Posted on 10/18/2018 1:06:45 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
If your only source of information about American politics in 2018 were the GOPs campaign ads, you would think that the Democratic Party was a radical left-wing organization, whose principal constituents were anarchists, misandrists, literal terrorists, and acolytes of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. If you supplemented those 30-second spots with Donald Trumps stump speeches, and Fox News prime-time lineup, you might further conclude that Nancy Pelosi was the chair of The House Antifa Caucus.
In other words: The GOPs message-makers are working round-the-clock to collapse the distinctions between the Democratic Party and the most radical activists at the far-left fringes of its big tent.
The actually existing Republican Party, on the other hand, is an extreme, reactionary formation that champions procedural radicalism, nativism, voter suppression, far-right militia movements, the stigmatization of the Islamic faith, sheriffs who habitually violate the law and their constituents civil rights, the subordination of federal law enforcement to Donald Trumps whims - and, unlike the vast majority of Americans, a smaller and less generous social-welfare state, lower taxes for the rich, the overturning of Roe v. Wade, fewer regulatory protections for consumers and the environment, and various reforms aimed increasing Wyatt Kochs share of economic growth.
When the (unfortunately existing) centrist commentariat elides these distinctions - and wishes a pox on both extreme cults - they are helping the most ideologically extreme major party in the developed world blind the American people to how much they have in common.
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I tried reading the article, but all I heard was a high-pitched whistling sound coming from his vagina.
The Onion won’t print anything that wild.
So - Is Eric willing to sure the hallucinogenic drug he’s abusing?
Yes, it is centrist...centered between the Socialist and Communist Party...
He spelled “Communist” incorrectly.
Or a News Source!
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For sure!
Maxine Waters is the Ranking Member and would be the Chairman of the powerful banking committee if the Dems win control of the House - that would be some serious “centrist” governance right there.
I could eat a bowl of alphabet soup and crap out a more cogent article.
That’s because you’re sane and he ain’t.
Yeah - we’ve been watching what them “centrists’ do and how they attack the innocent and exhort their followers to become martyrs for their cause because it’s easier to get away with bloodshed after you’ve caused the enemy to shed the blood of your drudges...they are so ‘centrist” that even some of their radicals are thinking they’ve gone too far.
From inside the New York bubble, I guess they would consider the Democrats as being in the center.
He really should get out of New York more often to see the real world
Might have point - after all there is nothing but a yellow line and roadkill down the center of the road.
The first step toward recovery is too put down the crack pipe, friend. Hell, the R's are too far left to be called centrists, and the Dems are going to have to change their name to the BC party for Bat..it Crazy.
Nope. Yours is too accurate to be considered outlandish.
No, actually, based on his article, I very seriously doubt that he can.
Exactly. Compromising with normal people means each party gets something they want THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE. "Compromising" with a leftist means that they do in fact get something they want, but in exchange, you don't have to give up as much as they would like to take. It's just a given that the change from SQA is all in their favor and the compromising is only about HOW MUCH. The ratchet only clicks in one direction for them.
I once read an analogy that it was like 'sharing' a cake you owned with someone. You agree to split it 50/50 and give them half. But then they come back and want half of your half, then half of what you have left after that, and so on. Eventually, they have the entire cake, which was originally yours, and you have been given NOTHING in exchange.
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