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To: Lane3 who wrote (50994)	2/29/2008 2:09:21 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543173

Seriously, how would that electoral stance be moderate?l Well, if you consider "moderate" to describe a temperament, then it could not be. But I see it more often used as centrist, mainstream, middle of the road, etc. "Moderate" Republicans are not right wing Reps; "moderate" Democrats are not left wing Dems. If you take that second meaning, a position on a political spectrum, then it's not only conceivable but I suspect we've all seen the moment when someone, ideologically and with great rigidity, insists on the rightness of the middle of the road. And everyone not in it is politically nuts. To paraphrase, a part of the looney left or right.

To: Lane3 who wrote (50994)	2/29/2008 2:17:38 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543173

Seriously, how would that electoral stance be moderate? Remember where looking more for something thats at least vaguely of the center. Moderate tends to be used to mean something more mild, that would avoid lunacy or hate. I think some people who see themselves as being in the center (and are to an extent between the two main political parties on a number of issues) hate the extremes of one side or another or hate people on both extremes. As for lunacy, well as I said before I'll have to try to remember it when I find the next example, but hate is common enough. I'm using extreme here to mean toward one edge of the political spectrum. The problem is that it also is taken as meaning something like the opposite of mild mannered or reasonable. But I don't think you can assume that any idea thats far from the current political center is automatically unreasonable. And people can be mild mannered, or fiery and hostile at any point of the spectrum. "Extreme centrist" might be an oxymoron. Because extreme is often defined as being away from the center. But try "hate filled centrist" (or for the opposite "mild mannered reasonable person with extreme ideas") or perhaps "foolish idea that is roughly in the middle of the political mainstream".