Will Durst: The center left, right?

[demobabe]

Does anybody know what happened to the center? I remember hearing about it in the old days, but it seems to have disappeared like a wisp of mist in a solar wind. All anybody talks about is the left and the right. We're so polarized these days, I'm surprised our compasses still work. They should be stuck on due daft. To paraphrase Ronald Reagan speaking about the Democratic Party: I didn't leave the center, the center left me. And you can blame Uncle Ron for triggering the seismic shift that shoved the center to the right.

For instance:

Q. What did they call the homeless before Reagan? A. Patients.

Bush One wallowed in Ronnie's footsteps and kicked the center a bit more righter and even Bill Clinton nudged it not less than a little. Then Bush Two... Fugetaboutit. He attached a rocket booster to the edge of the center and shot it so far west of Texas, you can't see it anymore due to the curvature of the Earth.

Now I grew up a moderate. A raging moderate perhaps, but a moderate nonetheless. These guys keep moving the center; I stay in the same place and suddenly I'm a Marxist. Just because I believe a society should be based on how it treats its least fortunate not its most fortunate. And that makes me a commie pinko yellow rat bastard? How the hell did that happen?

Think about it: Nixon -- civil rights, the Environmental Protection Agency. He'd have problems getting the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor in Massachusetts. Goldwater -- who said about gays in the military, "you don't have to be straight, to shoot straight," would be written off as an enemy of our troops and close personal friend of Nancy Pelosi's hairstylist, if you know what I mean.

Full article here - worth the read, he's one of my favorite comedians: http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/durst/057

Will Durst is performing in New York! Catch Durst performing previews of his solo show "The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing" in New York at the New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) beginning Monday, August 6 unveiling an open ended run on August 15. Telecharge.com for tickets or willdurst.com for more info. Check out his twice weekly commentaries @audible.com/willdurst.

[symbolman]

1. One of the most HILARIOUS

Political Commentators of our time - he's gut busting, side splitting FUNNY, and I've had the pleasure of seeing him more than once, and STILL laughed like a hyena on acid every time..

If you live in NYC GO SEE THIS MAN, if you don't, then check out his website, or at least check out the BuzzFlash article :)

[demobabe]

2. kick

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