I’ll grant that at both poles of the political spectrum, there are loud people.  Being a completely objective independent conservative, of course, I find that most of the rude ones are on the other side.  Guys like Ed Schultz, who sounds as though he’s trying to knock Olbermann out of his #1Loudest Lib spot.

Being as how I get sidetracked about these sorts of things, I wondered:  Why aren’t there any loud moderates?

Talk about a market just ripe for the cornering.  There aren’t currently any loud moderates anywhere.  Seriously, when was the last time you heard something like this…

HOW DARE YOU EVIL POLITICIANS TAKE A POSITION!  YOU MONSTERS ARE ACTUALLY COMING DOWN ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER OF AN ISSUE?!  YOU DECIDE, PEOPLE DIED!  YOU DECIDE, PEOPLE DIED!

MILITANT AMBIVALENCE FOREVER!!!!!

Ok, I’ll grant that today Senator Collins gets one right on the czars.  But for the most part, I’m pretty sure moderates are the ones who like to stand around looking thoughtful and tweaking the noses of those of us who’ve made up our minds already.  This brings us to the reason there are no loud moderates:  Loud requires having positions in which you believe passionately, and they don’t.

It would have been fun to watch though.

WE’RE GOING TO BE INDIFFERENT, AND SO ARE YOU! OTHERWISE, WE’LL COME TO YOUR HOUSE AND NOT DO ANYTHING!  AUGH!!!