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Originally Posted by joshgirls
True dat. Obama is not anywhere near a socialist. He is not touching gun control, & the only companies the govt are controlling are the ones that begged him to save their asses. He has not nationalized a single industry. & his tax increases are mostly on the rich (except for energy policy)
this is exactly my point. Right wing thinking abuses words like socialist, marxist, calling abortion murders etc. I cant be associated with this crap.
I guess my mind is made up. Libertarian? Ron Paul? Not sure where to go. I just know where i am leaving.
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I am a moderate too... I AM a Democrat... but a moderate one. I can't associate myself with a party like the GOP who will stand on the floor of the senate/house and tell straight up lies (strong mis-characterizations at minimum) about legislation or policies (like the $40 million for mice lie)... I have NEVER seen a Democrat do that... seriously. I don't support the Death Penalty without conclusive and irrefutable evidence... just because there have been over 100 people exonerated in the last 2 decades that were sitting on Death Row. I don't really support a gun ban... I think it makes alot more sense to regulate the ammunition for assault weapons then to ban the weapons... because banning the weapons doesn't keep criminals from having them. If we came up with a common sense way to trace where the bullets came from (like stamping the shell casings with a serial number) that would make more sense.
That said... I can't stand the extreme left wingers either... and they are just as crazy about Obama's positions as the right... just for different reasons.