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In reply to the discussion: "The Far Left"? WTF? [View all]

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147. You're incensed about "far left" but the so-called far left calls some DUers "RW" and there's the
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 03:21 AM
Apr 2015

old "3rd Way", "Authoritarians", whatever.

And, you're "confused/and/or/incensed about "far left", Derek?

Oh that makes sense.. "..wall street coddling smuck".. Just because People support Hillary. You're just throwing out flamebait.. you don't want anything to stop.

"The Far Left"? WTF? [View all] DerekG Apr 2015 OP
I don't call people far left. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #1
Ditto here AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #2
Next time hear it used ask WTF it means. Like the liberal media i guess bjobotts Apr 2015 #70
Bill O'Reilly uses that term to describe everyone on the left. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #72
Lots Of Right Wing Democrats Posting On DU billhicks76 Apr 2015 #95
How do you define rw though? Yes there are posters that make me scratch my head and I think they hrmjustin Apr 2015 #109
Clearly, the Democratic Party has a right wing and a left wing. merrily Apr 2015 #186
IMO, the "far left" are the ones who blindly support the likes of Maduro, 7962 Apr 2015 #274
Putin? LiberalLovinLug Apr 2015 #299
Hey, merrily simply asked for an opinion. 7962 Apr 2015 #324
You're Joking Right? billhicks76 Apr 2015 #302
The question was asked what one considered far left; 7962 Apr 2015 #322
No, I asked no question at all. merrily Apr 2015 #339
Well, you said "ask them" so that implies a question. 7962 Apr 2015 #345
My suggesting others ask someone a question is not the same as my asking a question. merrily Apr 2015 #346
Thank you. Sorry about the misrepresentation 7962 Apr 2015 #363
You think Putin is leftist? LOL! Man, with confusion like that I can see how any Dem not corporate Dragonfli Apr 2015 #305
Did you read the post I replied to at all? Or my answer? 7962 Apr 2015 #323
oh no, I caught all that, just your thought than anyone that supports Putin is a leftist Dragonfli Apr 2015 #326
Well, I can give you a couple examples, 7962 Apr 2015 #327
Thanks for the link, I'l look into it Dragonfli Apr 2015 #328
I don't get it, that appears to be anti Putin, not a kind word was spoken about him Dragonfli Apr 2015 #329
the old "US is always at fault" type posts LiberalLovinLug Apr 2015 #360
I stated that we've made our share of mistakes. 7962 Apr 2015 #364
No, the post to which you replied did not ask anything. merrily Apr 2015 #340
Find me a post of mine that blindly supports Maduro, Putin or, for that matter, that blindly merrily Apr 2015 #338
Right wing democrats put social issues ahead of economic issues - particularly unions. WillTwain Apr 2015 #276
I find economic and social issues to be of equal importance Dragonfli Apr 2015 #330
It is sad. WillTwain Apr 2015 #358
If we believe in single payer universal health care they call us Fringe Left. Same as Far Left. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #149
Right-wing Democrats often have little time for unions. WillTwain Apr 2015 #279
Obviously the ones who've been brainwashed by the librul media. arikara Apr 2015 #303
RW Democrats Support... billhicks76 Apr 2015 #362
No, most liberals believe in that treestar Apr 2015 #315
I can say anything I want. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #344
Oxymorons IMHO. nt brush Apr 2015 #228
those Democrats think they are on the left treestar Apr 2015 #313
But to be fair, you're a big fan MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #76
Excuse me sir? hrmjustin Apr 2015 #77
Has Hillary Clinton coddled Wall Street? MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #81
NY senators always have relationships with wall street as have Democratic presidents. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #83
OK, so what I wrote is correct? nt MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #86
Schumer I am not a fan of but Clinton while not an enemy of Wall Street is not going to bow to them hrmjustin Apr 2015 #98
Show me a shred of evidence that she as challenged Wall Street. Luminous Animal Apr 2015 #102
