[quote=poorgradstudent][quote=markmax33]There’s nothing moderate about the Republicans or Obama. They are all extreme at this point. Obama won the noble peace prize and is dropping bombs, or warring in 6 countries right now. 3 of them or more are new under his watch. Our debt is extreme. They are all the same, and don’t even moderate-ly consider the constitution before making decisions.[/quote]
I shouldn’t take the bait, but here goes:
“Moderate” is defined by the political positions of the voters of a given country. In the US, Obama is a moderate leftist, but in Canada the same positions would make him a moderate rightwinger. A “moderate” Iraqi politician would almost certainly be a far, far rightwinger in the US. In 2012 the policies Ronald Reagan enacted would be called moderate and he would be a “RINO”, although compared to the overall voting electorate he still would be right of center overall.
Admittedly the left-right continuum is rather simplistic at times. It can be useful to split support of social freedoms and support of liberal markets into two separate categories. Obama and Romney are still both moderate left and right wingers respectively on those issues, falling neatly into the “classic” Democrat/Republican divide. Gingrich and Paul are more extreme on economic issues, both generally believing free markets fix everything. Santorum by far is the most against social liberty of the Republicans but closer to Obama on economic issues (although still right of center). Obama by far a bigger supporter of social liberty and social freedom than the Republicans.
You’re entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts. If everyone else looks like an extremist to you, you’re probably looking at everyone else from a far extreme position.[/quote]
