Big-C Conservative versus Moderate Atiitudes

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Top 10 Reasons Bush Won!

Extreme Right and Moderates Side By Side

Attitude towards:	Extreme Right	Moderates*
Government	Should only have the functions needed to ram my personal beliefs down your throat	Provides common services and protects freedom
Limits	I can limit you, but you can't limit me	As needed for a sustainable society
Why	I'm right and you're wrong	It makes sense
Posterity	My personal heirs	All future Americans
Deficits	Good: money for nothing!	Bad: threatens prospects for Posterity
Military	Great source of entertainment when there's nothing else on	Deters armed aggression
Environment	Inexhaustible source of wealth, to be exploited	Cradle of life, to be conserved through wise use
What's Important	Preserving my personal privileges and advantages	What's best for America and all Americans
Change	Bad: threatens my personal privileges and advantages	Opportunity, as long as core traditions are maintained
Science	Bad: a source of change	Good: a primary driver for America's wealth and power