I think she just did by saying we need a new constitutional amendment to get rid of citizens united. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #110
Yes and candidate Obama said that we needed to roll back the Patriot Act. The nice label is rhett o rick Apr 2015 #118
Thats fair. i would like to raise taxes on them as well. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #119
They claimed they couldn't even pass a public option, but she's going to amend the Constitution? merrily Apr 2015 #180
Well played. hifiguy Apr 2015 #283
Thank you, merrily Apr 2015 #336
And lest we forget.... Plucketeer Apr 2015 #267
that's quite an easy thing to say. how long ERA has languished? 40 years? nashville_brook Apr 2015 #131
She is now on the record. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #132
Her opinion as president would not matter since the president is not JDPriestly Apr 2015 #136
She can use the bully pulpit. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #137
And, when it doesn't happen, we'll hear she is not king. Civics class. Congress. Blah, blah, blah. merrily Apr 2015 #206
Well I am a bit more hopeful but I understand that people are doubtful about it passing with reason. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #234
If you think Hillary's not doubtful about it passing, I have a few bridges in my inventory. merrily Apr 2015 #236
I am sure she has her doubts. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #252
!00% doubt merrily Apr 2015 #256
But what would attract the most press and public attention? JDPriestly Apr 2015 #281
The press will never be fair to her. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #282
And there is plenty to ridicule her about. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #285
Warren, Sanders, and O'Malley have vulnerabilities. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #287
Yes. But there is a particularly vicious strain of criticism of Hillary. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #288
Sorry but Clinton has been tried and tested. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #289
She has been tried and tested and lost. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #292
You are not being rude. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #293
Which makes it the ideal campaign strategy. That and 76% want it. merrily Apr 2015 #191
Just like Obama was on the record for a strong public option being the only way. merrily Apr 2015 #187
This is the problem for Hillary. Obama misled voters on so many issues, Democrats are gun shy. WillTwain Apr 2015 #280
Then, don't vote for Obama for POTUS in 2016. merrily Apr 2015 #337
ERA was much less controversial and is dead. merrily Apr 2015 #181
If she does get in, using her first year to pass a renewed ERA would be both in character and Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #193
Reality check. That statement by Hillary does not stand up to analysis. Not even a little. merrily Apr 2015 #179
She will bow awoke_in_2003 Apr 2015 #140
An unhealthy relationship. Unhealthy for the people of the nation. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #150
Elizabeth Warren is a Fan of Schumer also JI7 Apr 2015 #133
But not a fan of Wall Street, which is much more to the point merrily Apr 2015 #182
I see that the major divide is between the Progressives and Conservatives. rhett o rick Apr 2015 #120
I don't care for TTP and detest fracking. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #122
Where are you on unions? Would you fight for union members? WillTwain Apr 2015 #278
That the left of the Democratic Party is the ideological far, far left is such bull pucky. merrily Apr 2015 #188
Those that try to disparage the Left with the label "Far Left" refuse to actually explain why rhett o rick Apr 2015 #248
On one hand, they pretend liberals are bomb-throwing trotskyites. On the other merrily Apr 2015 #259
I think they're people with an (ahem) agenda who use that term. valerief Apr 2015 #3
And Candadians BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #10
Are those the ones with yeast infections? cui bono Apr 2015 #17
Or owners Depaysement Apr 2015 #36
Dude I'm crying *cough* Phlem Apr 2015 #85
... BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #213
Not the dreaded Candadians! Run for your lives! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #151
. Jesus Malverde Apr 2015 #333
