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octoberlib

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3. Don't consider Gillum "far left", he's left of center. I

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 08:05 AM

Aug 2018

consider Maduro, Trotsky, Stalin far left.

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The far right is meeting the far left in Florida, and it's going to be a doozy [View all] HAB911 Aug 2018 OP

Wow, what a biased headline. Andrew Gillum is NOT Hortensis Aug 2018 #1

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Me. Aug 2018 #28

:) Jonathan Capehart has an excellent op piece on Gillum Hortensis Sep 2018 #29

I Do Remember Me. Sep 2018 #30

The Repubs' and Russia's ongoing and un-rejected Hortensis Sep 2018 #31

SNAP Hortensis Me. Sep 2018 #32

You're right. Sanders had little to do with his success ... dawg Sep 2018 #33

I am getting so tired PatSeg Sep 2018 #35

Gillum is not the "far left." Sheesh. SunSeeker Aug 2018 #2

Don't consider Gillum "far left", he's left of center. I octoberlib Aug 2018 #3

leftwing means 'needs of the many' pretzel4gore Aug 2018 #6

You think Stalin cared about the needs of the many? mythology Aug 2018 #15

Post removed Post removed Aug 2018 #22

Are you seriously defending Stalin? yardwork Aug 2018 #17

Post removed Post removed Aug 2018 #18

that's some top tier whataboutism right there. JHan Aug 2018 #23

Stalin was a violent, cruel sociopath PatSeg Sep 2018 #36

It's really not that complicated genxlib Aug 2018 #4

Are Dem-leaning indies complaining there are no moderate candidates? Hortensis Aug 2018 #7

I haven't heard any specific complaints genxlib Aug 2018 #9

But moderate Dems have NOT been "removing themselves Hortensis Aug 2018 #10

Actually, the trend is towards Independants genxlib Aug 2018 #11

The figures presented are for Florida alone and do not address Hortensis Aug 2018 #12

I am not sure what you are disagreeing with genxlib Aug 2018 #16

What evidence do you have for the claim that primary voters are further left/right than average? Garrett78 Aug 2018 #20

... Me. Sep 2018 #34

Independents are neither moderate nor swing voters. Garrett78 Aug 2018 #13

If people really care about who a Democratic or republican candidate should be in an election..... George II Aug 2018 #24

70% Dem and 51% R support M4A, 61% Americans support legalizing marijuana, Nanjeanne Aug 2018 #5

"and it's the media who are far off." Spot on! Hortensis Aug 2018 #8

See post #14. The media lives for making false equivalencies. Garrett78 Aug 2018 #21

I started a thread a while back asking what constitutes "far left." Garrett78 Aug 2018 #14

Jesus Fucking Christ ismnotwasm Aug 2018 #19

I can imagine the meeting is going to be like this: Initech Aug 2018 #25

Far left? I heard Gillum the other day and his platform sounds like what a majority rurallib Aug 2018 #26

Geez, I was having a calm wind down Friday after a stressful week. Blue_true Aug 2018 #27