Not sure why you're trying so hard to define something that's not real. You don't get to the center by answering questions a certain way. I'm on the left on some issues and on the right on others, that doesn't put me in the center.
What's being said here is McCain agrees with the democrat side of the isle as often as the republican side. That doesn't mean he's in the center because it's not real. It means he appeals to more people because they agree with him on at least some issues. A good example is the border issue. He angered many right fringe of the party and pleased most on the left. That doesn't put him in the center put it does put him at odds with one side and in good standing with the other. As for Obama, he himself said in 2005 he wants to push progressivism, today he's changing his tax plan daily to please the masses. Before the nomination his run was based on ending war, now he's pushing for a broader war in Afghanistan and a new war in Pakistan. Also he never voted against the democrats, never challenged a democrat, even claims he sent a letter about Fannie/Freddie years ago but never said a word in the senate and voted against oversights. That's a man that is always to the left, never to the right so he can only ever represent half of the so-called center, while McCain can appeal to all of the center at different times. Redistribution of wealth, a key principle of progressivism, is a far left item and he seems to support that but kind of denies it publicly. That's what is meant by being to the left but trying to appeal to the center. On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps I'm not making myself clear. People spend a lot of time > talking about "the center" without really defining it. You seem to be > defining the center as something that is to the left of the very right > and to the right of the very left, though because you are a breed of > conservative yourself, you more often define it in terms of the right. > Which is quite understandable. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278009 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
