tommyguns2
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- Dec 25, 2010
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I agree that the base of the Dems has moved hard left, and the base of the GOP has moved right, but pushing tea party type ideas aren't new, just a desire to go back to the ideals of the founding fathers who wanted liberty and no taxation w/o representation.
To desire a moderate may not even be a good thing. When you think about it, we've had "moderates in the Oval Office for almost the last 30 years, and the government has steadily grown, while our debt has grown and our liberties have shrunk. With all the unfunded future liabilities, such as social security and medicare, we're in a slow motion train wreck, but a train wreck nevertheless. so I'm not sure I'm crazy about a moderate option either.
To desire a moderate may not even be a good thing. When you think about it, we've had "moderates in the Oval Office for almost the last 30 years, and the government has steadily grown, while our debt has grown and our liberties have shrunk. With all the unfunded future liabilities, such as social security and medicare, we're in a slow motion train wreck, but a train wreck nevertheless. so I'm not sure I'm crazy about a moderate option either.