Socialist Progressives

moving so far to the right. It's also a consequence of the "lesser of two evils" argument in electoral politics. The leading candidates for the Dems and the Repubs at this time consist of a socially MODERATE (NOT liberal) neo-conservative against a proto-fascist opportunist. IOW, the LOTE argument has NOT succeeded in changing things, it's just moved the arguments further to the right. So now anybody that supports a few social democratic programs and believes in turning the Middle East into a playground for American energy interests, is a "left winger". Or even a "socialist". It's not true, but the labeling works to obscure the true positions that are involved in the terminology.