[Ads-l] "Moderate"

[Dan Goncharoff]

When used by a radical, "moderate" becomes an epithet.

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023, 11:55 AM James Landau <
00000c13e57d49b8-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

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> https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/6/2197836/-This-Republican-wants-to-be-PA-attorney-general-but-he-s-already-alienated-a-powerful-GOP-group?detail=emaildkre&pm_source=DKRE&pm_medium=email
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> <quote>Republican state Rep. Craig Williams has been trying to build
> internal party support for an undeclared 2024 bid for Pennsylvania attorney
> general, but he got some unwelcome news when a powerful national party
> group [the Republican Attorney Generals Association] trashed him as
> dishonest and "very moderate, unprincipled and opportunistic."
>
> James Landau
> jjjrlandau at netscape.com
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