Reply #46: WHY do so many people confuse "Independent" with "Centrist"? [View All]

[Lorien]

Independents are Greens, Libertarians, Socialists, Communists, teabaggers...people who are much further to the left than the Dems, or agnostic repugs or repugs who like to smoke weed or people who don't care and don't vote. It's a HUGE mistake to think that those who don't align themselves with either party are "centrists".

And yes, he should ignore the GOP. Bush not only blew off Dems, he bullied them and it worked. They came to heel. The needs of the American people and the planet as a whole far outweigh any need for bipartisanship. Obama may dream of being called 'the great uniter", but he's doing so at the expense of the country and the world.