The Democratic Party's "Far Left" Used to be Considered Just Common Sense

[Atticus]

http://blog.buzzflash.com/jonas/216

[Enthusiast]

1. K&R

Very good.

I think our top priority should be to educate the American people about 20th century politics.

Most Americans agree that 'something' is fundamentally wrong with the nation. Many Americans, mostly of the Republican persuasion, have been successfully convinced that the reason for our decline is that the nation has moved too far to the left, mostly due to the election of that damn socialist President -Obama. But just a cursory glance at the tax code would tell us this is utter nonsense.

It would help tremendously if the American people could see that the Fox News/Limbaugh explanation for the nation's ills is ridiculous and lies somewhere in the realm of a green cheese moon.

[Hydra]

2. The "Far Left" becoming "Farther Left" is STILL just "Common Sense"

The fact that truth and common sense are just a hair from being "treasonous" really should worry people a bit more than it does.

[txlibdem]

3. Today's "far left" is what Conservative Republicans used to be in the 1950s.

The country has moved to the right so far I'm surprised that we all aren't goose stepping to the showers. It's sickening to think how the RW lie, repeated 1000 times, becomes the gospel truth and anything left of that is successfully demonized.

Well, I'll tell you a little secret: the wrong side won the cold war!