Eeyup. hifiguy Apr 2015 #16
Yep! Same here, ignore them as appropriate! Anyone can join DU. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2015 #30
Exactly. jwirr Apr 2015 #50
! 2naSalit Apr 2015 #58
I'd love to know who pays the left of the Democratic Party. merrily Apr 2015 #194
Oh snap, 0-7? Heh. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #197
Love the juror who said the alerter might be a paid shill. merrily Apr 2015 #200
More likely the paid shills are the ones blasting the Democratic party treestar Apr 2015 #166
No one pays to attack center right Dems from the left. Quite the opposite. merrily Apr 2015 #215
No one's a paid shill on DU treestar Apr 2015 #241
Baloney. merrily Apr 2015 #245
Actually, they usually thrown in at least one more modifier, much as Republicans do. merrily Apr 2015 #190
"wild-eyed latte-drinking Volvo-driving, birkenstock wearing liberals" PassingFair Apr 2015 #253
Sounds more like a New Democrat. merrily Apr 2015 #257
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #264
And not only Marxist communism (with all the tendencies that entails) ... Fantastic Anarchist Apr 2015 #284
You can make money posting on here!?!?!!???!!? LiberalElite Apr 2015 #321
Failure to lockstep with Cersei. Jester Messiah Apr 2015 #4
LOL! PennyK Apr 2015 #66
Well done. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #152
You have been awarded the internets. Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #175
LOL! good one! (n/t) bread_and_roses Apr 2015 #217
I call myself far left because I am, Warpy Apr 2015 #5
Same feeling here. I view it as a politically unstable country. And the middle ground is going away RKP5637 Apr 2015 #32
Dont worry, the far right scares the average voter a lot more!! 7962 Apr 2015 #45
Yeah, that's why the far right did so poorly in the last election Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #141
That wasnt a national election. Easier to win in gerymandered districts 7962 Apr 2015 #185
It's not just gerrymandering Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #196
But Hillary still has a huge lead over any GOP candidate. 7962 Apr 2015 #243
A lead over a hypothetical opponent doesn't mean diddly this far out Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #247
I wonder why so many "far left" voters are in states like Alaska, Nebraska, Arkansas, and S Dakota? cascadiance Apr 2015 #68
+100. it's bizarro world. and the media are bought and paid for. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #146
Once the minimum wage became a ballot initiative, it was no longer a partisan issue Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #155
I'm all for increasing the minimum wage, but let's bear in mind, merrily Apr 2015 #202
I often see people use a politician's rhetoric to raise min wage (as the only tool to help the poor) Dragonfli Apr 2015 #306
Great post Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #332
Yes. And anyone honest and awake sees what has been in mind for safety nets by merrily Apr 2015 #334
Owned outright, by military contractors. ronnie624 Apr 2015 #331
Right with ya there, Warpy. This country scares the shit out of me. The people here Nay Apr 2015 #79
couldn't agree more marym625 Apr 2015 #113
same here drmeow Apr 2015 #143
^^^^^^^^This^^^^^^^ "This country is no longer rational in any way" Enthusiast Apr 2015 #153
yup. Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #177
I'm with ya. n/t Fantastic Anarchist Apr 2015 #286
You advocate for the confiscation of all private property, bvar22 Apr 2015 #296
Maybe it is the posters saying Hillary is not left enough, this may make someone far far left. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #6
Why? Whatever someone else is does not define what "far left" is. cui bono Apr 2015 #14
Hillary is center right at best, yet you keep redefining the spectrum Dragonfli Apr 2015 #21
This is a UK chart, use the charts created in the US like this one. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #24
Oh, LOL that pop chart based on answers to questions and other soft rhetoric Dragonfli Apr 2015 #28
It decides if you are libertarian or authoritarian. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #38
you either did not read my post or are clueless, I can help you with neither. Dragonfli Apr 2015 #41
