Moderate Republicans: An Endangered Species

When the first few Tea Parties started popping up across the country, they were nothing more than a fringe offshoot of the GOP. Unfortunately, Republican leaders decided to join forces with this fringe, pushing their party as far to the right as possible, and casting out any Republican politician who refused to pander to Party's fringe. As a result, we're left with a Republican Party that is so out of touch with society that they are doing serious harm to our country. Mike Papantonio discusses the GOP's continuing crusade to purge the Party of its remaining moderate voices with John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation Magazine.

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[xaviqaz]

@MarmaladeINFP I meant big cities, sorry. Most americans live in suburban areas. Not a racist nor a troll.

[MarmaladeINFP]

@xaviqaz Most Americans live in large urban areas. What exactly is your point? Are you a garden variety racist or a troll? I don't judge people according to skin color or the labels given to skin color. A century or so ago, Irish weren't considered white because they weren't WASPs. British people have black genetics because Roman soldiers that had been there were African. Our genetics are all mixed. Only ignorant bigots care about such things.

[xaviqaz]

@MarmaladeINFP Outside large urban areas and a few states in the northeast, i see a red map nationwide. Does "diverse" mean less whites?

[MarmaladeINFP]

@xaviqaz You prove my point. The Democratic Party is diverse. It is easier to get a Democrat to support a Republican policy than the other way around. There are very few socialists anywhere in US politics, and the ones that exist are so moderate as to be more accurately called social democrats. It's just that the Republican Party has gone so far right that any strong liberal appears like a socialist these days.

[xaviqaz]

@Cuffsmaster No Perry no Cain and no Gingrich... Does Romney bother you too?

[xaviqaz]

@MarmaladeINFP Dems are demographically more diverse than the average nation on the same scale that Republicans are less diverse than the average nation: 50-60% of democratic vote is white; 80-90% of republican vote is white. I know what socialism is. And yes, there are several congressmen who endorse it.

[AntiRacismAndHateCom]

I am a Moderate-Republican. That just means that I am a Republican who agrees with the Liberals on some issues and Conservatives on other issues. I am pro-life (Conservative) and for Gay rights (Liberal). You can even be a Liberal-Republican. Also, what is Conservative now, was liberal in the 18th century. I have also noticed that most people don't know what a Republican or Democrat is.

[Cuffsmaster]

@xaviqaz proud socialist

Where are the sound bites where they claim to be socialist and proud of it? I'm not a democrat. I'd like to be a moderate republican. It's just does not seem possible any more and I can't vote for a rick perry type. That's like voting for an old southern dixiecrats.

I hope the GOP don't force me to vote for a democrat by nominating an idiot that thinks the world is 6000 years old, rejects other science & pushes fundamentalism as truth. I don't truth that type

[Einsteinbomb]

A moderate Republican is as common as a Dodo.

[MarmaladeINFP]

@xaviqaz I suspect that you are a typical conservative in not understanding socialism. Socialism means that those who control the means of production either are the public (such as communal businesses) or the representatives of the public (such as a local or federal govt). The US govt isn't socialist and Democrats aren't socialist. In the entire history of the US, there have only been a few socialist politicians such as some mayors in Milwaukee earlier last century.