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Voltaire2

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9. Harris ran as a 'centrist democrat'.

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 03:46 PM

Dec 5

Get back to me when an actual center-left democratic presidential candidate runs and loses, as that hasn't happened since 1972. That was more than 50 years ago. Instead we have had 'centrist' candidates ever since, and that 'center' has been moving ever rightward.

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Opinion: Centrist Democrats should stop blaming progressives for Harris's loss (Los Angeles Times) [View all] ificandream Dec 5 OP

centrist Democrats seem to be oddly comfortable in such a right-leaning position. Think. Again. Dec 5 #1

My reaction to seeing something from the LA Times these days rurallib Dec 5 #2

Way off the mark on that one. ificandream Dec 5 #4

Centrist Democrats often act like they detest the left more than the far right. sop Dec 5 #3

they do. it is an observable fact. Voltaire2 Dec 5 #10

+1 Celerity Dec 6 #12

God damned Carville was sure Harris displacedvermoter Dec 5 #5

DAMN DMN DAMN!!! elleng Dec 5 #6

Highlighting the money quote: Fiendish Thingy Dec 5 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author displacedvermoter Dec 5 #8

Harris ran as a 'centrist democrat'. Voltaire2 Dec 5 #9

Please show me kacekwl Dec 5 #11

So those dems in the Swing States that Cha Dec 6 #13

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