Moderate in this country means the same as right-wing Republican 35 years ago (Reply #9)

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Thu Sep 10, 2015, 08:34 PM

jfern (5,204 posts)

9. Moderate in this country means the same as right-wing Republican 35 years ago

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56 replies	Author	Time	Post
Clinton cedes the mantle of "Progressive" to Sanders [View all]	portlander23	Sep 2015	OP
Thank you Bernie.	NowSam	Sep 2015	#1
'Center' = half Democrat and Half Republican	AgingAmerican	Sep 2015	#2
That third way shit is only for politicians who don't believe in their party's principles.	craigmatic	Sep 2015	#4
+1	daleanime	Sep 2015	#25
I believe another Kennedy is going to come out for Bernie soon. eom	Fawke Em	Sep 2015	#32
Given that right-wing nutjobs are routinely called "conservative," I guess it's worse than that. n/t	RufusTFirefly	Sep 2015	#22
Nobody is inspired by moderates. We live in times that demand action on big issues Obama showed us	craigmatic	Sep 2015	#3
Sadly, what usually happens when people say they try to bring people together	Baitball Blogger	Sep 2015	#5
Right, and the intersection where centrist Dems and Republicans...	dreamnightwind	Sep 2015	#47
You just never realize how far the power of the executive office has on local issues,	Baitball Blogger	Sep 2015	#53
I can see why DWS wants to keep the debates to six, the more she speaks the worse it gets..n/t	monmouth4	Sep 2015	#6
+1,000	LondonReign2	Sep 2015	#49
When you get "people" together, somehow the Democratic people always get screwed.	CharlotteVale	Sep 2015	#7
I wonder if her supporters will now stop claiming that she's liberal	Doctor_J	Sep 2015	#8
+1 But, but they've got evidence!	RufusTFirefly	Sep 2015	#23
We already know Clinton's own statements won't change their mind on other issues.	jeff47	Sep 2015	#40
As I noted a few days ago, HRH could have an hour-long televised sit-down	hifiguy	Sep 2015	#42
Moderate in this country means the same as right-wing Republican 35 years ago	jfern	Sep 2015	#9
The problem is that moderate these days means 80's Republican.	jalan48	Sep 2015	#10
I like Hillary's comment better	Gman	Sep 2015	#11
What, in your estimation, were the three most important things she got done?	MannyGoldstein	Sep 2015	#14
Awful quiet here.	frylock	Sep 2015	#27
It's a magic question. nt	MannyGoldstein	Sep 2015	#29
Gosh, it's gotta be hard to narrow it down to just the three.	frylock	Sep 2015	#30
That's almost certainly the problem. nt	MannyGoldstein	Sep 2015	#31
Well done	dreamnightwind	Sep 2015	#48
kick.	JonLeibowitz	Nov 2015	#56
Bringing working class Americans	paleotn	Sep 2015	#20
No more of this kind of bullshit:	hifiguy	Sep 2015	#43
Thanks for resurrecting an alltime favorite - eom	dreamnightwind	Sep 2015	#50
Who cares if they're the wrong things?	frylock	Sep 2015	#26
Like, the Iraq War? Got done to death.	leveymg	Sep 2015	#28
Yes but the wrong things. If you haven't noticed we have a 22% of American children living in	rhett o rick	Sep 2015	#46
To many Democrats 'moderate' can equate to 'wishy washy and unprincipled'	tomm2thumbs	Sep 2015	#12
Just like the GOP needs Teabaggers to win elections	lobodons	Sep 2015	#13
Calling yourself moderate may help in the general...	thesquanderer	Sep 2015	#15
I think she's just realized she can't hold the left flank	dreamnightwind	Sep 2015	#51
Hillary is the CHAMPION of ????	Cosmic Kitten	Sep 2015	#16
Any Clinton is the "champion" of one thing:	hifiguy	Sep 2015	#44
The mind of a true DCCC'er	mdbl	Sep 2015	#17
As Jim Hightower has said	dflprincess	Sep 2015	#18
Yup. Made a great book title, too.	SomeGuyInEagan	Sep 2015	#19
That says a lot all on its own.	Bubzer	Sep 2015	#21
We know exactly what happens to "moderate" Dems....	paleotn	Sep 2015	#24
K&R	Katashi_itto	Sep 2015	#33
Hillary, you're not preventing people from standing on opposite sides yelling at each other.....	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2015	#34
It's the whole "Imperial Presidency" thing	Hydra	Sep 2015	#35
Perhaps because we vote the same	840high	Sep 2015	#36
That's certainly been a problem	Hydra	Sep 2015	#37
Some of her fans are acting like it's a "loyalty to the Party issue"....	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2015	#38
I am so sick and tired of Democrats...	CoffeeCat	Sep 2015	#39
At least Hillary is honest	emsimon33	Sep 2015	#41
Hell I'm a moderte too -- That's why I support Bernie	Armstead	Sep 2015	#45
This is Tim Russert journalism	Buzz cook	Sep 2015	#52
Just guessing ...Kim Davis will be voting for Hillary?	L0oniX	Sep 2015	#54
A display of more awkwardness and lack of self identity	Hollingsworth	Sep 2015	#55

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