What is a centrist at this point if not someone looking at a burning house and thinking that a garden hose might do the job?

Jan 2, 2021 · 1:34 PM UTC

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No, to me that’s just an intelligent American. Eisenhower said “the American mind at its best is both conservative and liberal” and I agree with that. But centrists these days tend to water down the best ideas of both.
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Replying to @MarVistaWriter
You’re describing a fictional world where progressive politicians are not routinely suppressed by a political machine.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Hey, Marianne. I JUST read this. Tells you what you need to know.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
A centrist would hold the home owner, watch it burn while spewing meaningless platitudes about “standing together” etc Then pass regs so banks can “help” fire victims keep their house - but it would really be a delaying tactic so foreclosure happens when the cameras are off.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @stphil
What the House progressive caucus thinks it’s armed with vs what it actually is armed with to put out the fire #ForceTheVote
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Replying to @marwilliamson @ChrisFrancis54
We shouldn't try forcing the fire out, real progress with putting out the fire will come in small increments over 50 years.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Centrism=Corporate donors, procedural maximizism, and a belief in nothing.
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as long as neo-con/neo-lib esentially the left and right of a single pro-corporate party, straddle both parties we will have a government that serves corporations not people- get money out of politics
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Replying to @marwilliamson
You believe that they care about whether the house is burning?
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Replying to @marwilliamson
More like a blow torch.
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