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Marie McHarry wrote:

> Read Thomas Frank's _What's the Matter With Kansas_. It explains in
> painful detail how the fundamentalist Christians overtook a moderate
> Republican party. 


This country used to be just to the right of center, which gave the 
Republican party an advantage.  Twenty, thirty years ago, the Democrats 
were mid left of center, and I think that is why we have seen more 
Republican presidents than Democrats over that time period.  However, 
today, the Republicans have gone to the radical right, and the Democrats 
have gone to the radical left, and the only ones in the middle are those 
who have failed to keep up with the times...Greens lean left, 
Libertarians lean right, an Independent could be anywhere.   They aren't 
in the middle either.   We've just become so polarized that it is no 
wonder we don't see common ground anymore.

Bev
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“Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to 
hate. Hate leads to suffering.”        Yoda