Left vs. Radical Left: Comparison by Example

I often use the phrase Radical Left in an effort to avoid demonizing every person who doesn't share my views. Is that just a copout? I think not - allow me to demonstrate:

Left: Newsweek.......................Radical Left: Rolling Stone

Left: Peter Jennings.................Radical Left: Dan Rather

Left: The New Republic...............Radical Left: The Nation

Left: Al Gore pre-2000...............Radical Left: Al Gore post-2000

Left: Joe Lieberman..................Radical Left: Howard Dean

Left: George Stephanopoulos..........Radical Left: Bill Moyers

Left: Bruce Springsteen..............Radical Left: Barbra Streisand

Left: 99% of professors/academics....Radical Left: 98% of professors/academics

Left: Mahmoud Abbas..................Radical Left: Yasser Arafat

Left: The British....................Radical Left: The French

Left: Christopher Hitchens pre-9/11..Radical Left: Noam Chomsky post-1776

Left: John Kenneth Galbraith.........Radical Left: Karl Marx

Left: Mickey Kaus....................Radical Left: Paul Krugman

Left: Thomas Friedman................Radical Left: Maureen Dowd

I think you get the drift. Feel free to add your own - it's fun and free!