Reply #41: On the current political spectrum... [View All]

[CANDO]

a "centrist" is an Eisenhower/Nixon Republican. Those of us who feel we are on the left, are really the centrists who formed the Democratic base of FDR Democrats. There are no "leftists" to speak of anymore. And the mainstream "left" is always marginalized as the "far left" for the specific reason of propping up the corporate state. Many people call themselves "moderates" so as to not draw too much attention to themselves. They don't want to be seen as extreme. But nothing gets done through "moderation" except continuing the status quo. I'm really sick about where the Democratic majority hasn't taken us. What have they accomplished? In my mind the EFCA and health care reform were the cornerstones of showing the American people what we can get done for them. We've done neither.