Crimadella wrote:
Fnord wrote:
rensilaer wrote:
Do you consider yourself more a Democrat or Republican? And why?
Neither. They're both so busy fighting each other that they seem to have forgotten that they were elected to
serve the people, and not use them as pawns in their political battles.
This means that Republicans call me a Democrat, and that Democrats call me a Republican.
I am a Centrist. I make my voting choices on established facts, and not on Media manipulation or Party doctrine.
hmmm, apparently I've been saying that wrong Centrist vrs Centralist
A centralist is someone who supports consolidation of power within central government, as opposed to devolution to local or regional governments.
A centrist is a word with a lot of different meanings. For me, it means a moderate existing somewhere between two major political parties, particularly on economic issues. For others, it means that they take positions from "both sides" (again, this seems to assume that there are exactly two sides, which is not true). For others, it means that they don't fit into either of the two predominant boxes. For others, it means appeals to moderation at all times, resulting in a false sense of balance. For others, and I think it would be fair to put Fnord in this category, it means that they choose their positions without reference to a "party line" or a particular ideology - they're independent minded, even if their positions are often far from "moderate" or even "between the extremes".