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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]Squinch
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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