Eric Cantor defeated by TEA Party rival (Page 3)

What is the alternative..... I read this little analogy. If we are at a one hundred foot chasm and one guy says we need to build a 100 foot bridge to get across, that makes him an "extremist". And the other guy says there is no need to get across the chasm and therefore no need to build a bridge. That guy is labeled an "extremist" as well. So the third guys is a centrist and demand a compromise be made and a 50 foot bridge be built ending in thin air. It seems to me that the centrist is the one who lives in fantasy and the two extremes have a better grasp in reality even though there is strong disagreement. This country is filled with 50 foot bridges built by Washington. The word extreme has been used as a negative connotation as a rigid ideologue. But what really is an extremist other than someone who takes straight line positions based on well defined principles. The right is based in individual right, personal responsibility, and liberty while the left is based in egalitarianism, social justice, and the welfare of the whole is greater that of the individual. Both sides take a relatively straight lined position because they have both developed reasonably consistent ways to see the world. Then you have these independents that believe that borrowing a little from each side somehow makes them more enlightened yet in reality they stand for nothing. They take the politically expedient position and grab bits and pieces from both sides in the name of compromise. They have no thought out set of principles, no consistency, and no clue what to do. The end result is a lot of 50 foot bridges.

What is the alternative..... I read this little analogy. If we are at a one hundred foot chasm and one guy says we need to build a 100 foot bridge to get across, that makes him an "extremist". And the other guy says there is no need to get across the chasm and therefore no need to build a bridge. That guy is labeled an "extremist" as well. So the third guys is a centrist and demand a compromise be made and a 50 foot bridge be built ending in thin air. It seems to me that the centrist is the one who lives in fantasy and the two extremes have a better grasp in reality even though there is strong disagreement. This country is filled with 50 foot bridges built by Washington. The word extreme has been used as a negative connotation as a rigid ideologue. But what really is an extremist other than someone who takes straight line positions based on well defined principles. The right is based in individual right, personal responsibility, and liberty while the left is based in egalitarianism, social justice, and the welfare of the whole is greater that of the individual. Both sides take a relatively straight lined position because they have both developed reasonably consistent ways to see the world. Then you have these independents that believe that borrowing a little from each side somehow makes them more enlightened yet in reality they stand for nothing. They take the politically expedient position and grab bits and pieces from both sides in the name of compromise. They have no thought out set of principles, no consistency, and no clue what to do. The end result is a lot of 50 foot bridges.