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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nichols who wrote (379)	11/4/2000 8:20:41 PM
From: Cisco	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

That is why this is a moderated thread, to keep those type on some of the other political threads! Political junkies like myself just enjoy the horse race. I looking forward to staying up all night.<g> Unfortunately politics like religion has a subgroup of those who hate all those with differing opinions. I sometimes like to rub in my political beliefs such as I did with my profile. But there is no place for hate!

To: Nichols who wrote (379)	11/4/2000 8:42:19 PM
From: TraderGreg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Nichols--Here is a repost of a post I put on an RB thread: I believe one of the reasons that the two Political Parties today hate each other so much is this. Each party defines the other by the most extreme members of that party. Republicans hate Democrats because they think all of them are leftist, gay, tree hugging, big spending liberals who will advocate abolishment of all firearms, abort every pregnancy, promote pornography, etc etc. Democrats hate Republicans because they think all of them are religious fanatics, censors of thoughts and pictures and behavior, fat cat corporate types out to bleed the consumer and pollute every field and stream while peppering the land with assault weapons. In fact, I wll go so far as to say that many people belong to each party not because of what that party believes but more because of what they think the other party stands for. The fact is that most people in both parties do not fit the opposing party's description of them. Believe it or not, most people(though they won't admit it) are like Jesse Ventura. He claims to be smack dab in the middle of the road. Having heard his beliefs, I agree with him. And that is probably how he got elected governor. Unfortunately, the extremes in each party yell pretty loud and carry some influence, but not overwhelming influence over their party. They do serve to define those parties however, in the eyes of the other party. The religious right backed Reagan, but he didn't push through a school prayer requirement, nor did one woman get denied an abortion. Nixon, the most vehement anti-Communist, opened the doors to China and detente with the old Soviet Union. He even added a new govt agency, the EPA!! While elder Bush appointed Scalia and Thomas, he also appointed David Souter to the Court. The extreme left backed Clinton, but he oversaw the biggest overhaul in the welfare system in history and reduced the rate of spending increases well below prior Democratic and Republican administrations. My point is this. Notwithstanding the extreme members of each party, the President that gets elected invariably tends to govern towards the middle. In statistics, we call that Regression to the Mean. That is why we have recently adopted the approach of letting one party control the White House while the other controls Congress. It is a prescription that I believe in as well. So, rest easy everyone. Even if your guy or my guy doesn't win, all will still be well. I think<g> TG