You say I am clueless, look at the chart you provided, does it have anything on the Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #44
slightly left to mid Left=liberal (far left is red territory) - clueless it is then, go to the site Dragonfli Apr 2015 #56
I know what right and left means, the chart you furnished does not show conserative, moderate Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #63
it would reveal all that to you if you did understand right left etc. /nt Dragonfli Apr 2015 #64
Uh... yes, it does. Marr Apr 2015 #73
Yeah laundry_queen Apr 2015 #107
As Upton Sinclair observed, merrily Apr 2015 #223
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #219
There is a third possibility. merrily Apr 2015 #207
Libertarian as a political concept, not as the Libertarian party. It's how the scale works. Do you Ed Suspicious Apr 2015 #94
My question is where is the Liberal, Moderate, Populists, or Conserative section. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #103
You will have to wait until the primaries to see a chart showing you the R and D players for 2016 Dragonfli Apr 2015 #114
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #261
That's because it's several years out of date okasha Apr 2015 #124
the 2016 chart will come during the primaries Dragonfli Apr 2015 #128
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #205
That was a very thoughtful, intelligent, and patient answer to the poster's questions Dragonfli Apr 2015 #255
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #262
This really does need to be emphasized ... Fantastic Anarchist Apr 2015 #291
Libertarian is the opposite of authoritarian Mnpaul Apr 2015 #310
Interesting thought rpannier Apr 2015 #34
Perhaps some would believe this but when you compare the charts of different people on the issues Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #47
Okay. Fair Enough rpannier Apr 2015 #57
Hillary is-- according to her-- a "centrist". Marr Apr 2015 #69
Actually from previous discussions I have learned that thinkingabout Dragonfli Apr 2015 #80
lots of contradictions there daredtowork Apr 2015 #123
See, you're not allowed to bring up what the candidate says about themselves, that's not fair. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #208
we were just talking about how the friction here nashville_brook Apr 2015 #7
We're tired of being told who to vote for and insulted and bullied when we dare question or liberal_at_heart Apr 2015 #106
yes, and we're aware that not everyone here is rank and file nashville_brook Apr 2015 #129
Well said!! You should make this its own thread. JimDandy Apr 2015 #134
Didn't hurt, but the coronation attempt is far more incentive than anything that merrily Apr 2015 #209
To paraphrase Gore Vidal burrowowl Apr 2015 #8
+1 appalachiablue Apr 2015 #20
No, Eisenhower just had a public face that was very different from his private one. merrily Apr 2015 #210
How far left is too far? Half-Century Man Apr 2015 #9
According to the Turd Way shills hifiguy Apr 2015 #42
Where do I get my little Red Book? n/t Oldtimeralso Apr 2015 #54
Step out your back door, step 13 paces to the left, the Worlwide Red Menace Brotherhood Dragonfli Apr 2015 #117
I believe all of that as well... Moostache Apr 2015 #52
Whats a "completely public military"? 7962 Apr 2015 #53
I think and I could be speaking out of line but yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #61
I took it to mean no mercenaries or other contractors (I may be out of line as well but I think Dragonfli Apr 2015 #62
Oh, ok. I was thinking in a completely different direction!! 7962 Apr 2015 #78
What I mean is Half-Century Man Apr 2015 #144
I would agree with all of that but the draft. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #216
I agree. We have a great military force that is volunteer. 7962 Apr 2015 #246
Why not? Very few of our wars come out of nowhere, without any sort of foreshadowing. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #251
Because if we actually did that, everything would end up funded that way 7962 Apr 2015 #273
Really? We might get far more done. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #275
No mercenaries--like Blackwater/Xe/Academi or whatever they are calling themselves now Demeter Apr 2015 #239
An excellent list, particularly since "a completely public health system" sounds like an NHS pampango Apr 2015 #170
