*But I dare say  that America lacks a proper leftist party.

*I totally agree, even the democrats would be called right-wing here in Holland. In our country we have a very populair socialist party, Mao would be proud of. But we have parties in every flavor: liberal democrats, liberal conservatives, religious socialists, religious conservatives, extreme religious, moderated socialists (my favourites), extreme socialists, green socialists, we even have a party for animals (serious!) It's always a miracle how we can make a government. But we also are a King(Queen)dom, so that's a stabile factor in our politics.
But inspite of this somewhat archaic institution, that's what I call a democracy!

Bopper.

-How can you improve things when you don't make mistakes?