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"There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos" [View all] villager May 2016 OP

A very stupid quote. America has prospered by staying in the middle of the road and by avoiding Trust Buster May 2016 #1

+1. By and large, America is economically center-right and socially center-left, Nye Bevan May 2016 #2

Bullshit. Just tired right wing propaganda. Ferd Berfel May 2016 #51

. Nye Bevan May 2016 #54

your point being? quakerboy May 2016 #55

OK, Barack Obama won the last two elections, Nye Bevan May 2016 #57

Thats where that dichotomy comes in. quakerboy May 2016 #62

Gallup? Ferd Berfel May 2016 #56

Somehow, I trust Jim Hightower's analysis of American politics vastly more than either of yours. nt villager May 2016 #3

What they meant to say was, "I got mine." WhaTHellsgoingonhere May 2016 #5

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How dare he be a liberal in a dysfunctional state! villager May 2016 #9

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Well, we might each "suspect" a lot of things, which might be different. But I'm glad we share... villager May 2016 #14

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But when you look at the kind of Congress-folk Texas used to be able to elect... villager May 2016 #22

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I was never so shocked in my life Jim Beard May 2016 #50

Of course they'd both be Clinton supporters. Hortensis May 2016 #23

Same here. ananda May 2016 #15

Yes! mountain grammy May 2016 #37

Except for the fact that he blatantly ignores U.S. history, right ? Trust Buster May 2016 #59

Bzzzzzzzt! Thanks for playing RufusTFirefly May 2016 #10

+1. For use of "swarthy subversives," especially! nt villager May 2016 #12

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Actually, Bernie has articulated a wider acceptance of democratic socialism that at any time since villager May 2016 #20

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Not this cycle, true. I suspect this century will remain full of surprises. villager May 2016 #24

FDR didn't follow the yellow line. He asked for a 100% top tax rate. RufusTFirefly May 2016 #25

Exactly, they conveniently ignore inconvenient truths. Trust Buster May 2016 #60

These were all ideas whose time had come, and then Hortensis May 2016 #28

You're right those were things who's times had come. The trick is to see it coming and not A Simple Game May 2016 #43

Well, yuck to that little idea. We have something Hortensis May 2016 #46

Well Said Jim Beard May 2016 #63

Question, RufusT: SCantiGOP May 2016 #40

Like many programs, Social Security had a number of precursors RufusTFirefly May 2016 #42

The way it is supposed to work.. sendero May 2016 #47

bee ess tenderfoot May 2016 #48

+1 nt Fresh_Start May 2016 #53

Forgot about this one. Thanks for "dusting it off". libdem4life May 2016 #4

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Rush Limbaugh has one similar to that as well redstateblues May 2016 #8

Does he? Perhaps you'd like to post it here. nt villager May 2016 #11

I don't do that. I didn't mean that as a compliment. redstateblues May 2016 #29

You "don't do that" because you can't. nt villager May 2016 #36

and to the right are Yonnie3 May 2016 #17

Which makes one wonder why our entire system is built on false dualities that can only be 'met'... Shandris May 2016 #18

Absolutely true. alarimer May 2016 #27

K & R! TIME TO PANIC May 2016 #30

You'll also find the crown there. (nt) muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #31

This thread is full of moderate republicans. TIME TO PANIC May 2016 #32

I think moderate Republicans self-identify as "mainstream Democrats" now villager May 2016 #39

... and meanwhile cost us elections. TIME TO PANIC May 2016 #41

the old right is now falsely imagined as the new "center" villager May 2016 #44

Exactly Zambero May 2016 #33

Glad I don't live in Texas (no armadillos) - or 1930's Germany (no democratic left). pampango May 2016 #34

Maybe at a later date they will explain how America became a center-right nation against the will of That Guy 888 May 2016 #61

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #35

As ever, Paine knew what was up. nt villager May 2016 #38

Moderates = Republicans that are too cowardly to say so tenderfoot May 2016 #45

It's an excellent quote and totally true. tenderfoot May 2016 #49

I love that Jim Hightowerism ;-) n/t ReRe May 2016 #52

Right. Brilliant. And totally meaningless. Nitram May 2016 #58