Re: [RC] No Labels

[David R. Block]

I have seen the "No Label" thing on the web in the last couple of days. Mike McKinnon (sp?), a Democratic strategist from Austin, is one of the proponents. So that has me wondering if these are non-progressive Democrats or what? And I hate to break it to them, but "No Label" is itself a label. That pegged the ole irony meter. David "There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as "caring" and "sensitive" because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to try to do good with other people's money. Well, who isn't? And a voter who takes pride in supporting such programs is telling us that he'll do good with his own money -- if a gun is held to his head."--P. J. O'Rourke On 12/14/2010 4:06 AM, bil...@aol.com wrote: Attention : Anyone here ever watch PBS News ?  Big splash today about a brand new group calling itself " No Labels."  The phrase "Radical Centrist"  or "Radical Centrism" was used at least 2 or 3 times in the TV interview.   Not much info on their site, but they are really new, so I guess there will be more in the days ahead.   The interview mentioned several Congressmen and Senators who are in the RC camp, as we might characterize them. This is bipartisan, both Ds and Rs. But the interview included remarks about Indies.   Could be important.   Discussion  might be a good idea so that maybe we can come up with ideas to deal ourselves in.   Billy     ==========================================================   from the site : No Labels   MORE THAN 1000 AMERICANS FROM ALL 50 STATES CHECK PRECONDITIONS AT THE DOOR More than 1000 people are gathering this morning in New York City at the founders meeting of No Labels.  Republicans, Democrats and Independents – from many backgrounds and all 50 states—who are concerned about the excessive polarization and hyper-partisanship of American politics, are coming together to ask their leaders to put the labels aside and do what’s best for America. We are united by a commitment to encourage our leaders to work together and develop practical solutions to our nation’s problems.  Today is just the beginning.  No Labels will create a space where ideas can be judged on their merits, not their conformity to pre-fabricated stereotypes.  It is the creation of a new voice—one that has been missing from the current political system, a counterweight to ideological extremes. Today’s event will feature citizens, civic leaders, politicians, academics, business leaders and college students from over 90 different universities. The event will be live streaming from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm EST on NoLabels.org (direct link to the live stream -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org