self-delete...Centrist Democrats are obviously not welcome at DU anymore

And obviously humor is not welcome anymore either.

A disaster of EPIC proportions my 'um thread was.

mahself. :(

Ah'm a-thinkin' :(

Ahm stayin'. So are you!

Is the sky a-fallin'?

Nope....not here in Dallas. It is cloudy though. Ceiling about 2000 feet would be my guess.

Oops...I should say that the ceiling is about 609.6 meters.

Oops again, I meant "metres", of course. :)

I suppose that the chances of us Centrists leaving DU are between slim and none...and slim just rode outta town.

"Meters...metres" whats the difference ;)

i dont feel unwanted. even in disagreement. dont take it personally

to one of my favorite centrists.
You are wanted.:hug:

We're confined to the darn woodshed :(

:hug:

:)

The snow we were supposed to have Saturday, today and tomorrow is out of the forecast.
Brrrr...

37 degrees and overcast here in Dallas.

:hi:

need some snow to be able to drive on the roads. yesterday being asked not to drive if we didnt need to. seeing how i had two kids spending night saturday, i was desperate to drive them home sunday, lol lol

brrrrr here, sittin next to a yummy fire

waving back

we leftwing moonbats need you (and you need us).

I won't let her leave.

I have a paddle. :spank:

Ah have a paddle too :spank:

And don't you forget that ;)

Now look what you've done to me!

:crazy:

Here :hug: See ah'm gentle afterwards :)

All Three or four of you! :evilgrin:

Whooping? You know that there's SIX of us Centrists!!

:hug:

:hug:

It's just DLC supporters who are sneered at.

Remember, being moderate or centrist is not the same as being a DLC corporatist. I'm fairly moderate, myself, but I don't like those who support corporations over the working class.

:hi:

:)

Oh heck, I'll chance it...you known Centrists are people too.

DU is one of the few sane places to be these days.

could you post the original link please? please give us more information - there's 80,000 members and thousands of threads.

I suppose I just think that us Centrists are not valued enough on DU sometimes.

you value?

Senators who are Centrists that I both value and admire are:

Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana :)
Senator Tom Carper of Delaware
Senator Harry Reid of Nevada
Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia
Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas
Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York
Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota
Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington
Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado

Although they're NOT Centrists, I also VERY much like:

Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois
Senator Barbara Boxer of California
Senator Charles Shumer of New York
Senator Russell Feingold of Wisconsin

People whose main purpose in life seems to be putting down the so-called "leftist fringe" ("leftist fringe"=Democrats who believe that seeking power for its own sake without any inviolable core principles is the road to corruption, Democrats who believe that the government should serve ordinary people first and not corporations, Democrats who believe that military action is rarely the best solution to an international problem, Democrats who believe that the Bush administration is so dangerous that elected Dems should never cut it any slack, Democrats who see vast domestic problems that no on is talking about, Democrats who propose policies that work well in almost every industrialized country outside the U.S., etc.) get really tiresome.

I just know the political compass says my best friend is the Dalai Lama....not sure if that makes me fringe...or just a nice person. What position determins if I'm a "Centrist"? or "Fringe Leftist"...do we have a guide somewhere?

:eyes:

christian or white male are the persecuted. bah hahahahah

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo:

:rofl:

Is a mainstream moderate Democrat. We are Liberal on MOST social issues and conservative with a small "c" on many economic issues.

We think that both extremes are equally damaging, that the extreme Right and the extreme Left are as damaging as each other. Fascism and Communism/Socialism are two sides of the same coin unfortunately...and both of them should be resisted.

The Third Way is the Centrist way. The majority of the nation is Moderate and they want a Moderate and smaller Government.

Bush Inc. being Fascists have expanded the Government to record levels for example. The Department of Homeland Security was the largest expansion of Government since the Truman era.

We need a Moderate and smaller Government, we need a Progressive Taxation policy, we need a job creation program, we need to help those people who are on welfare and able-bodied to get off welfare and into a job, we need to protect Social Security for those who need it, we need to protect Medicare and Medicaid, we need to get Moderately Liberal Judges on the bench, we need to destroy the Patriot Act, we need to protect the right to Abortion, we need to make the law equal for gays, we need to punish Corporate wrong-doing, we need to bring back Open Government for the people, we need to formulate an affordable Healthcare plan for those citizens that need it, we need to become less dependent on foreign oil...there are many other issues too...but that's just a few to answer your question "What exactly makes one a Centrist?"

and the media's centrist democrat is anything BUT in touch with the center of the democratic base. Liebermann is the model of the media's darling centrist democrat. Think about it.