Reply #31: You see I think moderates, by the essence of the definition of moderate [View All]

[DuaneBidoux]

means reasonable, able to compromise, able to disagree to disagree without rancor. Which means we find our common enemy...in this case the Neocons and Christofascists that have taken over the Repuke party. Truly moderate Republicans fear them at least as much as we do. We stop them together. Once that is done, we work on issues...they want a little more privatization, we want a little more guaranteed security for disadvantaged. Okay. They're moderates (i.e., they'll work with us) we'll find a way. I don't in essence mind some privatization, as long as it's not an excuse to tear apart the progress we've built.

THINK THINK THINK: In so many ways the moderate Republicans are much closer to us than to the fundies in their own parties. These are torn people, struggling to find a home. They fear government by nature, but fear corporations just as much: a balance of fear that can be manipulated. Right wingers fear the size of government more than whether we are paying for it or not. Moderate Republicans and Progressives/Dems fear not paying for the government we have more than its absolute size. And they are MUCH MUCH more likely to align with us on social issues...moderate Repubs are now TERRIFIED (sorry for the abuse of caps here...but this one deserves it) of the social agenda of the Christofascists.

These are old line industrial east coast Republicans...people who do understand that we DID evolve from a simpler form of life. People not willing to sacrifice competitive strategic business advantage because the US is putting out university biology students who believe Adam is the origin of biological theory. They know that producing world class researchers in bioengineering, the potentially next big industry, is critical to making money (they ARE still Republicans). In Oklahoma the Republicans don't give a flying fuck about science-it never made them any money.

Complex, powerful; an alliance like this has to be considered one of many possibilities within the strategic pallet of the left. Not the only one, but a possibility. The cliche is thinking out of the box-let's be true progressives and reconsider building a new box to gain back the power we deserve.