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On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:55:53 -0500, Boater wrote:

Convince me that "moderates" make up the majority of the Republican
Party.

Before this last election, there were quite a few moderate Republicans.
Unfortunately, many of them lost. The end result is the Republican Party
is now further to the right. You will probably disagree with me on this,
but I'm hoping for a strong moderate Republican rebirth. A two party
system needs two strong parties. It helps keep corruption at bay, and
the bashing about of competing ideas is an overall plus.

The religious fundies, however, can pound sand.

Hey, I was reared in a moderate Republican household. My mother was
"political," and active in the Connecticut GOP. My father was
apolitical. At a young age, I was dragged to political meetings, and
when I was 16, I worked as a campaign volunteer for U.S. Senator
Prescott Bush, Dubya's patrician grandfather. Of course, the
Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York Republicans of those days were
not embarrassing. :)

I too would like to see a rebirth of the GOP as a moderate party and
political force, sans the evangelicals. A moderate and careful foreign
policy, fiscal responsibility, preservation and promotion of individual
liberties (including, dammit, "choice,") were all hallmarks of the GOP
of my youth in New England.

A far-right wing GOP? Foch 'em.