By definition, the middle is the middle no matter if its between the fringe left and right, or simply the left and right. On a scale of 1 to 10, the middle is still 5. A conservative leader should be a solid 7.5 to 8. So again, Bush is wrong to take the mushy middle ground...he needs to pick a side and go from there.
"Your opinion is that Bush is a SOB and a Socialist. Does it do any good to discuss anything with extremists from the far right or the far left? Don't bother answering, the answer is no."
Oh man, this is too easy!!! There you go again! Another liberal tactic!!! When you've been thoroughly trashed in a debate, and you have embarrassed yourself in front of God and everyone, fake some righteous indignation and hide behind it as you duck out the back door.
Look, you might want to re-think your participation on FReep. Not everyone on here is as nice and easy going as I am, and frankly, would have chewed you up and spit you out had they been debating you instead of yours truly. In order to survive, you need to have a better argument than, in essence, "Bush is great and you're stupid. If you're not going to vote for him, you're weird, even if you have plenty of reasons not to vote for him", repeated over and over again, with slight variations. You need to, for instance, ask me why I believe Bush is a Socialist, then pick my answers to pieces with what you believe is the truth. You need to ask me why I believe there isn't a nickel's worth of difference between Bush and Kerry, then shoot my argument full of holes with your beliefs. You can't just simply say "if you don't vote for him you're weird". That works in the sand box, but not on the soap box. It works on the playground, but not the battleground. In short, your debating skills need to graduate from third grade to at least high school level. Just a little free advice. It's worth what it cost you. See you in the funny pages.
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