tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post114161088812415414..comments2023-10-23T11:10:05.945-04:00Comments on Karen Duncan: Life in the Time of Coronavirus: Struggling With Faith on the First Sunday of LentKaren Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13954405672195734097noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-1142207733412940332006-03-12T18:55:00.000-05:002006-03-12T18:55:00.000-05:00As someone who maintains a blog that focuses on bi...As someone who maintains a blog that focuses on bipartisanship and moderation in politics, I agree that moderates are allowing the extremists to take over. But I feel that the moderates are not being blind. They feel over-powered and powerless in the face of the extremists' onslaught. <BR/><BR/>The only way moderates can take control of the social agenda is if voters care. But unfortunately - and the scariest thing is - voters are themselves becoming solid rightwingers. They may not be extremists, but they are very hardline rightwingers. This trend began with Bush's election in 2000 and instensified after 9/11.<BR/><BR/>Thus the moderates in our legislatures are shut out. We can't blame them entirely but moderates and indepedents need to unite and present a common, formidable front. he problem is the right is united, the left is clueless and the center is fragmented. The centre needs to re-energize itself and fight hard.Editor: Pradeep Navaratnamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12169089955653852952noreply@blogger.com