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Originally Posted by Dutch
Where there people (here and abroad) that weren't one of those two things?  |
I know you used a smiley, but George W. Bush said
I was the enemy, because I opposed the Iraq War. That kind of stuff lingers, you know.
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Originally Posted by Solecismic
I think I'm more-or-less behind Christie at this point. My hopes being that the side of him we saw with the bridge issue could be blamed on staffers.
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You can't be this naive. I'm not sure even core Christie supporters believe this.
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Originally Posted by cuervo72
And, perhaps it's time for a third, moderate party.
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Define "moderate".
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Originally Posted by Solecismic
I think it's going to take a specific personality to create one. Someone with Ross Perot's maverick but not Ross Perot's insanity. I've never voted for a Republican for president - the party is far too socially conservative for me. I'm more Bernie Sanders when it comes to social issues. But I'm to the right of the Republicans when it comes to fiscal issues. Some would say that's Libertarian, but I'm not an isolationist or against school funding, either.
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Wouldn't this be "Rockefeller Republicans", updated for the 21st century? Serious question.
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Of the group out there now, I think Christie is the most likely to figure out a way to get Democrats and Republicans talking again.
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Based on what evidence?