Comments on: Appealing To The “Center” Drives Away Voters http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/05/07/appealing-to-the-center-drives-away-voters/ Democracy. Unwashed. Wed, 06 Sep 2023 22:36:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: lambert http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/05/07/appealing-to-the-center-drives-away-voters/#comment-544 lambert Mon, 09 May 2011 11:00:16 +0000 http://dirtyhippies.org/?p=1231#comment-544 See <a href="http://smithbowen.net/linfame/stopme/chapter02.html" rel="nofollow">the ratchet effect</a>. The Ds don't act as they do because of lack of understanding; the Ds act as they do for <a href="http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/001705.html" rel="nofollow">institutional imperatives</a>, and because they share a belief in the neo-liberal Washington Consensus with the Rs. Hence, both parties form a single system that is opposed to my values and interests, and therefore I work against them. I mean, c'mon. Where's the "hippie" in this blog? If I want to read about Pew, I can head on over to The Obama 527 Formerly Known As Daily Kos! See the ratchet effect. The Ds don’t act as they do because of lack of understanding; the Ds act as they do for institutional imperatives, and because they share a belief in the neo-liberal Washington Consensus with the Rs. Hence, both parties form a single system that is opposed to my values and interests, and therefore I work against them.

I mean, c’mon. Where’s the “hippie” in this blog? If I want to read about Pew, I can head on over to The Obama 527 Formerly Known As Daily Kos!

]]> By: Dameocrat http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/05/07/appealing-to-the-center-drives-away-voters/#comment-534 Dameocrat Sat, 07 May 2011 21:19:08 +0000 http://dirtyhippies.org/?p=1231#comment-534 I agree that many of us independents are not centrists, but I do not believe the dems when they claim this is the reason they do centrist politics. I think that is the excuse they make to progressive dems but in reality they are trying to appeal to donors. They are more ideological than they are willing to admit to as well. Obummers politics perfectly reflect Wall Street! Mild social liberals/socialism only for the rich/freemarket for the poor. I agree that many of us independents are not centrists, but I do not believe the dems when they claim this is the reason they do centrist politics. I think that is the excuse they make to progressive dems but in reality they are trying to appeal to donors. They are more ideological than they are willing to admit to as well. Obummers politics perfectly reflect Wall Street! Mild social liberals/socialism only for the rich/freemarket for the poor.

]]> By: Phil Perspective http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/05/07/appealing-to-the-center-drives-away-voters/#comment-532 Phil Perspective Sat, 07 May 2011 16:55:35 +0000 http://dirtyhippies.org/?p=1231#comment-532 I didn't read the whole thing but I believe it boils down to, as always, Versailles trying to drag the country right in service of their corporate masters. I didn’t read the whole thing but I believe it boils down to, as always, Versailles trying to drag the country right in service of their corporate masters.

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