Comments on: The Middle…Victorious http://donklephant.com/2006/11/09/the-middlevictorious/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:59:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: amba http://donklephant.com/2006/11/09/the-middlevictorious/comment-page-1/#comment-103376 amba Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:03:31 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/09/the-middlevictorious/#comment-103376 <i>The center in America is not centrist; it’s solidly conservative.</i> Well, yes; it might look that way from the left. Hey Justin, <a href="http://ambivablog.typepad.com/ambivablog/2006/11/bull_moose_a_bi.html" rel="nofollow">I weighed in on this too!</a> Go visualize the angry red and blue faces with the elusive grail of common sense in between them. Now you see it, now you don't. (It'll make sense when you see the post.) The center in America is not centrist; it’s solidly conservative.

Well, yes; it might look that way from the left.

Hey Justin, I weighed in on this too! Go visualize the angry red and blue faces with the elusive grail of common sense in between them. Now you see it, now you don’t. (It’ll make sense when you see the post.)

]]> By: jake3_14 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/09/the-middlevictorious/comment-page-1/#comment-103184 jake3_14 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:25:24 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/09/the-middlevictorious/#comment-103184 If the country's so danged moderate, why is Bob Casey (PA,who defeated Rick Santorum) anti-abortion? Why is Jim Webb (VA, who defeated George Allen) a former Republican who once said that seeing Clinton salute the troops infuriated him? Where's the moderation? And what of the 250 representatives and 65 senators who voted for the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which revokes the *900-year-old* tradition of the right to appear in court for enemy combatants? Where's the moderation? The center in America is not centrist; it's solidly conservative. If the country’s so danged moderate, why is Bob Casey (PA,who defeated Rick Santorum) anti-abortion? Why is Jim Webb (VA, who defeated George Allen) a former Republican who once said that seeing Clinton salute the troops infuriated him? Where’s the moderation?

And what of the 250 representatives and 65 senators who voted for the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which revokes the *900-year-old* tradition of the right to appear in court for enemy combatants? Where’s the moderation?

The center in America is not centrist; it’s solidly conservative.

]]> By: wj http://donklephant.com/2006/11/09/the-middlevictorious/comment-page-1/#comment-103159 wj Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:35:56 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/09/the-middlevictorious/#comment-103159 As they said last weekend when Miami was upsetting the Bears: "That's why they play the games." As they said last weekend when Miami was upsetting the Bears: “That’s why they play the games.”

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2006/11/09/the-middlevictorious/comment-page-1/#comment-103121 Justin Gardner Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:34:36 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/09/the-middlevictorious/#comment-103121 <blockquote>Rather supports the view that being centerist is political wisdom, doesn’t it?</blockquote> ...and all it took was an election.

Rather supports the view that being centerist is political wisdom, doesn’t it?

…and all it took was an election.

]]> By: Polimom Says » An American ship with the wind in its sails http://donklephant.com/2006/11/09/the-middlevictorious/comment-page-1/#comment-102844 Polimom Says » An American ship with the wind in its sails Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:16:15 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/09/the-middlevictorious/#comment-102844 [...] It’s a free choice, as it should be. This moderate, thoroughly fed-up-with-everybody party-boat may not be for you. In fact, if you’re a hard-core partisan wedded to ideological purity, you’ll find this ship’s ideas a bit strange, because here, you’ll be expected to listen to others — to look for mutual solutions to common problems. Yes, it’s an alien approach… but clearly, this president is working to absorb the message: But he looked forward rather than back. “The message yesterday was clear: The American people want their leaders in Washington to set aside partisan differences, conduct ourselves in an ethical manner and work together to address the challenges facing our nation.” [...] [...] It’s a free choice, as it should be. This moderate, thoroughly fed-up-with-everybody party-boat may not be for you. In fact, if you’re a hard-core partisan wedded to ideological purity, you’ll find this ship’s ideas a bit strange, because here, you’ll be expected to listen to others — to look for mutual solutions to common problems. Yes, it’s an alien approach… but clearly, this president is working to absorb the message: But he looked forward rather than back. “The message yesterday was clear: The American people want their leaders in Washington to set aside partisan differences, conduct ourselves in an ethical manner and work together to address the challenges facing our nation.” [...]

]]> By: wj http://donklephant.com/2006/11/09/the-middlevictorious/comment-page-1/#comment-102790 wj Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:07:40 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/11/09/the-middlevictorious/#comment-102790 Interesting parallel between Clinton and Schwarzenegger at the beginning of their terms: They were both elected as centerists (compared to most of the people that their parties had put up recently). Both moved towards their party's base shortly after getting in . . . and paid for it. Both had the wit to move back to the center, and were rewarded for it. Rather supports the view that being centerist is political wisdom, doesn't it? Interesting parallel between Clinton and Schwarzenegger at the beginning of their terms: They were both elected as centerists (compared to most of the people that their parties had put up recently). Both moved towards their party’s base shortly after getting in . . . and paid for it. Both had the wit to move back to the center, and were rewarded for it.

Rather supports the view that being centerist is political wisdom, doesn’t it?

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