What is a Moderate?

Based upon what happened in the Senate last week regarding the Fillibuster\Nuclear Option episode, I would say that a moderate is a spineless coward. They stand not on principle, but hide behind the facade of compromise, while dealing in self-serving actions and 30 second sound bites.

A moderate politician campaigns promoting one set of values and after being elected he/she operatesquite contrary to those same values. They are the poster children for Elitism because the stop representing their constituients and start deal making to gain personal advantage with the media and the opposition.

They are the lowest form of political organisms because they stand for nothing, turn tail and run scared, and fail to do the one thing they were elected for--to represent the people who elected them.

I have said it before and I will say it again, the Republicans could learn a lot from the Democrats, who have done a tremendous job of unifying their party. They may be on the wrong side of most issues, but they have this political unity thing down pat. They put party unity before personal principles, which has provided them with significant power eventhough they are the minority. Hell, they act like they are in the majority! But, who could blame them when they can see that the Republicans don't know how to be the majority?

Until the next election, the Democrats will stall legislation, stall confirmations and continue to demonize the Republicans in their trek to the White House in '08. The Republicans have effectively turned off the base and in some cases split them. The '06 mid-term elections will bring the Dems back into the majority and then those moderates will get what they deserve--a liberal courthouse named in their honor.......sigh.