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78 replies	Author	Time	Post
Krugman slams centrists [View all]	Marzupialis	May 2012	OP
kick	Liberal_in_LA	May 2012	#1
Krugman naills it,	bvar22	May 2012	#2
Indeed, the pattern is CRYSTAL clear --	Hell Hath No Fury	May 2012	#6
Van Jones, Shirley Sherrod, exiled.	Dont call me Shirley	May 2012	#7
Thanks.	bvar22	May 2012	#9
To Further Prove Your Point	Yavin4	May 2012	#8
I wish I could rec this post 1000 times	hifiguy	May 2012	#14
+10000	JDPriestly	May 2012	#28
Yep...you nailed it, bvar22!	tex-wyo-dem	May 2012	#37
Add to that the DNC's tepid support for Barrett in Wisconsin to defeat Walker	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2012	#40
yeah, that was the plan from the start	Blue_Tires	May 2012	#52
And one more ....	LiberalLovinLug	May 2012	#59
You can take your concerned notice of the President's words to the CBC off your list	Number23	May 2012	#65
I will be glad to do that just as soon as you....	bvar22	May 2012	#66
I stand by what I said too	Number23	May 2012	#67
I see you FAILED to respond to my challenge,	bvar22	May 2012	#68
Your "challenge" has nothing to do with anything that I've said	Number23	May 2012	#70
EXACTLY!!!!	bvar22	May 2012	#71
lol The only "surrender" I'll ever make to you is to surrender to the knowledge	Number23	May 2012	#72
Pretending to Laughing Off failure...	bvar22	May 2012	#73
And the desire to continue to brazenly tout something	Number23	May 2012	#74
More Bluster and Smoke.	bvar22	May 2012	#75
LOL! When you have to resort to "nine other people agreed with me"	Number23	May 2012	#76
The fact that 9 others "understood" the "point" of my post...	bvar22	May 2012	#77
Blah blah blah	Number23	May 2012	#78
Anything by Krugman, I upvote first and read later.	2ndAmForComputers	May 2012	#3
K&R	99Forever	May 2012	#4
K&R	Hell Hath No Fury	May 2012	#5
The BIG Problem I have with "Sensible Centrists"...	bvar22	May 2012	#10
Yup, too often centrists are like "independents" or "libertarians"	Salviati	May 2012	#20
Too often independents seem more liberal than centrists. nt	Hatchling	May 2012	#46
my sentiments exactly	SemperEadem	May 2012	#60
slammin' DURec.	KG	May 2012	#11
Oops:	ProSense	May 2012	#12
If true progressive ideals were adopted and fought for, we'd ALL be democrats.	mother earth	May 2012	#13
Did anyone not know that the president was "black"? Not sure why it was necessary to use that...	Tarheel_Dem	May 2012	#17
Apologies, it's just that after two steals we were allowed the real win,	mother earth	May 2012	#27
"I'm so tired of centrism that keeps us stagnating and in endless status quo."	Tarheel_Dem	May 2012	#34
Look, not trying to do 2008 over, although JE was on message (unzipped tho he was, unknown to	mother earth	May 2012	#57
"embrace the real base."? I am the base. 4th generation Democrat here.	Tarheel_Dem	May 2012	#58
Agreed. No disrespect towards that issue, but why are all other issues now invisible?	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2012	#41
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!	WillyT	May 2012	#15
I agree AE was a joke, but let's be real PK, there are extremes on both sides. Not sure if Paul....	Tarheel_Dem	May 2012	#16
Great, so if there are extremes on both sides go ahead and list them...	JAbuchan08	May 2012	#18
Ever visited wsws? I mean, really. Hell, I think Greens can be extreme, but then I'm a Democrat.	Tarheel_Dem	May 2012	#19
But they are in parties that call themselves to the left of the Democrats	muriel_volestrangler	May 2012	#22
Come on muriel, you & I both know that we all get lumped in as "the left". I guess my point is.....	Tarheel_Dem	May 2012	#24
I think you're completely wrong	muriel_volestrangler	May 2012	#30
Okay, I never said they were "influential", I merely observed that they do exist.	Tarheel_Dem	May 2012	#33
He says the Democrats are centrist; he critcises the AE "centrists" with quotes	muriel_volestrangler	May 2012	#47
The Tea Party is not an actual party thus, unless they run for a non-partisan office, they MUST run	Luminous Animal	May 2012	#31
But the "centrists" are not reacting to wsws, they're reacting to Obama	JAbuchan08	May 2012	#64
False equivalency.	Egalitarian Thug	May 2012	#26
K&R	me b zola	May 2012	#21
This is just my opinion, but on a political spectrum	Jamaal510	May 2012	#23
I have a particular loathing for dem centrists.	xchrom	May 2012	#25
Exactly!	tex-wyo-dem	May 2012	#39
Bail-outs. Failed wars. True. But they are not finished yet.	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2012	#42
Amen to that. nt	raouldukelives	May 2012	#53
K&R. Democratic centrists apparently feel the recall fight	bullwinkle428	May 2012	#29
He forgot to mention shilling for online voting? n/t	eridani	May 2012	#32
The powers that be already have the upper hand.	Bonobo	May 2012	#35
If only Krugman had the intellectual horsepower of Geithner or Summers	MannyGoldstein	May 2012	#36
Hello Third Way Manny, I am DLC Dragonfli! (new and improved for the ultimate centrism)	Dragonfli	May 2012	#38
OK. You've convinced me. I'm in.	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2012	#43
Why no!!! Each year we get to move further right, as far as the envelop will bear	Dragonfli	May 2012	#44
So we're safe for 10 years before we have to adopt all the current Republican policies? Whew.	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2012	#45
Why is Paul Krugman Misrepresenting the Demise of a Wall Street Funded, Right Wing...	ProSense	May 2012	#48
Centrists are the most useless people in politics... nt	Comrade_McKenzie	May 2012	#49
Given: The center is SKEWED to the Right. This makes it PRIME political real-estate.	patrice	May 2012	#50
Americans Elect was a terrible idea	Alcibiades	May 2012	#51
Any "third" or "center" anything that doesn't admit your basic point: "need to call for fundamental	patrice	May 2012	#55
Wow, there's a ton of trolls here.	xtraxritical	May 2012	#54
Please retract your statement, Centrists are not trolls, they are the heart of our great party! /nt	Dragonfli	May 2012	#56
Thank you! for how you framed this critique.	patrice	May 2012	#61
.	Dragonfli	May 2012	#62
NAILED IT! As usual...	on point	May 2012	#63
Where is "The Center"?	bvar22	May 2012	#69

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