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Hell Freezes Over...[ Hillary Clinton on O'Rielly ]
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"That's why I said that the word "moderate" is a political weasel word"

How so? As a label, it's as useful or non-useful as any other. It doesn't automatically signal cowardice, convenience, misdirection, or dishonesty. For some, it's a valid, accurate identifier.

Broadly speaking, moderate just means non-extremist, non-Ideologue. That's probably the majority of American voters.

I agree that labels are only useful up to a point. Most people, in reality, aren't easily classifiable. They may have primarily conservative or liberal views, but have those odd disqualifiers. Maybe a voter is a Red-Meat Republican, but for personal reasons he's pro-gun control, pro-affirmative action, or favors government regulation. Something that doesn't fit the profile. Or maybe someone's a Leftist-Liberal, but they're disinterested in environment issues, lean hawkish on foreign policy, or has unlikely views on abortion, or free trade.

There's a lot of micro-distinctions. Labels are easy, people are complicated.
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Re: Hell Freezes Over...[ Hillary Clinton on O'Rielly ] - by guitarist - 05-05-2008, 09:26 PM

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