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What you say is the "misrepresentation" of my viewpoint is because I mock liberals for their constant harangues against Trump no matter what he does.

The multiple impeachment threads - almost weekly - were a joke but you as the administrator did nothing about it. It just fed the mindless hysteria about Trump and getting rid of him. So, yes, I mock them for their predictions that Trump would be out of office in spring of last year and then summer, fall and the end of the year.

Re Gary Johnson vs Sanders - I knew in either event it was a protest vote - and Johnson was fricking nuts. I'd have voted for Weld if his name headed the ticket.

Cortez won because of where she ran. You correctly pointed out that her message would not sell in other parts of the country - or did you forget you made that point? Tammy Baldwin made the same point. Perez representing her as being the future of the Democratic party was utterly idiotic. She is not. Forget about ideological purity - understand why those states and counties that we lost in 2016 turned against us - I don't care whether it was by 70,000 votes or 1,000 votes.

Do we want to win elections without compromising our core values? What is wrong with being a Bill Clinton type of Democrat? Was Clinton not enough of a liberal for you?[/quote]
DP. You make a lot of sense. As a moderate Republican, I would vote for a Bill Clinton type (2nd term, when he pivoted to the center) - and most definitely it it were against Trump. But no way would I vote for a Cortez type, and if the Democrats insist on moving hard-left, they will lose all moderates. [b]The problem from where I sit is that the extreme progressive types (like Perez and Ellison) are so convinced of their own moral superiority[/b] that they are tone-deaf to the fact that most people are moderates and reject their positions. [/quote]

I would include our esteemed moderator, Jeff Steele, as one of those "morally superior" individuals. He proudly says that he never voted for a Clinton in his life. Flawed as I am, I voted for BC both times and have never regretted it. He was one of the better presidents we have had in the last 50 years.[/quote]
Yes, I agree with you on all points - including our moderator's claim that he detests "compromise," as exhibited by Bill Clinton, 2nd term. The ability to compromise is one of the best traits in a president (or a husband!), and that is why I go along with your statement that Clinton was one of our best presidents of my lifetime (his horrible personal failings aside).

The non-compromising position of hard-left liberals might make them feel proud for sticking with their "moral superiority" - but they're wrong. If they insist that their socialist-like positions are the only correct ones, and nominate someone who reflects that. they will lose again. [/quote]

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