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9. I want to point something out. Why is this agenda being labeled populist?
Wed May 13, 2015, 07:09 AM
May 2015

I'll tell you why. Because it is supported by a majority of American citizens. That makes this agenda a centrist agenda. There is simply no logical alternate way to look at this phenomenon.

So, far from crazy, wild eyed, far left liberal Marxist ideology, this stuff is mainstream and what the American people want. We can throw water on that bullshit right from the start.

When we hear someone in the MSM, on any TV channel, claim Bernie, Elizabeth, Sherrod Brown or Alan Grayson are so far left they are like some crazy leftover 1960s hippies, we know that is a lie and we can and should say it is a lie. This bullshit must not go unchallenged.

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The Emerging Populist Agenda [View all] RiverLover May 2015 OP
Excellent article. TM99 May 2015 #1
TM99!! RiverLover May 2015 #8
Thank you Occupy Movement! SHRED May 2015 #2
Right? They sure did!! I join you in your appreciation. RiverLover May 2015 #5
+1 daleanime May 2015 #14
Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast May 2015 #3
I have that fear as well. I read an article this am pointing to it being a very real threat to US RiverLover May 2015 #6
That is one excellent article. Enthusiast May 2015 #11
That's true. The one thing we should emulate about them is how they never give up. sabrina 1 May 2015 #18
K&R! marym625 May 2015 #4
LOL RiverLover May 2015 #7
Yes! marym625 May 2015 #12
I want to point something out. Why is this agenda being labeled populist? Enthusiast May 2015 #9
We should do that. Spin alerts! RiverLover May 2015 #10
K&R. Glad to hear it. Overseas May 2015 #13
K&R.... daleanime May 2015 #15
Thanks for the post! This is what we need... Eleanors38 May 2015 #16
"People before profits" - what a concept! polichick May 2015 #17
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