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To: Alighieri who wrote (428599)	10/20/2008 3:35:41 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1570409

I think the (R)'s have badly misjudged where the "center" of the country is these days, post-Bush. They still claim it's "center-right", but if you don't know where the center is, what does that mean?

To: Alighieri who wrote (428599)	10/20/2008 5:21:49 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1570409

he's had to back off the issue of immigration reform... he's had to change his position on bush's tax cuts These are "extreme" positions? I mean, I can understand anyone disgreeing with someone over these issues. But they are not, by any reasonable measure, "extreme". If you are just going to list issues that you disagree about, fine -- but neither McCain's nor Bush's positions here are extreme. Here are some EXTREME positions: - Advocacy of throwing out the best health care system in the world in favor of a Canadian-styled socialized medicine system (one which has failed, I might add); - Advocacy of partial birth abortion, or worse, allowing children resulting from botched abortions to just die from a lack of medical attention; - Advocacy of redistribution of wealth in America, where capitalism has been the foundational premise for 300 years; - Support for judicial activism which includes a litmus test for abortion rights; - Claims that involve a sitting president meeting directly with heads of rogue states without precondition; - Taking money from successful businesses to give to those who haven't earned it; - The desire to ban handguns in direct opposition to the 2nd Amendment. The list could easily go on. The point is that Obama's positions are far, far more extreme than anything McCain has done in his campaign. The reality is that Obama will fundamentally change this country toward a European socialism model and that is not what most Americans would consider to be moderate.