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Neither party should have absolute power
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008 | 2:02 a.m.
Confident that they will soon control the presidency and the Congress, some Democrats are talking about their agenda. Ignore the budget deficit, more money for stimulus packages, tax the rich to fill the government coffers, revive the fairness doctrine, etc.
Republicans had their turn and messed up big time. Now Americans are about to turn everything over to Democrats and see how that works. It’s too bad Americans cannot see that we are a “centrist” nation, not very far right or very far left.
Most of us are not Republican conservatives or Democratic liberals. We are “moderate” in our beliefs. That should mean that the last thing we ever do is give either one of the major parties complete control of our government.
My hope is that “moderate” Democrats and “moderate” Republicans will be able to successfully stand against the push to the far left I suspect we will see after this election.
My party affiliation is nonpartisan, precisely because neither major party represents my views. That is a sad state of affairs if you think about it.
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Every day Obama is promising more spending and tax cuts.
It is highly likely Obama and the Democrats will generate annual trillion dollar budget deficits.
There are no moderate democrats these days. Nancy Pelosi and the San Fransisco elitist control the House and she says she will set the agenda. Obama owes her his nomination as she made the Super Delegates from the House come out for him before the primaries were over. This is a HARD LEFT turn into Marxism. Remember, the first thing Castro did was close the Casinos. Then he spread the wealth around and destroyed a country. Hugo Chavez is doing the same. Obama is next.