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Originally Posted by cthulu23
The very notion that the modern democratic party is "radical" in any way or even very "liberal" is downright laughable. Read a little history before you make such statements.
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i should read more
history to make an observation of the current democratic party? how bout i just read a newspaper instead?
why is it that when i say "liberal" it is read as "democrat"? of course not all democrats are radical... but the most visible proponents of radical liberalism do throw their weight behind the democratic party. in a sense, the democratic party has too big of a tent. it houses left leaning moderates and radical liberals under the same label. how can you expect a moderate base to take the democratic party seriously when you have michael moore, george soros, alec baldwin, sean penn, nancy pelosi etc. headlining the democratic agenda? where else do these people (moderates and moderate democrats) have to go? the only viable left-leaning party is run from the top by radical liberals.
if the people of this country want to have a moderate liberal agenda that is relevant to everyday Americans they must either abandon the poor beleaguered democrats to the radicals and start from scratch... or they must cut the hysterical fringe from their midst and re-assert a realistic liberal agenda that represents the now-disenfranchised moderate left.
EDIT: Manx, the "nation's center" refers to a geographic orientation, not a political one.