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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-01-08 10:26 PM
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How bizarre that a "center-right nation" would elect as prez "the most liberal candidate in history"
Edited on Sat Nov-01-08 10:26 PM by TOJ
and the most liberal member of the senate.

The only thing center-right about this country is that Big Media is way right of center
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HowHasItComeToThis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-01-08 10:27 PM
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1. THE RIGHT IS WRONG AND THE LEFT IS CENTER
OR THE CENTER IS LEFT
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-01-08 10:29 PM
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2. This country is about a center right as my ass.
Seriously, we only have two parties and they encompass far right to far left. The country is in the middle swinging towards the left right now. Sometimes it swing back to the right. Losers.
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rwheeler31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-01-08 10:29 PM
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3. Change that now.
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-01-08 10:34 PM
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4. It's not bizarre, it's incorrect.
"center right" refers to a block of voters who usually tend to go to the polls.

The majority of the electorate is liberal or disenfranchised. That may be changing.
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-01-08 10:42 PM
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5. You are either joking or sadly misinformed....
BO is FAR from most liberal. I wish he was more liberal
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-01-08 10:43 PM
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6. Caution: It's not over yet. n/t
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iamthebandfanman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-01-08 10:46 PM
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7. hes not a liberal. jeebus.
only in america can a centrist be labled 'the most liberal' anything
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 07:30 AM
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8. Sorry. I thought the body of my post made it clear
that I was mocking the ridiculous GOP talking points. Hence the quotes around"Center-right nation" and "most liberal candidate'
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 07:59 AM
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9. Note that in most countries 'liberal' essentially *means* 'centrist'
Which makes it sound very funny to us foreigners when someone is described as a 'dangerous liberal' and the like.

In the UK, liberal essentially means what it does in the USA, but with the awareness that a liberal is *centre*-left, and that one can be much more left than that.

In some countries, like Australia, 'Liberal' actually means "Conservative"!
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WallStreetNobody Donating Member (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 08:03 AM
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10. The center-right thing is nonsense, issues polls show it to be untrue but the MSM keeps claiming it
without even questioning it or looking at the facts. They'll point to things like the election of Bush, which was barely a win, and argue since he is pretty far right the country is right of center. It isn't. Every single issues poll I have ever seen show the country is left of center on most issues. The Republicans have just been successful with their dirty Rovian campaign tactics for a while, but that is coming to an end.
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 08:23 AM
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11. How is it every 4 years we manage to nominate "the most liberal member!!111!!"
AL GORE IS TEH LIBERALESTZ!!


JOHN KERRY IS THE HEAD OF AMERICAN LIBERALS!!OMG!WTF!


OBAMA IS THE LIBERAL KING OF MARXIST SOCIALIST COMMUNIST LIBERALS!!!



It cracks me up that they say it every time no matter who it is.
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