Centrism is the engine that makes the will of the Right palatable.

The Democratic Party saves its ire for the Progressives while the Right projects Progressives onto the entire Democratic Party as the Socialist lunatic fringe.

Whenever anybody talks about unity, it's actually a surrender. And whenever anyone talks about ideology, they are always talking about Progressives. For some reason, the radical centrists do not have an ideology.

Recently I received very upsetting emails from two friends in a particular organization who want Progressives to temper their speech because it makes some uncomfortable. This discomfort they say detracts from the ability to bring these people into the fold. The question is; if one must tell less than the truth to bring some into the fold, what good is having them in the first place?