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In reply to the discussion: How you know America is not a center-right country, far to the left of Hillary: [View all]BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)Go back to the list of questions in the OP. Many of them are shown by multiple polls to be very popular positions among the public when the question is asked without any personality bias.
And then look at Hillary's position on each issue, if that can be determined. The DLCers try to avoid answering any of these questions, but their modus operadi is clear enough. Not talking about Hillary in particular, here is where I see the DLCers in general falling:
1) Medicare for all. They blocked it but give it good lip service.
2) Fair taxation on the top 1%. They are against it, but give it good lip service.
3) The TPP. They are for it, but most of those weasels will not say that out loud.
4) Ending the wars. No consistent positions here. They really waffle and triangulate, trying to have it both ways.
5) Prosecuting torture and other war crimes. Of course not.
and so on. Every issue works out about the same way. To be fair, some of the questions on the OP list imply positions that truly are to the left of the American public in general. But most are actually mainstream positions when you poll the public just on the issue and not the personality.