Saturday, October 02, 2004

There is no such thing as a moderate!

I am sick of hearing (in this election season), about the moderate or undecided voter. Voters pretty much have their minds made up. I believe the real question is whether these "undecideds" will actually decide to vote.

The truth is, there is no such thing as a "moderate" position. People who cross traditional "party lines" such as social liberals and economic conservatives actually have a name: it is libertarian. Social conservatives and Economic Liberals are called "neo-conservatives." The rest is pretty elementary.

The problem is, America (and maybe the world), has an infatuation in being with the majority. People believe that if you believe like everyone else does, you must be a moderate. Given a choice between 1, 2, and 3, and people will choose 2.

The problem is that the majority of citizens in Germany during WWII didn't want to rock the boat either.

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