No idea what Ernie may say, but I am amazed at how you
say that
someone is a Democratic Party shill who makes it a point
to
criticize both Democrats and Republicans.
I mean, I like the way you keep me honest and often bring
up
things that I had not considered before and which I
really
need to think seriously about. I regard this as a major
advantage,
for which I am thankful. But Radical Centrism is about
NOT being partisan -except tactically, election to
election,
and even then with many exceptions. The whole point of RC
is to try and come up with a sensible alternative to the
politics
of Left and Right. Part of the time we sound like
conservatives,
part of the time we sound like liberals or "other," but
the idea
is that basically we are Indies.
Independents are NOT the same as Democrats.
Both parties get catch hell now and then. That's
part of RC.
Just as, also now and then, either party may get
plaudits.
I also get similar comments --not on this list-- from a
Democrat friend
who every so often tells me I'm a Republican simply
because I
criticize the Democrats when I feel like it.
Independents are NOT the same as Republicans, either.
Personally I cannot stand either major party. This time
around
I hate the GOP less, but that is as far as things go.
Billy
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Oh,
so you want to sound like the Democratic Party.
Got it.
David
"Anyone who
thinks he has a better idea of what's good
for people than people do is a swine."--P. J. O’Rourke
On 10/17/2011 3:50 PM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote:
The
impression it is impossible not to get from the
hard Right is that anything which
is
critical of Wall Street must be, by definition,
Marxist-Leninist.
I have no idea why this is substantively
different than the way that many on the Left
in 2009 - 2010 characterized the Tea Party
as "fascist."
Fascist? I though it had been conclusively
demonstrated that the Tea Party was "racist". Let's
get our propaganda labels clear, shall we?
:-/
In some ways, this is a good sign for Radical
Centrist -- the more the extremes start reflexively
slamming anyone who discomfits them, the more people
they'll drive into our (eventual) camp...
E
