I don't understand the point of your argument. You're talking about absolutes. Politics is all relative. Relative to the GOP, the Dems are Left. Statements alo

I don't understand the point of your argument. You're talking about absolutes. Politics is all relative. Relative to the GOP, the Dems are Left. Statements along the lines of "well, you don't know what Left is if you think the Democrats are Left" don't apply. I don't even get what the point of that line is. Are we in the States supposed to look at entitlement expansion in the US and suddenly say "gee, I guess that is OK because it isn't as much as Europe"?. Is there an objective you're trying to get to? I could just as easily say "Oh no, you don't get it: what you call the Left is actually the FAR LEFT" and put you in the same position. The whole meme that "Democrats are moderates and Republicans are extremists" is just an attempt at pushing populism into the mainstream.