• The Snark Urge
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    167 hours ago

    Manchin is officially more right wing than checks headlines the Cheney clan…

    • NeuromancerM
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      -36 hours ago

      I remember when we had conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans. The country ran a hell of a lot better back then.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        54 hours ago

        We still do, with “we” being people, and we’re all left out in the cold, since there aren’t any representatives with anything other than hard-line party positions.

        • NeuromancerM
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          24 hours ago

          I’m socially more left but fiscally right. I’ve always had that stance and there were plenty of other republicans like me. Just like there were many democrats who were socially right but fiscally left. It made voting for either party an option based on what issues were important to you.

          • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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            12 hours ago

            I think I’m left until I hang around with real leftists, then I realize I am not left. Republicans call me a liberal, and real liberals call me a libertarian. I’m neither of those things I guess, but a little bit of each of them.

            • NeuromancerM
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              12 hours ago

              Me right friends think I’m too liberal. My left friends think I’m to right.

              I’m actually pretty damn moderate. The issue isn’t me, it’s people have become extreme and I haven’t.

              The only things I go far right are economic issues and national defense. I am very much a small government Republican.

              • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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                143 minutes ago

                The issue isn’t me, it’s people have become extreme and I haven’t.

                Gosh danged right! There are a lot of issues I’m more passionate about than an average person, but I’m not married to a single ideology, and definitely not 100% aligned with a party. It feels pretty demoralizing when this, which used to be the majority of people’s attitudes, leaves me feeling alone with my perspectives.