RINOS, DINOS, NEOCONS and Leprechauns.  You just can’t survive today’s political scene without an appropriate tag.  Each party is in search of the perfect description, the ideal candidate and the winning platform, yet if Jesus Christ himself signaled his second coming, I’m sure the extremists in both parties would find him objectionable. 

What is conservative enough? Where is the dividing line that separates Conservatives and RINOs?  Is the extreme right of the Republican Party hell bent on imitating the failed practices of the George Soros wing of the Democrats?  Joe Lieberman is the perfect demonstration of what happens when the extreme wing of either party demands perfection.  On the other hand, a Democratic majority in the House and Senate is what happens when the Conservatives take their ball and stay home.

Democracy is not black or white.  It is a fluid system that demands weighing principles against pragmatism, convictions against realities.  Extremism on the other hand is a denial of reality.  The “my way or the highway” attitude often leads extremists to being stranded on the shoulder of the road.  It doesn’t matter what form extremism takes, Conservative extremism, Liberal extremism and Islamic extremism share the same short sighted vision which will cause them to fail. 

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Contributed by The Gray Dog on November 12, 2006 at 07:03 PM in Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Dem Dumbness, Iran, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est, Joe Lieberman, Pakistan, Patriotism, Politics, Russia, The Gray Dog | Permalink

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