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Democratic convention goes far left; media unaware  There is no
mystery as to why media are smitten by the Democratic National
Convention. Not only do they see nothing wrong with hours of
abortion speeches and moldy class warfare rhetoric, but they
agree with it and think that this is “mainstream” politics. I
don’t think that more than a few recognize how far left they and
their favored speakers are in the current political environment.
They naturally also see actual centrist ideas as conservative
and mainstream conservative ideas as extreme.  Consider an
actual mainstream Democrat’s warning. Columnist Margaret Carlson
is, if nothing else, a grown-up who can look at the proceedings
and tell how regular