Reply #140: Good post!

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"The vast majority are not 'centrist' - they are wishy-washy, who are afraid of commitment to things they don't understand - and why do they not understand them? Because the right constantly works at obfuscation, and muddying the waters so nobody knows what is true."

One of the right's most successful campaigns was the demonization of the word liberal. And now they are successfully going after the word progressive. People don't take the time to learn what the word liberal really means, what liberal values really are. So when a liberal candidate tells them what he/she will try to do for them, they can't get past the word liberal. All thought stops right there.