on board with both ideas than does Howard Dean. As far as big spending social programs public works and stuff that's just generally left wing, Obama is fairly down with all of that.

KWICKO

Friday, July 9, 2010 12:59 PM

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Originally posted by dreamtrove:
Chris

I disagree. Obama is pretty left wing. It's just that folks on the left have decided that authoritarianism and corporatism is right wing because they don't like it, and so when a lot of stuff that they don't like comes with a democrat, they think it's right wing.

There's nothing particularly left wing about a peace platform or civil liberties. At the moment Michael Steele seems more on board with both ideas than does Howard Dean. As far as big spending social programs public works and stuff that's just generally left wing, Obama is fairly down with all of that.

So Obama's a hard-left socialist (according to just about every con and neocon here), and a huge majority of voters voted hard left in '08.

Sounds to me like maybe we're more a center-LEFT country than righties are comfortable with. :)

JONGSSTRAW

Friday, July 9, 2010 1:06 PM

Gallup Poll has conducted the same poll for the last 20+ years. It has consistenly shown:

40% call themselves Conservative
40% call themselves Independent
20% call themselves Liberal

The most recent one showed the Conservative number rising a bit to 42%. Obama knew this, that's why he campaigned as a Moderate. But now, Obama and his team feel invincible; after all they defeated Hillary, they defeated McCain, and won the White House. That's pretty impressive, so they're confident they can't be hurt by rolling out more and more radical policies in full view for all of America to see. Independents decide everything, and apparently now more than half of Independents say they will vote Republican this November. Personally, I'll believe it when I see it.

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