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| 30. it's not a matter of Left or Right . . . it's who will tell the Truth . . |
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the whole Left/Right dichotomy is something created by those in power to keep us from addressing the REAL dichotomy -- the ruling elite who control all of the money and resources versus the rest of us . . . what we need are people who are willing to stand up and tell the Truth . . . and, generally speaking, we're not going to find them among elected politicians . . . they have too much invested in the system of corporate governance and therefore too much to lose . . . How about a consortium for Truth?http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... Who are the Truth Tellers?http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... |
| -Can ANYONE please name one single major Dem politician who is far left?? |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-18-05 09:15 AM |
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Do you consider Bernie Sanders far left? |
XanaDUer |
Sep-18-05 09:17 AM |
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He is not democrat |
Mass |
Sep-18-05 09:24 AM |
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I think that's where Douglas is going with this.... |
Totally Committed |
Sep-18-05 09:38 AM |
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certainly not and neither do the people of staunchly conservative rural |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-18-05 09:27 AM |
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OOps. Me bad. |
XanaDUer |
Sep-18-05 09:34 AM |
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Perhaps Barbara Boxer escaped your sights? She's the most radical liberal |
radwriter0555 |
Sep-20-05 01:10 AM |
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I always thought communism was far left and I don't know any US |
FloridaPat |
Sep-18-05 09:23 AM |
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Only a handful of Liberal Democrats |
joanne |
Sep-18-05 09:27 AM |
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If you include the house |
BL611 |
Sep-19-05 02:29 PM |
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Jim McDermott for one...n/t |
KoKo01 |
Sep-18-05 09:25 AM |
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respectfully, please state what policies Mr. McDermott supports that would |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-18-05 09:30 AM |
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Here is link to his website and what he supports from Project Vote Smart. |
KoKo01 |
Sep-18-05 10:05 AM |
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thank you for the links, I agree that he is quite liberal (makes me feel |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-18-05 10:13 AM |
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I'm very fond of Jim McDermott...Wish we had more like him. n/t |
KoKo01 |
Sep-18-05 10:17 AM |
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If you take the "far" off, the list doesn't get much longer. nt |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Sep-18-05 09:26 AM |
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And isn't THAT an indictment! (nt) |
Mairead |
Sep-18-05 09:40 AM |
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damn right...70 percent of the people are left |
pretzel4gore |
Sep-18-05 10:36 AM |
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far left compared to whom? |
Mass |
Sep-18-05 09:26 AM |
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Several CBC Democrats are very liberal. |
1932 |
Sep-18-05 09:27 AM |
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Far Left? |
TallahasseeGrannie |
Sep-18-05 09:28 AM |
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Given How Far To The Right The GOP Is.... |
emanymton |
Sep-18-05 09:29 AM |
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Who of the far left are as extreme as W's supporters are to the right? |
indepat |
Sep-18-05 09:37 AM |
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You're not going to get anywhere with your question |
Mairead |
Sep-18-05 09:39 AM |
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you are probably right..Personally I think the whole term is a GOP hoax. |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-18-05 09:52 AM |
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No, but I can name manyRepugs far right enough to nudge fascism and racism |
bluedawg12 |
Sep-18-05 09:43 AM |
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I am confused by 'far left', whatever that means, and 'out of MSM'. |
leesa |
Sep-18-05 09:56 AM |
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Several House members.... |
Dob Bole |
Sep-18-05 09:58 AM |
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I agree that there are some left house members .. far left??? |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-18-05 10:24 AM |
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EVERYONE looks far left when you're far right. |
rocknation |
Sep-18-05 09:59 AM |
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Since a small portion of people consider themselves FAR left... |
tx_dem41 |
Sep-18-05 10:00 AM |
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none ... done ... |
welshTerrier2 |
Sep-18-05 10:02 AM |
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I agree completely |
Lorien |
Sep-19-05 01:15 AM |
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Rather than responding we need to start calling them the reckless right |
nothingshocksmeanymore |
Sep-18-05 10:11 AM |
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it's not a matter of Left or Right . . . it's who will tell the Truth . . |
OneBlueSky |
Sep-18-05 10:30 AM |
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Ultra-liberal and out of the mainstream are relative terms. |
tasteblind |
Sep-18-05 10:34 AM |
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agree with you 100% - What is really awful is how is how some |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-18-05 10:46 AM |
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Far left = socialist , so no. |
McCamy Taylor |
Sep-18-05 10:59 AM |
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They all have died in plane crashes... |
Lochloosa |
Sep-18-05 11:16 AM |
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and even those. Did they hold ANY position that were out or the |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-18-05 11:22 AM |
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I was going to say the same thing |
MsAnthropy |
Sep-19-05 03:11 PM |
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Conyers and Kucinich are pretty left |
JNelson6563 |
Sep-18-05 11:25 AM |
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probably not and I don't know of any policy positions held by Mr. Conyers |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-18-05 11:51 AM |
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I live in Nascar land and believe me neither Conyers nor Kucinich |
KoKo01 |
Sep-18-05 12:19 PM |
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they may be perceived that way by many |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-18-05 08:06 PM |
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Exactly! |