I like that FDR Liberal title...I've been a bit confused myself. I'm thinking about Democratic libdem4life Apr 2015 #11
Third Way is not synonymous with liberal or progressive if that's what you're saying. n/t cui bono Apr 2015 #15
Asking...I'd pretty much figured that one out...what used to be maybe a little left of libdem4life Apr 2015 #230
3rd way is exactly that. It's a break from either left or right. It tries to fall somewhere in the Ed Suspicious Apr 2015 #101
You got it exactly right Dragonfli Apr 2015 #105
+1 Enthusiast Apr 2015 #157
That's a great description...thanks. I'll read it again. I see how it happened...I checked out libdem4life Apr 2015 #233
That's what I was used to, but I really resonate with Bernie's ideas, although I'll vote for a libdem4life Apr 2015 #231
Bernie Sanders may call himself a 'Democratic Sociaist' (and bliess his heart KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #112
Actually I've heard him compare himself to the European Social Democrats. libdem4life Apr 2015 #238
The far left Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #12
Blammo. hifiguy Apr 2015 #18
+1000! Fearless Apr 2015 #43
On DU, anyone railing against the "far left" is either absolutely ignorant Maedhros Apr 2015 #13
+1 When I see it utilized I laugh and see it as their attempt to give legitimacy to right wing/hawk Jefferson23 Apr 2015 #23
WORD. Think of the highest-profile person in the media who uses bullwinkle428 Apr 2015 #59
Damn right. Some enjoy trying to upset FDR Democrats though. It's obvious. nt stillwaiting Apr 2015 #172
+1 merrily Apr 2015 #203
Or Canadian BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #224
All my Canadian friends are New Democrats which are to the left of the Liberals.[n/t] Maedhros Apr 2015 #268
It's an inside DU joke BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #314
I suspect I know of whom you speak. Maedhros Apr 2015 #317
You're not missing anything BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #319
DUZY... Jesus Malverde Apr 2015 #19
kr ND-Dem Apr 2015 #22
accountability only goes so far reddread Apr 2015 #25
I agree that left or far left is not an appropriate term BainsBane Apr 2015 #26
just laugh at them, don't take it seriously. m-lekktor Apr 2015 #27
bravo SHRED Apr 2015 #29
I've been called far left many times over the past decade rpannier Apr 2015 #31
It is just something stupid conservatives spit like venom regardless of party affiliation when TheKentuckian Apr 2015 #33
Oh my friend it's not just conservatives. Phlem Apr 2015 #90
No, at least for the most part that is who they are if they believe anything at all whatever they TheKentuckian Apr 2015 #121
+1 merrily Apr 2015 #221
+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Phlem Apr 2015 #254
You haven't seen on DU how treestar Apr 2015 #242
It is election season. That means it is going to get mean, nasty, and ugly. liberal_at_heart Apr 2015 #35
I was called worse today. Martin Eden Apr 2015 #37
Oh dear, I guess all of us that opposed the Iraq war need to purchase tri-cornered hats Dragonfli Apr 2015 #46
"TeaLeft Purist??" Hissyspit Apr 2015 #84
I was in a thread today where a poster compared us to the mob that killed Jesus and Joan of Arc. liberal_at_heart Apr 2015 #89
OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE... Hissyspit Apr 2015 #91
DU is being colonized by disgustingus Scootaloo Apr 2015 #164
What is a 'TeaLeft purist'? That is some seriously demented foam-spitting KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #115
Thanks Martin Eden Apr 2015 #176
lol daredtowork Apr 2015 #126
TeaLeft purist? ROFLMFAOPIMP. merrily Apr 2015 #220
I'm so glad you spelled that one out...had me there for a minute...LOL Thanks for the chuckle. libdem4life Apr 2015 #250
My pleasure. I am 100% in favor of chuckles. merrily Apr 2015 #258
Time to clear my ignore list again so I can see which jackass this was LondonReign2 Apr 2015 #227
K&R! Omaha Steve Apr 2015 #39
You don't think there are super-liberals who talk about "tearing down the whole system"? PBass Apr 2015 #40
I'll make them a better deal: Moostache Apr 2015 #48
Today's "moderate Democrats" and "centrist Democrats" hifiguy Apr 2015 #290
It bothers me to see "far left" used here in the same way Republicans use "far left." Agnosticsherbet Apr 2015 #49
It's not subtle like a dog-whistle...don't think it a dog whistle HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #51
