<html><DIV></DIV> <P>Kelley writes:</P><EM>>when people call themselves centrist, it's because they don't want </EM> <DIV></DIV><EM>>to be </EM> <DIV></DIV><EM>>labeled dem or rep, left or right. it's like saying, "i'm not a </EM> <DIV></DIV><EM>>feminist but..." </EM> <DIV></DIV><EM>> </EM> <DIV></DIV><EM>>feh. </EM> <DIV></DIV><EM> </EM> <DIV></DIV> <P><EM>>kelley </EM></P> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Many people who are considered centrist are probably more apolitical than centrist. Perhaps because the Dems are labeled "left" and the Reps "right," centrism has become associated with the absence of ideology rather than a committed political position situated between the left and right.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joseph</DIV><br clear=all><hr>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at <a href="http://www.hotmail.com">http://www.hotmail.com</a>.<br></p></html>