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"When the Right "swiftboated" Kerry, they made up lies and used these lies to attack Kerry." ProSense May 2014 #1
If you hate the left so much, why are you here in DU. Supposedly this is a message board for the rhett o rick May 2014 #43
+10000 MissDeeds May 2014 #65
Make DU into one big BOG-like message board. Encourage the liberals, lefties, rhett o rick May 2014 #70
Pro sense usually makes no sense. hobbit709 May 2014 #69
You think it makes "sense" to agree with information that is inaccurate? ProSense May 2014 #87
A very good point! Raksha May 2014 #75
What "left"? ProSense May 2014 #88
I disagree with the conservative ideology whether is comes from a Republican or rhett o rick May 2014 #94
She's here to promote Obama lark May 2014 #97
Which 'facts' regarding what constitutes the Left are you disputing? Is it the issues, is it sabrina 1 May 2014 #85
Yeah I thought was was sad too...yet the very same people will rail against anyone Rex May 2014 #2
Maybe because they don't attend the DC cocktail parties. Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #27
PARTIES NOT SAME, LEFT RIGHT SAME, REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT carolinayellowdog May 2014 #38
Yeah strange stuff really. The parties are not the same, but the extreme ends are just alike. Rex May 2014 #118
I remember the good old days, when it was the Republicans that demonized "Liberal." Maedhros May 2014 #3
Absolutely Art_from_Ark May 2014 #5
I'd add "Anti-American" or "Blame America First" to that list. JoeyT May 2014 #7
Anyone who uses the "Blame America First" line is just Glenn Beck in disguise [n/t] Maedhros May 2014 #45
This! G_j May 2014 #15
Anything left of Joe McCarthy is the hard left. alfredo May 2014 #30
the good old days n/t reddread May 2014 #34
...^ that 840high May 2014 #36
Middle dem is republican lite. Ed Suspicious May 2014 #39
Is it even still "lite" anymore? villager May 2014 #73
the word is ideologue and it fits many on DU perfectly. Many are clueless on how politics KittyWampus May 2014 #40
Here's how it works. If you disparage the left THEN YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT. rhett o rick May 2014 #44
If you embrace supply side trickle down economics and austerity measures, you ain't no Democrat. Enthusiast May 2014 #50
Good lists Rhett-o-Rick and Enthusiast lark May 2014 #100
And add to the lists that anyone who supports ANY cuts to SS and Medicare, under any guise - chained kath May 2014 #103
LOL BrotherIvan May 2014 #46
Politics works this way, in this country anyhow. We have two parties, one represents the sabrina 1 May 2014 #98
In my opinion, DU is not about how politics works. JDPriestly May 2014 #105
+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast May 2014 #51
Excellent post MissDeeds May 2014 #67
That's ridiculous. Blanks May 2014 #91
The "no difference between the two parties" line is problematic. Maedhros May 2014 #93
One of the reasons that the party has moved to the right... Blanks May 2014 #107
I disagree. Maedhros May 2014 #108
Voters think they've moved to the right... Blanks May 2014 #113
Nah, I don't agree. Maedhros May 2014 #115
Are you familiar with the majority that the democrats had... Blanks May 2014 #117
I'm proud to call myself hard left or far left. lark May 2014 #99
There is little room for ideology in today's Party. Maedhros May 2014 #101
The Dem party is not fond of us lefties. lark May 2014 #102
The Third Way's motto: "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" [n/t] Maedhros May 2014 #104
+100000 nt noiretextatique May 2014 #110
Third Way "Democrats" LIE. Every day, every way. Don't trust ANYTHING they say. No way! blkmusclmachine May 2014 #4
You wouldn't trust a Republican would you? SwankyXomb May 2014 #23
I stopped trusting Third Way Democrats a long time ago. Raksha May 2014 #76
By any reasonable standard, I'm barely left of center. dawg May 2014 #6
F it. PowerToThePeople May 2014 #8
Welcome to the club.......... socialist_n_TN May 2014 #10
That's the hard truth of it, and the hardest concept to convey to most Democrats. Maedhros May 2014 #95
you have nothing to lose but your chains... KG May 2014 #18
Ya know...at first I thought you were being facetious... Raksha May 2014 #77
