Re: Re: Re: You keep them
Buck wrote:
Moderate republican means fiscally conservative (you know, free market, limited government, lower taxes) along with taking progressive stands on social issues like abortion rights, gay marriage, etc.
Maybe that's your definition, but it's not the one the Democratic Party is going by. It doesn't even really apply to Scozzafava. "Moderate" Republicans who take actual stands on things like tax cuts, deregulation, or cuts in government spending are attacked by Democrats just as hard as "right-wing" Republicans.
"Progressive" means socialist. It's just the latest cover-up term. Stick a socialist and a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus in the same room with no press around and there's damn little if anything they would disagree on.
It's interesting that your definition of a moderate Republican is closer to libertarian than anything else.