That insult started about the time the president decided mandatory for-profit health insurance was Doctor_J Apr 2015 #55
There is a Far Left just as there is a Far Right Yorktown Apr 2015 #60
How about Wall St execs just go to prison like regular criminals? Enthusiast Apr 2015 #159
Didn't Madoff get sent to prison? Yorktown Apr 2015 #365
Madoff ripped off the wealthy so he had to be punished to set an example. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #368
Madoff robbed average folks too Yorktown Apr 2015 #372
Well, I wouldn't COMPLETELY dismiss "the lamppost solution". Buns_of_Fire Apr 2015 #211
Comrade Stalin, I've recognized you. Yorktown Apr 2015 #366
the swooners again? Skittles Apr 2015 #65
The 'far left' is any part of the part that is not on the right fringe of the party, according to Marr Apr 2015 #67
hem allan01 Apr 2015 #71
Maybe I'm just uninformed, but PBass Apr 2015 #74
The term Far Left is often used to insult, to suggest a poster has an unreasonable position. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #160
This ^^^^^ haikugal Apr 2015 #183
Well said MissDeeds Apr 2015 #75
"What in God's name constitutes "the far left?"" Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #82
Or Communists Phlem Apr 2015 #87
There needs to be more of us in charge. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #88
Hear, Hear! truebluegreen Apr 2015 #92
I think that is Bill O'Reilly's catch phrase MiniMe Apr 2015 #93
K&R! Big time! marym625 Apr 2015 #96
As a "far-left radical" I support far left radical ideas like Social Security and Medicare. Scuba Apr 2015 #97
lol, aint that the truth, +1 whereisjustice Apr 2015 #139
FDR liberal. I like that title. I'll wear that one proudly. liberal_at_heart Apr 2015 #99
critical of Hillary's corporate debt, I was called a leftist version of the tea party, but thruth is whereisjustice Apr 2015 #100
If they are hardened extremists they are not centrists. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #161
They are not centrists, they are personality cultists. [n/t] Maedhros Apr 2015 #270
Links? JaneyVee Apr 2015 #104
Cheerlearder, swooner, apologist, one_voice Apr 2015 #108
Yes, exactly treestar Apr 2015 #168
Good point. DU's "circular firing squad" puts much energy into insulting each other rather pampango Apr 2015 #171
the less factual stuff they have the more they have to rely on rhetoric MisterP Apr 2015 #111
I always say that it is far better than being a UpInArms Apr 2015 #116
People with no care in the world about America, they don't live here Rex Apr 2015 #125
I don't give a damn what lame venom they spit and will only refrain from labeling them Wall St TheKentuckian Apr 2015 #127
Some here seem to believe FDR was "Far Left". nt Zorra Apr 2015 #130
I too am an FDR Democrat. I am not a socialist although I back Bernie JDPriestly Apr 2015 #135
Depends on what you think moderate means. Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #138
Just what the republicans love MFM008 Apr 2015 #142
Another thing the Republicans love? Maedhros Apr 2015 #271
Hope to hell that is not "Far Left" n/t bobGandolf Apr 2015 #145
You're incensed about "far left" but the so-called far left calls some DUers "RW" and there's the Cha Apr 2015 #147
Awwww. Poor Cha. Scootaloo Apr 2015 #169
Thank you, Derek. That is entirely accurate. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #148
"Far Left" is actually straight-up Communism. DetlefK Apr 2015 #154
Kennedy's Cold Warrior side was beginning to thaw deutsey Apr 2015 #156
That speech, and JFK's oft-reported intention to pull hifiguy Apr 2015 #294
I agree. deutsey Apr 2015 #295
and prior to that... ensemble Apr 2015 #307
Yep. When he came face to face with the logical consequences of Cold War hifiguy Apr 2015 #309
Kick! Pooka Fey Apr 2015 #158
This is just another version bvf Apr 2015 #162
Thank you DerekG! RiverLover Apr 2015 #163
...!!! KoKo Apr 2015 #301
theres a far right and a far left treestar Apr 2015 #165
Your second sentence is complete rubbish. So is your fourth, and your first, and your third. nt stillwaiting Apr 2015 #174
But it appears you have no answer treestar Apr 2015 #235
treestar you are on record as believing that the Wall Street economy improving is pretty much stillwaiting Apr 2015 #249
