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Originally Posted by smooth
just to support some of my contention: how did all of them get passed with republican support? are all of them centrists now? in fact, much reporting has uncovered the centrist republicans who were strongarmed by the administration to approve questionable bills.
the dems passing things like the patriot act make it centrist? please. they were already being chastised as liberal pansies, traitors, weak on defense, & etc. voting against things that sound so patriotric (the 'PATRIOT' act? why is it patriotic, has anyone bothered examing that? note: it's an acronym! for fuck's sake) would have been political suicide.
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You have failed to convince me that because the dems were strong armed or the republicans voted for the legislation that it far right wing extremist in nature.
The fact remains, education was further federalized, and the largest entitlement in a generation was enacted. and protectionist trade policies were persued. These are left of center ideals. Democrats and the left might not like the spirit or even the letter of these things, most likely because they were beaten to it, but they are NOT, to be sure, RIGHT WING POLICIES. Not by a long shot.
Not to mention the restrictions on ordinary citizens political speech. Speech codes and 1st ammendment limitations are decidedly left of center.
Please don't confuse me with affiliation to any particular party. I don't care who voted for what, from what party they emerged, or how they were pressured to do so. It is irrelevant to this discussion.
I continue to maintain that Bush will persue additional centrist policies, which includes banning gay marriage.
-bear