never called you neutral, swifty. Just made a comment about what a "moderate" politician is. (And you were singing the Liberal Theme Song at the time). In a perfect world, a moderate would indeed be "middle of the road" with common sense and common decency. But a Moderate in todays politics is simply one who deviates from their party stance, only to wave in the wind until their swing vote can be properly polled so as not to offend anyone. Politicians are NOT concerned about actually doing anything. Rather, they simply want to sponser a "feel good" bill so they can boost their resume for the next election. But that's a story for another post...

I agree with you Tailgater. I don't trust the guys in congress as far as I can throw them so to speak.
I'm just a swinging d--k out here, like you and I don't go along with the swing votes. I have no respect for those guys who line their pockets by selling themselves and their votes at your and my expense but as you pointed out, it is the very nature of the beast. I'm more of an issue driven king of guy than a party line guy. Hence, I think of myself as a moderate because I sometimes support the other side of an issue other than the official line. But I'm very much more of a Conservative in most of the issues that matter. It's just that if I see a ball or a strike come accross the plate I'm going to trust my eyes, not my ears and call it as I see it. All the guys I hang out with around here are fairly much accross the board, Republicans and they are, like I am, small busness men. Most every one of us here in my neighborhood have lost a bundle from the Enron stock flush that is, in our opinions, a swindle of the first magnatude. I don't blame GW because he's only the front man and probably wasn't in the know in the first place but Chaney is a guy that I'd like to have a face to face with sometime in the future. I'd have some hard questions to ask him I assure you.