We're not a center-left nation

I can prove it.
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According to the Pew Center's recent national survey, here is what they found:

* 69% of respondents believe government has a responsibility "to take care of people who can't take care of themselves."

* 66% support government-funded health insurance for all citizens.

* 65% say corporate profits are too high.

* 68% say "labor unions are necessary to protect the working person."

* 83% support stricter laws and regulations protecting the environment.

* 69% agree that "we should put more emphasis on fuel conservation than on developing new oil supplies."

* 52% say they believe churches should "keep out of politics."

And there's plenty more where that came from. People aren't as RIGHT-WING as the MSM and the Republic Party would have everyone believe.

I think this election proved that, as well.

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Label Label Label. SO WHAT. The only thing that matters/will actually work, is kindness. That is when the world will begin to experience FUN. Who needs labels when your having fun.

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I mean if stating the obvious is a Lucrative profession as it appears, I want one!
Between being a 'think Tanker' or a Media pundit I'm not sure which requires a IQ over 100.
One of two explanations- either so hypnotized by their own BS they can no longer differentiate between reality and Fantasy OR the are so worried they will be revealed to be irrelevant and Outdated.
Ya think we are a bit 'Center Left'...What was your clue...the number of ballot iniatives on Gay Marriage, Legalization of Pot, Stem cell research, or Right to unionize without outside (Corp)coercison or threats?
WE have been Center left for about 4 decades, except the Political power has been confiscated by the Few. Those who used 'Trickle Down' as a socio- economic, political restraint.Start with Hoarding resources & wealth, then move to inject 'morality' as a measure of 'worthiness' and Volia you can ignore those who are considered economically irrelvant and Morally corrupt.Did you notice how 'Trickle Down' was quickly paired with the emergence of the 'Moral Majority' , The 'Religious Right' in the'80's ...That was not a fluke, it was a well calculated bilateral attack to undermine not only our Free Market, but also our Democratic process.
Listening to just one speech by Palin, and you can see the ideology which dictates that if you are poor (citydweller) then you are also lazy, immoral and Unethical.'Small Towns' have never moved this coutnry forward economically, Politically or socially.
Surveys and Polls are only as reliable as the sample, methods and researchers objectivity.
Where do these people get their samples? From their neighbors in their Gated suburban communities?Lily White Upper management types?
shits been working great for them...'If it ain't broken don't fix it' has never been the ideology which has moved this country forward- Hell We'd still be an English Colony if these were the types making decisions.Thus WE Have ALWAYS been at least Center Left!Our nation NEVER goes with the staus quo, it's in our Blood to challenge,rebel and CHANGE!
Americans are Conservative??? Bit Your Blasphemous Tongue!

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Frankly, I am tired of the "left" and the "right." Mostly it is the blame game, and almost no time is spent on real solutions. If the democrats can begin to actually reduce the incidence of abortions significantly then they will gain a WHOLE BUNCH of votes. Both sides pontificate on that one, but no solutions. Perhaps if we slow down the economy and people put a little more energy into keeping their families together, then abortions would go down. The fact we would be in smaller houses surrounded by less wal-mart plastic would just be an added benefit.
If Obama can turn the nation around and make "quality of life" more important than "quantity," he will be the most important president for many years. That is a tough thing to do when we are all screaming for him to crank up the economy.

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it was the Republicans who redefined what was right and what was left so that the "center" appeared to move into the Republican camp and the left was shamed into moving towards the center.

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