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arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkDemocratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat loses primary to Mamdani-backed Darializa Avila Chevalierwww.nbcnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-28 days agoBoth Republicans and Democrats would run to the center for success. Bush Senior and Bush Junior were also centrist. It wasn’t just a Democrat thing.
minus-squareYoureHotCupCake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoWait the guy who waged an illegal war against an innocent country for oil was a centrist?
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-28 days agoCompared to trump? Absolutely. But picking one specific even to try to define an administration isn’t very helpful. By your same measure you could define Carter as a right wing extremist for overthrowing the democratically elected leader of Iran in 1979.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoJimmy Carter, such a grifter and warhawk! /s
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoThe bar for presidents is quite low.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoTurns out politics wasn’t the game, it was limbo all along.
minus-squaremrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoObama won because he succesfully claimed to be a progressive
Both Republicans and Democrats would run to the center for success. Bush Senior and Bush Junior were also centrist. It wasn’t just a Democrat thing.
Wait the guy who waged an illegal war against an innocent country for oil was a centrist?
Compared to trump? Absolutely.
But picking one specific even to try to define an administration isn’t very helpful. By your same measure you could define Carter as a right wing extremist for overthrowing the democratically elected leader of Iran in 1979.
Jimmy Carter, such a grifter and warhawk!
/s
The bar for presidents is quite low.
Turns out politics wasn’t the game, it was limbo all along.
Obama won because he succesfully claimed to be a progressive