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71. I for one

Sun Nov 10, 2013, 08:18 PM

Nov 2013

Would prefer all our politics were left of center. I'm not one of those beltway democrats who wants to help the other party out in when they are down, all for the sake of having two parties. It's just a game to people like this. To me, politics means life or death to millions, and is not a game for fun laughs and gossip on teevee every day morning, noon, and night. The other party we have now tends towards facism, theocracy, monarchy, and frankly evil. We don't need any of that at all! I've written often we need 2 parties, a Democratic one like we had in the 70's, and a Democratic Socialist one like most Europeans have. Period.

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Centrism Is A Corporate Scam. DON'T FALL FOR IT. [View all] JaneyVee Nov 2013 OP

Hear, hear! k&r n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #1

Exactly! Huge K&R. 99Forever Nov 2013 #2

I Agree billhicks76 Nov 2013 #80

K&R Well said. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #3

None of your examples are consistent with centrism. Dreamer Tatum Nov 2013 #4

It's simple to say "fail", it's harder to provide a counter argument. nm rhett o rick Nov 2013 #9

None of your examples are consistent with centrism... Gary 50 Nov 2013 #23

Exactly. Welcome to DU. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #47

Thank you, Gary! Enthusiast Nov 2013 #53

Welcome Gary fadedrose Nov 2013 #96

That is what I figured too after reading the OP. bluestate10 Nov 2013 #54

Which Republican policies do you think are better than the Democratic alternatives? n/t Fumesucker Nov 2013 #85

Well, that's because a centrist doesn't ever actually HAVE a position Scootaloo Nov 2013 #92

I know this will bring on the flames against me but, arthritisR_US Nov 2013 #5

BINGO! RoccoR5955 Nov 2013 #6

Recommend. nt Zorra Nov 2013 #7

they're the most dangerous animal in the political wilderness. xchrom Nov 2013 #8

Agree. They will kill us with a thousand cuts. rhett o rick Nov 2013 #11

So Hillary Clinton is more dangerous than Ted Cruz? (nt) Nye Bevan Nov 2013 #14

Yes. Ted Cruz is a known clown, associated with the shutdown. RC Nov 2013 #19

All I can say is, if Hillary is the Democratic candidate, DU is going to be..... interesting. (nt) Nye Bevan Nov 2013 #26

Nah, it'll go smooth if she's the candidate Scootaloo Nov 2013 #93

+10 pangaia Nov 2013 #41

I have to agree with your every word. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #55

+1000 NealK Nov 2013 #81

We only have one party ...the corporate party. L0oniX Nov 2013 #10

True... Gary 50 Nov 2013 #27

Dems expecting pro union pro living wage progressives to go with the flow are dillusional... L0oniX Nov 2013 #38

I think there are 2 wings, a body, a leg and a head that are the corporate 'wing', pangaia Nov 2013 #44

Well said. nm rhett o rick Nov 2013 #12

Mandatory for-profit insurance is the ultimate "centrist" corporate scam... nt Romulox Nov 2013 #13

Yup. ronnie624 Nov 2013 #28

True... Gary 50 Nov 2013 #29

Still a few non-profit options, but might not be for long. harun Nov 2013 #68

If cutting the throats of the poor and middle class while cutting taxes for the rich is centrist, JoeyT Nov 2013 #15

Indentured Servitude... You hit on it. JimDandy Nov 2013 #36

Excellent. "cartoonishly evil*" Enthusiast Nov 2013 #56

Jeez, what a bunch of bull. pangaia Nov 2013 #16

They never frame the two actions in the same argument. gtar100 Nov 2013 #24

They probably think it is fair because.. pangaia Nov 2013 #39

PUBLICLY FUNDED ELECTIONS!!!!! This is the only way out of the mess that we are in! Dustlawyer Nov 2013 #17

+1000 G_j Nov 2013 #20

Publicly Funded Elections dotymed Nov 2013 #25

Our government has been in control of the Plutocracy for some time. They write the laws, fund Dustlawyer Nov 2013 #37

