Reply #17: The so called cenrists IGNORE THE FACT [View All]

[depakid]

that Republicans have been running away from the center for over 20 years and have been making gain after gain, while the DEMS- running toward the center- have just been piling up losses. This fact is conveniently dismissed by "the centrists" as indicating that the country is "becomimg more conservative." However, if that's the case- why are these far-right reactionaries winning over and over. They're not conservative. They're extremists.

Moreover, in survey after survey, on issue after issue- it turns out that the majority of the population sides with progressives on almost all the major issues. Pick a few and see if that's not true.

So, in my mind- the whole "gotta move to the center thing is not only both narrow-minded and implistic but isn't supported by the sociological nor the electoral evidence. In short, it's bogus rationalization.