Reply #27: going to the left...going to the left...to the left...to the left...

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It seems that this has become a MANTRA for the mushy middle. (aka centrists, moderates)

They're so afraid of the left taking the party back to the grassroots that they need to use a form of fear-mongering not seen since the McCarthy era and George Bush's* last campaign.

The Corporate Dems (DLC) and their allies don't want to be burdened with the social Democrats and their base: blacks, women, workers and the poor.

This is why they're afraid of being perceived as moving BACK to the left. Corporations won't hand over the big bucks to candidates that care about the poor more than paybacks to lobbyists who set an agenda that doesn't include the Left's base.

In fact...the centrists don't want to go back to the middle. They're comfortable with their RWing buddies who support war without cause, raping the environment for the corporations and plundering the PEOPLE'S TREASURY to benefit those who keep them in campaign dollars.