DFO: Independent As All Get Out

I’ve been thinking about the accusations made by local Republican hardliners that HucksOnline is a “librul” blog. And the concerns by the Left Wing here that HucksOnline — and especially your blogmeister — barely hide their conservatism. I remain a Republican — a common-sense one in the mode of former governor Phil Batt. But I don’t see a lot of Phil Batt types in the local or state Republican Party. I believe those who inhabit this blog are a lot like me — people who support individual candidates and positions rather than parties (although there are diehards from both sides here). Blogfest 2012 underscored this thought. There were more hard-core conservatives than hard-core liberals there. Most were middle right. Or independent. During brief comments, I joked that the people at Blogfest reminded me of what the old Republican Central Committee must have looked like. This blog is also like me in this way. I don’t believe the sun rises & sets on politics. I like to laugh at silliness. I like to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted. I don’t care much for self-important people. I’m a bit iconoclastic. And I vote — DFO.

Question: Do you think you fit in well with the HucksOnline crowd?