Corporatists and generational Oligarchs on both sides of the isle PowerToThePeople May 2014 #78
Great post, Manny Oilwellian May 2014 #9
This is what I've been waiting for--you could even say living for. Raksha May 2014 #80
Unfortunately, which Parties are allowed to exist and which ones wither and die Maedhros May 2014 #96
"Barack Obama is no different than George Bush." baldguy May 2014 #11
He's more articulate...or reads the teleprompter better, at least Demeter May 2014 #14
Wonderful! A teleprompter reference! Now I don't have to listen to FoxNews ... 11 Bravo May 2014 #21
Heh, with the accompanying toon Bobbie Jo May 2014 #35
teleprompter? Says it all about you. Same PNAC policy? So what about Syria. Pathetic post. KittyWampus May 2014 #41
The people of the UK and the US stopped the march to war in Syria. morningfog May 2014 #42
I'll give Obama credit for understanding he had no popular support for that. Comrade Grumpy May 2014 #47
Exactly! Raksha May 2014 #81
True! MannyGoldstein May 2014 #16
better tippers per all the hookers I've met n/t reddread May 2014 #12
of course Dems advocating GOP policies will say anyone against them is an infiltrator MisterP May 2014 #13
"fair taxation of the wealthy - repealing the other two-thirds of the Bush tax cuts" ProSense May 2014 #17
Questions: MannyGoldstein May 2014 #37
I see you didn't answer my question ProSense May 2014 #53
There is no hard left of any stature in the US. MrModerate May 2014 #19
Centrist Exceptionalism DisgustipatedinCA May 2014 #20
+1. The center is not the same as the middle. winter is coming May 2014 #25
Nice phrasing! MFrohike May 2014 #32
Let's not forget, Hilary Clinton, our next president, was a Goldwater Republican. YUK! YOHABLO May 2014 #22
Still is. Fearless May 2014 #31
Yup, she still is. You're right about that. Raksha May 2014 #83
And hear I am stuck in the middle with you zeemike May 2014 #24
It IS to the Beltway. Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #26
Recall the quote attributed to Adlai Stevenson Simeon Salus May 2014 #28
That was a good one. Enthusiast May 2014 #49
Still a good one but it needs to be updated a bit: Raksha May 2014 #84
Is this comrade eddie are benghazi thread? stonecutter357 May 2014 #29
Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious May 2014 #33
Way to go, Manny! Enthusiast May 2014 #48
Exactly!!! djean111 May 2014 #52
Yes. Enthusiast May 2014 #56
Yeah, "way to go, Manny!" ProSense May 2014 #55
? Enthusiast May 2014 #57
LOL! ProSense May 2014 #58
My bad, it should be 82% not two-thirds MannyGoldstein May 2014 #74
Really? ProSense May 2014 #86
Sadly Egnever May 2014 #112
BTW, that bill extend long-term unemployment benefits for one year. ProSense May 2014 #89
You forgot to add "When blaming everything on Obama" berni_mccoy May 2014 #54
I don't think our tent is too big, it's just the wrong shape. Scuba May 2014 #59
That's right. It ought to be shaped like that cute picture of Obama playing with puppies. beerandjesus May 2014 #61
Nothing else matters. Scuba May 2014 #62
Whoa, policy? You must be HARD left. beerandjesus May 2014 #64
Yes, I'm one of Rahm's "fucking retards". Scuba May 2014 #66
Good thread Capt. Obvious May 2014 #60
"the Left" has been a convenient straw bogeyman for generations carolinayellowdog May 2014 #63
Spot on MissDeeds May 2014 #68
Me, I want *unfair* taxation for the rich. malthaussen May 2014 #71
According to the rightwingers here who are busily recalibrating "the center," Hubert Humphrey villager May 2014 #72
I thought it was obvious donco May 2014 #79
Stop making sense! LiberalLovinLug May 2014 #82
damn right noiretextatique May 2014 #90
Mainstream-Center FDR/LBJ Democrat here, bvar22 May 2014 #92
Also, wanting to scrap the for-profit school experime and go back to public schools is "libertarian" Doctor_J May 2014 #106
Funny the correlation between tolerance and even embracing privatization of all sorts TheKentuckian May 2014 #120
I agree, Manny. We are not the 'hard left' but what's left of the middle PatrickforO May 2014 #109
why alienate your base? noiretextatique May 2014 #111
"repealing the other 82% of the Bush tax cuts" rock May 2014 #114
Sometimes I seriously doubt if some on DU even know the basics of our political system YoungDemCA May 2014 #116
K&R woo me with science May 2014 #119
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