Reply #11: No. Like other ideologues, they're just flapping their gums. [View All]

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I'm a died-in-the-wool liberal. But even I recognize the need for a large variety of opinions to govern successfully. That means we need the DLC types (pullease without the DLC itself), liberals, socialists, and even conservatives.

The most radical and liberal position is that there is nobody to waste in this effort. All can and should contribute. The best always comes from cooperation. And since I know that liberals will have a say in things, I know that a lot of bad things are going to be avoided. And conservatives know that from their perspective, the same will happen.

This is *NOT* governing from the center. It is governing from a diversity of positions and finding a consensus that gives everybody something of value. Without liberals in the mix, it doesn't work. Likewise, without conservatives in the mix.

If there is *one* thing we should have learned from the past 12 years, and especially from the past six, it's that a monolithic, monochromatic government brings on only wreckage.