I think you don't know where the left is. Obama made a moderate lurch to the Center. He's still got lots and lots of room over on the left and I don't think he'll be heading there. Witness his continuation of the State Secrets Privilege defense in the illegal wiretapping case in the 9th Circuit Court and his continuation of third party rendition with only the promise of "we won't torture him, honest injun". His national health care proposal? Tepid at best. Where was the bold progressive policy in his stimulus bill, like an honest investment in a national rail infrastructure? Nowhere.
Obama's no Leftist, you just have a fucked up notion of what a Leftist is. Judah On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Which is why this giant lurch to the left by Obama and the Democrats in > Congress is going to push a huge swath of moderates back to the Republicans. > > > Who among the moderates, for instance, was expecting for Obama to project $6 > trillion in deficits over the next ten years? The number is so big it defies > reality, yet there it is. > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Ray Ch wrote: > >> >> Wouldn't it be nice if we could part ways with this "party" bullshit? >> I mean really, who the hell believes in *every* principle of either >> party? I'd say a very very small portion of the population. The rest >> of us all lie somewhere in the middle, which is a sign of a healthy >> group of people, IMO. >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290101 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
