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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Chris Borg

Loose definitions

US political blogger Glenn Reynolds has written his second column for Guardian Unlimited:

The Guardian thinks I'm a Republican and a conservative. I shouldn't let on that this belief is based on somewhat shaky ground, because this column is a sweet gig, and - well - why rock the boat?

But in truth, I'm neither - or at least, whatever I am sheds some light on how useful (or not) such labels are. The reasons I don't fit in very well on either the left or right sides of US politics shed some light on that divide, too.

I'm certainly not a Republican, although I will very probably - actually, almost certainly - vote for George Bush this time. But I have been a card-carrying member of only two parties, the Democrats and, when I grew disenchanted with them, the Libertarians.

Read on here. If you missed Glenn's first column, you can read it here, and you can read the views of leftwing blogger Markos Moulitsas here.

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