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In reply to the discussion: I am a "CENTRIST" Democrat, have been for 46 years, and am proud to be so! [View all]Hassin Bin Sober
(26,328 posts)57. I see a lot in Chicago. They are the old Reagan Democrats.
Pro union - but only their union.
Pro social security as far as cashing the checks - but dont want anyone else getting handouts from the government.
Pro Medicare but only for themselves.
Claim to be liberal but dont want anyone getting any free stuff
Opposed gay marriage until the entire country came around.
Claim to support minorities but think black lives matter are too pushy.
Completely silent on the bloated military budget but the first to scream bloody murder over paying for healthcare.
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I am a "CENTRIST" Democrat, have been for 46 years, and am proud to be so! [View all]
George II
Jul 2018
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I'll add that in my own 46 yrs I've seen Holiers (NADER, Greens, sweet idealists) sink us
UTUSN
Jul 2018
#2
Well, I do have to thank at least ONE "holier" from years back. Without Ross Perot running...
George II
Jul 2018
#150
Good. So who are your favorite centrists? Sometimes when people are labeled as such they take
JCanete
Jul 2018
#4
hehe...so what makes somebody a centrist? If its not being so radical that you don't push an
JCanete
Jul 2018
#6
They're working for the same changes, but they realize they may not all happen tomorrow.
Squinch
Jul 2018
#31
Kay. I'm a woman. I totally disagree that things have all been going in the other direction for
Squinch
Jul 2018
#93
Is your point that you think both parties have been the same for the last 40 years?
betsuni
Aug 2018
#156
No. Not just venom. It is a terrible blot on his record. It does us no good to pretend otherwise.
Squinch
Jul 2018
#34
Did anyone say their opinion was based solely on that? I must have missed that.
Squinch
Jul 2018
#39
No they said he's not a viable candidate for POTUS in '20, because too many women can't get behind
bettyellen
Jul 2018
#58
People beat Hillary up over the Crime Bill, which was just a couple of years after Anita Hill
EffieBlack
Jul 2018
#49
That and his record being so very cozy w banks. I'm hoping for young blood myself.
bettyellen
Jul 2018
#59
You've got me completely wrong, yet again. I don't support anyone who already ran for president or
bettyellen
Jul 2018
#62
Pragmatism ONLY works when all sides are pragmatic. If one side is not, pragmatists lose every time
TheBlackAdder
Jul 2018
#16
True. But when you start form a position where you have nothing to barter, you've already lost.
TheBlackAdder
Jul 2018
#25
"Thanks for treating DU like Twitter." --- Umm, okay-y-y-y? You're welcome?
NurseJackie
Jul 2018
#101
Then you'll provide a valid means of achieving all stated Democratic goals this year, yes?
LanternWaste
Aug 2018
#204
" through PM where you wouldn't run the risk of running afoul of any any DU rules. "
ehrnst
Aug 2018
#180
Ms. NurseJackie. You hit the nail on the head with your astute Bernie pickup
GulfCoast66
Jul 2018
#132
So "centrists" are merely "less extreme rightists" at this point in the discourse?
lapucelle
Jul 2018
#42
The shifts I have been concerned about deal with issues such as the respective roles
Tom Rinaldo
Jul 2018
#74
Lest it be forgot, the far left California presidential candidate in 2012 was . . .
ucrdem
Jul 2018
#26
The farther one moves from the center, the higher the level of narcissism IMO.
Trust Buster
Jul 2018
#27
Yes I have. The "center" is only a vague description of the majority of Americans and...
George II
Jul 2018
#45
I rarely talk politics with clients but after a few years one started to bring up the subject
progressoid
Jul 2018
#77
Some seem to like scouring the internet to find offensive and/or violent graphics...
George II
Jul 2018
#99
Yes, you've "done your time" and walked the walk, rather than simply being a keyboard Democrat....
George II
Aug 2018
#206
That chart is exactly my point - if you add up the % of all those who consider themselves....
George II
Jul 2018
#139
Let's see now, how about Russia sanctions? Sure if I was in the Senate at the time...
George II
Jul 2018
#147
I don't make policy, but I support Democratic candidates and office holders....
George II
Aug 2018
#207
When asked to name some policy positions that you represent/support as a centrist, you said to start
progressoid
Aug 2018
#194
"So everything in the platform is centrist?" Illogical projection. No, but I agree with....
George II
Aug 2018
#211
You agree with just about everything in the platform, center/left/far left.
progressoid
Aug 2018
#220
No, but your attempt at boiling it down to black/white, up/down, left/right, etc. is.
George II
Aug 2018
#223
I learned about the website OnTheIssues.org from a highschool social studies teacher
lapucelle
Jul 2018
#117
Center, Left, all the way left. You are a Democrat and no distinct should need to be made.
Afromania
Jul 2018
#79
"But I'm sure that's all the fault of the people that haven't been running the party."
betsuni
Jul 2018
#149
Not me, I am as far left as you can get, I am however also not a complete idiot
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2018
#193
One thing I've been saying for months (started during the Conor Lamb "impure" campaign)...
George II
Aug 2018
#201