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nomorenomore08

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88. But "rabid RWers" often present themselves as "centrists/moderates."

Reply to Jamaal510 (Reply #42)

Mon Nov 11, 2013, 03:34 AM

Nov 2013

So it's important to clearly distinguish between the two.

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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

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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

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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

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"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