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In reply to the discussion: How the extreme left gave us Nixon, Bush and now Trump [View all]Mellomugwump
(93 posts)I'm very liberal but understand that you have to govern more from the center because the country consists of people from the far left to the far right and everything in between. It's not all about me and what I want. Most of us would probably be okay being governed from the center, but we can't handle being governed by the extreme right.
I never for a minute thought that President Obama wasn't in favor of gay marriage, but he knew there weren't enough voters ready for it, so he got elected and started slowly guiding the country more to the left. Once people got used to civil unions, marriage wasn't as big of a jump.
Even though I'm liberal, I respect those that are "somewhat" more conservative, and sometimes it takes baby steps to change people's minds.