jaredh |
Sep-18-05 09:50 PM |
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Both Kucinich and Conyers get their message across to their own voters |
KoKo01 |
Sep-18-05 10:22 PM |
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No far left |
jaredh |
Sep-18-05 09:42 PM |
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Dupe. (nt) |
jaredh |
Sep-18-05 09:43 PM |
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Bingo! You are on the right track... |
renie408 |
Sep-18-05 10:14 PM |
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Great post. |
Zhade |
Sep-18-05 10:30 PM |
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you would have to have a community with majority in far left to |
seabeyond |
Sep-18-05 10:32 PM |
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Nope. |
TankLV |
Sep-18-05 11:28 PM |
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I couldn't agree more |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-18-05 11:58 PM |
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Sanders, kucinich, boxer, durbin, |
ElsewheresDaughter |
Sep-19-05 12:09 AM |
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do Sanders(who is not a Dem), Kucinich, Boxer or Durbin or any other |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-19-05 03:39 AM |
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Kucinich is not 'far left', he speaks for the majority |
Marleyb |
Sep-19-05 11:13 AM |
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I would not consider Boxer and Durbin as far left. |
Mass |
Sep-19-05 03:10 PM |
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Nope. Compared to the Democrats I observed in the '70s |
Lorien |
Sep-19-05 01:10 AM |
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I would so much like to like John Edwards... |
mestup |
Sep-19-05 02:13 AM |
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I disagree with your Edwards assessment |
tkmorris |
Sep-19-05 02:39 AM |
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Sorry, didn't mean to suggest it was a character flaw. |
mestup |
Sep-19-05 01:06 PM |
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I consider him more centrist but he's to the left of the DLCers |
genius |
Sep-19-05 01:17 PM |
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certainly in terms of the positions held by either Dennis Kucinich or |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-19-05 01:34 PM |
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I'll bet if you asked the mirror image question in freeperville |
never cry wolf |
Sep-19-05 01:42 PM |
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that may be. however, there is more than enough data to show that the |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-19-05 02:14 PM |
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Agreed |
never cry wolf |
Sep-19-05 02:24 PM |
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well, I lived in Germany many years ago, and I realized the same thing |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-19-05 02:55 PM |
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Definitely bush, after that speech I mean. |
Guy Whitey Corngood |
Sep-19-05 02:15 PM |
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like how Far left? |
BSDRebel |
Sep-19-05 02:29 PM |
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let's give it a very broad definition |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-19-05 02:39 PM |
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I would also add -- far left by the standards of modern western democracy |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-19-05 10:17 PM |
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Barnie Franks, Conyers, Ted Kennedy |
barb162 |
Sep-19-05 02:34 PM |
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what positons advocated by any of these three Gentleman would you |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-19-05 02:41 PM |
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gay rights, national health insurance, etc. |
barb162 |
Sep-19-05 02:51 PM |
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Oops, maybe you want to define what YOU mean by far left |
barb162 |
Sep-19-05 02:51 PM |
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let's give it a very broad definition |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-19-05 02:57 PM |
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Support for gay marriage is a minority opinion |
barb162 |
Sep-19-05 03:08 PM |
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my biggest complaint is not that the GOP calls Dems far left -I suppose |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-19-05 03:14 PM |
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For some, choosing a party is merely a career choice, |
rman |
Sep-19-05 03:28 PM |
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Why is being left assumed to be wrong? |
closeupready |
Sep-19-05 03:53 PM |
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because Democrats allow the GOP to define what's center |
barb162 |
Sep-19-05 06:53 PM |
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Evan Bayh |
Armstead |
Sep-19-05 03:59 PM |
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Far Left meaning Socialists? |
Disturbed |
Sep-19-05 04:09 PM |
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You forgot the "sarcasm" tag |
AntiCoup2K4 |
Sep-19-05 04:26 PM |
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Okey-Dokey! |
FrenchieCat |
Sep-20-05 01:50 AM |
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I like Thom Hartmanns take |
TumorSupressor |
Sep-19-05 05:13 PM |
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Ted Kennedy, ...Barbara Boxer |
EndElectoral |
Sep-19-05 10:37 PM |
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what positions do Ted Kennedy or Barbara Boxer hold that are in any |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-19-05 10:49 PM |
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Name removed |
Sep-19-05 10:51 PM |
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first of all, welcome to DU |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-19-05 11:03 PM |
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KERRY!! OMG He's a SOCIALIST LIBRUL |
TheDonkey |
Sep-20-05 01:13 AM |
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N-o! |
FrenchieCat |
Sep-20-05 01:48 AM |
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THE WHOLE POINT I AM TRYING TO MAKE WITH THIS POST |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-20-05 03:11 AM |
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"Far left" is Republican-speak for ANY Democratic candidate, |
Raksha |
Sep-20-05 03:24 AM |
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indeed it its and it's unfortunate when some Dems echo these GOP talking |
Douglas Carpenter |
Sep-21-05 12:38 AM |
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I'll say it again. When the far left in Canada gets into power - they |
applegrove |
Sep-20-05 03:33 AM |
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Ok so there's a dissonance between *real* public opinion, |
rman |
Sep-20-05 10:41 AM |
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The term is way overused. |
WatchWhatISay |
Sep-21-05 01:40 AM |
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