Reply #33: Depends on hiw you define "far left"

[Armstead]

Teddy Kennedy is a liberal gasbag to the centrists. They only tolerate him because of his name and seniority.

Howard Dean -- even though basically a centrist -- is considered a disruptor because he had the nerve to actually try to reflect what he was hearing from the liberal grass roots.

Dennis Kucinich is considere a far-left whacko -- but he really only represents the liberalism that gave us Medicare, Social Security, unemployment insurance and other basic institutions.

I don't think any of those people are flapping monkeys, but they are all dismissed by the centrists.