Reply #29: You haven't put any "evidence" [View All]

[Julien Sorel]

forward, convincing or otherwise. Clinton was a centrist. The Democrats lost in 1994. Therefore, centrism was the problem. That's your "evidence." No analysis of the races. No expert opinions. Nothing at all but that absurd bit of reasoning.

The sun rose this morning. I stubbed my toe. God damn that sun for making me stub my toe!


Clinton's first two years were dominated by the national healthcare plan -- a liberal cornerstone since FDR. It proved to be unpopular across the country. That was what people saw about Clinton: a guy who tried to foist government-run healthcare on them. When he threw it overboard, his poll numbers went up.

Blaming centrism for losing control of Congress, then saying "the South doesn't matter," is absurd, since the South is where Democrats lost most of the seats. But why bother expecting reasoning at this point? You've made up your mind, and facts, those pesky things, aren't about to get in the way.