It was true then, and it is still true.

BrklynLiberal

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Thu Jun-15-06 03:21 PM
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It was true then, and it is still true.

It was Arianna Huffington who quoted George Lakoff in 04:

"As cognitive psychologist George Lakoff told me: "Democrats moving to the middle is a double disaster that alienates the party's progressive base while simultaneously sending a message to swing voters that the other side is where the good ideas are." It unconsciously locks in the notion that the other side's positions are worth moving toward, while your side's positions are the ones to move away from. Plus every time you move to the center, the right just moves further to the right."

From this article:

THE NEXT DNC CHAIR: WHY YOU SHOULD CARE

Arianna Huffington, AlterNet

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varkam

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Thu Jun-15-06 03:26 PM
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1. That's a very good point.

There's no real "left wing" in American politics anymore. Only the conservatives and the uber-conservatives. The UCs denounce anyone who is slightly to the left of them as being "liberals" and "out of touch with the mainstream". Please. This pack of jackasses are about as in-step with the mainstream as Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is with nursery rhymes.

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