Democrats are not the far left. (LOL, who the fuck called Mittens liberal?) merrily Apr 2015 #218
The far right. treestar Apr 2015 #237
As to Mitt: When he ran against Kennedy for the Senate merrily Apr 2015 #244
Obama calls his own economic policies "mainstream 1980's Republican" and LondonReign2 Apr 2015 #263
Embrace it, is my advice Scootaloo Apr 2015 #167
That's a very good point..And I have always embraced it, Thanks! haikugal Apr 2015 #204
To some people it's anyone to the left of Temujin. hobbit709 Apr 2015 #173
The real far left vive la commune Apr 2015 #178
Dragging the country right. And we know that never ends well. merrily Apr 2015 #222
Most of them have never seen anything left of a moderate. Strat54 Apr 2015 #184
I would rec this, but... Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #189
It really does comes down to corporate or populist Dems. (REAL populists, that is.) polichick Apr 2015 #192
....! KoKo Apr 2015 #214
A-freakin'-men! meow2u3 Apr 2015 #195
The center right of the Democratic Party in 1940 would not even recognize Third Way as Democrats. merrily Apr 2015 #198
In the U.S., LWolf Apr 2015 #199
In the US, the far left is Communist or left anarchist, not the left of the Democratic Party. merrily Apr 2015 #212
Yes, and LWolf Apr 2015 #349
A worthy topic for discussion, perhaps, but not relevant to my point. merrily Apr 2015 #351
I assume that your point is LWolf Apr 2015 #353
The left of the Democratic Party is not the "far far left" or some fringe group, as I have merrily Apr 2015 #354
Okay. LWolf Apr 2015 #355
No, you didn't change. The bs changed. merrily Apr 2015 #359
That's the truth. nt LWolf Apr 2015 #370
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #376
Take your false accusations about my alleged deviousness and merrily Apr 2015 #378
What is the modern corporate political structure? treestar Apr 2015 #316
"here?" LWolf Apr 2015 #350
that's very general treestar Apr 2015 #356
Which has LWolf Apr 2015 #369
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #375
Kicked&Recommended! butterfly77 Apr 2015 #201
"The Far Left" is just 3 Words fredamae Apr 2015 #225
Left what?... freebrew Apr 2015 #226
Why do you even care about being called the far left? Renew Deal Apr 2015 #229
There is NO far-left in the US media RoccoR5955 Apr 2015 #232
There is, it merely isn't that popular treestar Apr 2015 #311
The reason that their ideas do not catch on is not popularity RoccoR5955 Apr 2015 #347
People can't think for themselves? treestar Apr 2015 #357
No they cannot RoccoR5955 Apr 2015 #361
well really is no such thing PatrynXX Apr 2015 #240
The far left is the most right. Orsino Apr 2015 #260
This far leftist is not offering the same deal, just say'n. harun Apr 2015 #265
I think it's interesting that so many people consider far left an insult BainsBane Apr 2015 #266
I agree and if a person is a Marxist treestar Apr 2015 #312
It wouldn't BainsBane Apr 2015 #325
Gay? Roy Rolling Apr 2015 #269
The far left never had any power. Just ask Bill Kristol.... americannightmare Apr 2015 #272
Code from the astroturfers to make anyone at FDR liberal or left of Cleita Apr 2015 #277
BBC commentator was rumbling "far left" and "fringe candidate" butt gas when referencing... Eleanors38 Apr 2015 #297
It Irritates Me As Well. colsohlibgal Apr 2015 #298
"I welcome their hatred" RiverLover Apr 2015 #304
Far leftist is like, you know, Ronald Reagan. tclambert Apr 2015 #300
Wasn't "The Far Left" Gary Larson's old comic panel? Ken Burch Apr 2015 #308
The Overton Window is so far right in this country DirkGently Apr 2015 #318
I like that idea. A lot. RiverLover Apr 2015 #343
At least one poster here repeatedly uses "fringe left" to describe City Lights Apr 2015 #320
Really? Bonobo Apr 2015 #335
LOL! City Lights Apr 2015 #352
i consider myself fairly far left. barbtries Apr 2015 #341
typical Nader voter = far left beachbum bob Apr 2015 #342
FDR Liberal???? One of the 99 Apr 2015 #348
Oh yes, that's the part of FDR's legacy we treasure. RiverLover Apr 2015 #367
But FDR is not just the New Deal One of the 99 Apr 2015 #371
When we speak of FDR economic populism/progressivism, that is what we are speaking to. RiverLover Apr 2015 #373
That's only part of FDR's legacy One of the 99 Apr 2015 #374
LOL @ "centrists" Matrosov Apr 2015 #377
Kick for the "Far Left". Zorra Apr 2015 #379
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