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oasis

(54,096 posts)
Sat May 30, 2026, 01:21 PM 18 hrs ago

You can call CNN's Smerconish, "Smearconish"

when it comes to the Democratic Party. On his show today he was digging up every negative he could find to throw at Democratic leadership.

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Pisces

(6,336 posts)
1. Unfortunately, we have opened ourselves up to criticism by supporting someone with Nazi tattoo's.
Sat May 30, 2026, 01:44 PM
17 hrs ago

The Ragin Cagin has a great response!!

oasis

(54,096 posts)
5. I was channel surfing, but stopped when I saw
Sat May 30, 2026, 03:40 PM
16 hrs ago

the derogatory banner on the bottom of the screen. I usually avoid him because of his spineless commentary. Today he not only took a hard position against Democratic Party leadership, he singled out Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders with harsh criticism.

BlueTsunami2018

(5,092 posts)
3. He claims to be a "true centrist" but always takes the right wing position.
Sat May 30, 2026, 02:45 PM
16 hrs ago

Which makes sense I suppose because centrism is just softer fascism.

He’s always been a dick. He was local to Philly for years before he made it on the national corporate media scene.

Celerity

(55,047 posts)
8. 'centrists' in the US would be solid RWers in most all other advanced western nation states
Sat May 30, 2026, 04:04 PM
15 hrs ago

BlueTsunami2018

(5,092 posts)
9. Exactly.
Sat May 30, 2026, 07:52 PM
11 hrs ago

It would be nice to have an actual left in this country. But a hundred years of anti-socialist propaganda has done a real job on Americans.

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