I agree with your assessments. dotymed Nov 2013 #40

I like your thinking. Dustlawyer Nov 2013 #43

Me too..........nt Enthusiast Nov 2013 #58

No, that's not Democratic Centrism, that's Republican jazzimov Nov 2013 #18

"Centrists" get along with each other-- that's kind of the point. Marr Nov 2013 #69

Centrists call including the problem as part of the solution, "Pragmatism" AgingAmerican Nov 2013 #21

We get ideas like this because the conservatives invest so heavily in think tanks. gtar100 Nov 2013 #22

While I totally get what your saying, there is a fundamental flaw to your comment... Veilex Nov 2013 #30

They can have it, I don't even recall anyone describing themselves as Centrist more than TheKentuckian Nov 2013 #34

That corporations would use... Veilex Nov 2013 #35

Online dating: OkCupid self definition options: L, R, or Centerist RitchieRich Nov 2013 #94

Exactly! Veilex Nov 2013 #99

Spot on JaneyVee! n/t JimDandy Nov 2013 #31

Absa freakin lutely!!!!!!! Phlem Nov 2013 #32

Economically, "centrism" is far, far more corporatist than Eisenhower. Faryn Balyncd Nov 2013 #33

I'm a liberal, Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #42

The point is that corporations have captured the "center" dreamnightwind Nov 2013 #59

But they won't "ally with us" Doctor_J Nov 2013 #78

But "rabid RWers" often present themselves as "centrists/moderates." nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #88

K & R. n/t GoneFishin Nov 2013 #45

Driftglass has.... zentrum Nov 2013 #46

Sensible, Pragmatic CENTRISM!!! bvar22 Nov 2013 #48

Centrists are to liberals/progressives what leeches are to blood flow. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2013 #49

Hear! Hear! ReRe Nov 2013 #50

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Nov 2013 #51

K&R. It's a corporate scam. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #52

I'm a progressive and I haven't seen that..... AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #57

Thanks. It's tough to read OPs that beat the shit out of people bluestate10 Nov 2013 #60

You know when its only you that figures it all out, maybe, just maybe its you that's wrong. rhett o rick Nov 2013 #64

Then maybe the "Democratic leaning Centrists" should lean a little harder, so to speak. nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #89

Explain the difference between the "pro-Democratic" centrist ideology rhett o rick Nov 2013 #65

I think the difference between progressives and *genuine* moderates is more in tactics than policy. nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #90

K and R 47of74 Nov 2013 #61

Big Time colsohlibgal Nov 2013 #62

Centrism is a phoney word, coined by the Third Way. closeupready Nov 2013 #63

Centrists are Moderate Republicans that abandoned their wack-a-doodle party. rhett o rick Nov 2013 #66

K&R me b zola Nov 2013 #67

Shhhhhh. Don't tell the White House! blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #70

I for one Mosaic Nov 2013 #71

I like the way you put it out there agent46 Nov 2013 #72

HUGE K&R!!! nt NorthCarolina Nov 2013 #73

Are neoliberal democrats daybranch Nov 2013 #74

Never have and never will. That's why we have the Tea Party stupidicus Nov 2013 #75

I need to learn some Kanamit! adirondacker Nov 2013 #83

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Nov 2013 #76

Then don't fall for Hillary in '16 4dsc Nov 2013 #77

Absolutely! Fearless Nov 2013 #79

K & R. dchill Nov 2013 #82

I read that Hillary thinks there's not enough "unity" in DC. She is a reason why we're at this bad blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #84

From another post of mine... DissidentVoice Nov 2013 #86

You're damn tooting right. avaistheone1 Nov 2013 #87

K&R Great Post JaneyVee!! B Calm Nov 2013 #91

kr Norrin Radd Nov 2013 #95

"Today, the "centrists" try to define centrism as this notion that we must cut taxes... On the Road Nov 2013 #97

K&R! raouldukelives Nov 2013 #98