Posted on 07/16/2010 7:52:32 AM PDT by Brittany Pounders
Yeah, I said it. There are only a few things that really get under my skin. I mean totally turn me off, will cause me to lose respect for an individual and its all I can do not to comment.
Dont ever tell me you are a Moderate. I immediately envision the possum that was too stupid to get to one side or the other of the highway. He ended up as road kill and everyone continued to smash him all day long, taking home bits and pieces on the undercarriage of their cars.
A person who describes themselves as a Moderate may as well go ahead and say, Im too wimpy and panty-wasted to stand up for anything. I want to make sure everyone likes me. I dont have a conviction and if I do I keep it quiet because somebody might disagree and then Ill have to actually stand up for myself and my belief.
John McCain is a moderate. Hes more concerned with being politically expedient than right. For too many years hes enjoyed being the wild card that has the rest of the country wondering what side of the issue hes going to land on next. Hes forgotten how to make a rational decision based on fact and principle and has gotten used to Republicans and Democrats courting him in an effort to gain his favor. Hes fallen in such deep love with himself and craves the attention that the media pays to him at each and every political crossroad. He has lived his entire political life doing giant splits (that any gymnast would envy) all the way down the political aisle with one foot planted on the Right side and the other foot planted on the Left side. This is undoubtedly the main reason he had to continue to tout ad-nauseum his war hero status during the campaign. The public had to be reminded that at one point in his life he did have an actual conviction.
Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe are moderates and have been some of the worst Republicans in our Senate in modern times. Arlen Specter was a moderate- oh wait, no, hes just an idiot who changed his beliefs depending on which way the political winds would blow. Yesterday he was a Republican, today he is a Democrat and tomorrow hell still be an idiot. Thankfully the public saw through that and sent him home with a pink slip this year. At least with Collins and Snowe we KNOW that theyre going to play for the other team, while wearing our uniform, at every game.
I would prefer someone to label themselves a Liberal than as a Moderate. At least you know where that person stands on the issues instead of the wishy- washy, namby-pamby stance of someone who declares themselves a Moderate. Moderates arent remembered in history, at least not fondly.
Men and women are remembered when they stand for something. In the convention of 1775 when the colonists were sure that Britain would back off and allow them their independence, complacency among the men began to slowly set in. Patrick Henry, in all of his foresight, knew this would never happen and after three days of frustration, stood up among his fellow men and said during a fiery speech, I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! This is a speech that has echoed through time and has left a substantial mark on our history. His courage and bravery has put steel in the spines of other like-minded patriots. Even reading his words now leave me with a lump in my throat and chills down my spine.
William Travis stood at the Alamo, gathered his fellow defenders and said, Our business is not to make a fruitless effort to save our lives, but to choose the manner of our death! He drew his sword and made a line in the sand and said, I want every man who is determined to stay here and die with me to come across this line. Every man faced with that choice had to contemplate their fate and their conviction and one by one they deliberately chose to cross the line, knowing that they were choosing to die. Only two men didnt cross on their own. Jim Bowie had to be carried across because he was so ill, while a French soldier, Louis Rose remained alone on the other side. (Frenchman- I know, what a shocker. He probably would have identified himself as a Moderate)
Everyone knows the end of that story and we still celebrate and revere their lives today, retelling to our children and grandchildren of the high price for freedom. That is the stuff that heroes are made of.
I can only imagine John McCains and other Moderates responses to just such a call. Theyd jump ON the line! They wouldnt choose to CROSS it nor would they stay with the other cowards, but they would attempt to do a graceful balancing act right on the line!
Being a moderate should be embarrassing because it represents compromise in its worst form. John McCain, you, along with your other fellow moderates in elected positions all across our country, were not elected to go to Washington and jump in bed with the other side. We dont care who your fishing buddies are. You werent elected to do what is momentarily politically expedient. You werent elected to be polite and never to offend anyone with D or an R by their name. You werent elected to be the darling of the media who wait with baited breath as you decide your next move. You were elected to represent your constituents and their best interests, and oftentimes that means youve got to roll up the sleeves and sling snot!
To all of you moderates, I would urge you to find a backbone! Define what you believe and manage to nail it down. Others of you need to quit apologizing for what you believe in.
If you are for limited government, own it! If you are pro-life, own it! If you are a free-market capitalist who believes that the best way to fix our economic problems is to unleash the American spirit and entrepreneurship in this country and to tie the governments hands, then OWN IT! Youll be shocked when you decide to stand up as a leader how quickly it unleashes the fear on others to stand up with you.
Not everyone will agree with you. Thats okay, its part of the wonderful makeup we call America. But understand WHY you believe what you believe. Be prepared to defend it and dont be afraid to be passionate about it. Sharpen your skills and become leaders in your community, starting with friends, families and neighbors. Grassroots movements that can change the country start at the bottom. They start with the normal, average people who stand up and start to test their own voices and then they begin to spread like wildfire through cities, counties, states and nations. Be apart of it and dont let compromise or moderate ever be an acceptable word in your vocabulary!
**Obviously, the FReepers around here are no moderates! But I wrote and posted this article today on our website www.LibertyJuice.com and thought I would share with all of you today. Pass it on to all of your moderate friends and family too frightened to take a stand!**
I love this.
There is nobody more dishonest or cowardly than a moderate. What is it that they want to moderate? Why would you want to moderate what is good and right? And if something is evil, don’t moderate it but fight against it.
There are rights, and there are privileges.
Pick.
I have long held contempt for “independents”.
These are the people who, two weeks before an election between a candidate like McCain and Obama cannot figure out who to vote for.
McCain is no jewel. But he isn’t Obama. And if people can’t figure that out, they have no right to vote.
There is no proof that truth lies in the mean.
I’m not sure what you are saying. However, I want to make sure you don’t mistake strength in leadership for being “mean.”
I’ve been throwing this out for a couple of days hoping someone can provide the source. There is an essay I believe one of the Austrian economists and one of the ideas is about compromise. The idea is that when there is a difference of opinion there is no proof that the truth (answer) is in the middle (the mean). The truth might very well be one of the end points. So far no one has replied with the source and I just can’t remember where to start looking. However it seems very appropriate in these times when there is the idea that all will be well if everyone compromises.
Thank you for clarifying. Very true!
You’re welcome. I wish I could think of the source. It is so obvious — like many ideas — that it seems impossible to not take it into account. But the obvious is often overlooked by those with agenda.
There may be many, many valid sources for your quote, or very similar quotes.
On average, each American adult has approximately one breast and one testicle.
Clearly, the truth is not in the mean.
I just used your argument in a comment debate on our website. Came in quite handy!
Oh glad it helped. I knew it was a good point. Thanks for the reply.
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