Wed Oct 14, 2015, 06:56 AM
merrily (45,251 posts)
What do political terms even mean anymore?
During last night's debate, Hillary said she is a moderate and she also said she is a progressive. So, there goes the meaning of "progressive." Later, Chafee said there was no longer room in the Republican Party "for a liberal moderate Republican," so there goes the meaning of "liberal."
See also http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2739138 (DLC now calling itself moderate, not centrist: post of madfloridian on DU2) and, from Al From's book, The New Democrats and the Return to Power via a recent post of madfloridian http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027191121: Coming from the center-left of the party, I was tired of having the DLC labeled as conservative. I decided to call our think tank the Progressive Policy Institute because I thought it would be harder for reporters to label it as the “conservative Progressive Policy Institute." argle bargle P.S. Leftist, not "lefty," which is a nickname for people who are left-handed. At least let me have that.
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merrily | Oct 2015 | OP |
LiberalElite | Oct 2015 | #1 | |
merrily | Oct 2015 | #2 | |
Mnpaul | Nov 2015 | #5 | |
Warpy | Oct 2015 | #3 | |
merrily | Oct 2015 | #4 | |
noiretextatique | Feb 2016 | #6 |
Response to merrily (Original post)
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 07:06 AM
LiberalElite (14,691 posts)
1. IMO "centrist" has become radioactive nt
Response to LiberalElite (Reply #1)
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 07:58 AM
merrily (45,251 posts)
2. It's only fair, imo, because centrists helped Republicans make "liberal" radioactive.
Response to LiberalElite (Reply #1)
Tue Nov 3, 2015, 10:39 PM
Mnpaul (3,655 posts)
5. Nothing to worry about
From and his buddies adopt a new term and move further right. This whole bunch disgusts me.
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Response to merrily (Original post)
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 05:03 PM
Warpy (99,849 posts)
3. Chafee is the last of the liberal New England Republicans
and yes, his position on social and some economic issues did qualify him as a liberal. His problem is that he stayed in the Clown Party a decade or two too long.
Those old New England Republicans weren't a bad bunch, just usually wrong on too many issues for my vote. I did vote for Ed Brooke when the Democrats ran a conservative stiff whose name escapes me. After Reagan got in, those days were over. |
Response to Warpy (Reply #3)
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 09:55 PM
merrily (45,251 posts)
4. "Liberal" is not the stumper for me. "Liberal moderate" is.
Response to merrily (Reply #4)
Wed Feb 3, 2016, 08:47 PM
noiretextatique (27,238 posts)
6. likewise
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