RE: The further you get from the political centre the more lies you encounter.
September 14, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Quote:centrist politicians from both parties should desert
Centrist politicians have been driven out of the republican party. In various primaries anyone who ( shudder ) "co-operated" with democrats was denounced as a traitor to party dogma.
One example.
http://host-53.242.54.159.gannett.com/ne...OP-primary
Quote:But Lugar's moderation in both his rhetoric and voting record finally caught up with him. Conservatives in and out of Indiana have chafed at his willingness to work with the Obama administration - a common theme in the campaign ads attacking his record.