[CaptainHaplo]

Buddahaid - I think both sides have their extremes. Unfortunately, the extremes on both sides are the most "vocal". This is why the "silent majority" truly is much more "centrist" than either side realized.

What we need is to get that majority to stop being silent - and we could get this country away from either extreme.

I laugh alot when I hear that term - "centrist" - mainly because the extremes on both sides like to point it out as "moderate" or undecided - when it simply is nothing more than those who look at things with realistic common sense.

I admit my views are more critical of the "liberal" part of the equation, but that is mainly because I disagree so vehemently with the extreme parts of it that are pushed so hard. There are a number of conservative extremes that I also disagree with, but as they are not really major issues facing the country at the moment, there isn't much reason to spend time worrying over them, in my view.