US Political Terms: Leftists

[August1991]

Galbraith wrote a book about the Liberal Hour.

But then there were Progressives.

Nowadays, they speak of "transition". 

[herbie]

The 'leftist' term is utterly meaningless spoken byt an American when you consider that the American political outlook is skewed so far to the right that Bernie Sanders would be considered a somewhat right of center candidate anywhere else in the world.

[Nationalist]

IMO...this is the true "political spectrum". A circle with the most undesirable extremities at the bottom. Both producing a dictatorship.

[SpankyMcFarland]

One of the issues I was prepared to listen to Republicans on was spending and the debt. These days, most US Republican pols are down with high spending but would still like to cut taxes. How’s that gonna work exactly? There are fans of Putin in the party too. And then they have the gall to talk about Leftists. 

[Nationalist]

On 11/20/2023 at 9:49 PM, SpankyMcFarland said:

One of the issues I was prepared to listen to Republicans on was spending and the debt. These days, most US Republican pols are down with high spending but would still like to cut taxes. How’s that gonna work exactly? There are fans of Putin in the party too. And then they have the gall to talk about Leftists. 

Putin Fan??? Elaborate please.