Daniel Farris wrote on Wed, 02 June 2010 18:41 |
I'll say this about all the Bush signs: Sure, there's lunacy and stupidity on both sides. Conceded. Absolutely.
Where I see a difference is that the left tended to marginalize those moonbats. Every sensible liberal I know rolled their eyes in embarrassment every time Cindy Sheehan or Code Pink made the national headlines. Those shrill, tone deaf messages polled very poorly with the left.
On the other side, it seems the "mainstream" right has no problem whatsoever with the social Darwinism / "poverty is a character flaw" / "Obama is a Kenyan socialist Hitler" message of the tea party.
DF
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Daniel, to me, I would say just the opposite. I haven't seen anybody on the left (until you, just now) seeking to remove the spotlight from the moonbats. I am not a Republican or tea party member myself, just want my freedom; but, respectfully, can you cite sources where tea party speeches said any of what you claim? What you stated sounds like characterizations from already biased reporters. I am aware of one video where Michelle Obama says her husband is a Kenyan. Is that what you are thinking of?
Obama's policies of nationalizing sectors of what is supposed to be a free market economy, his redistribution of wealth, his quoting Mao that "we have a righteous wind at our back", his appointment of communist czars are all a matter of record. It doesn't seem like a leap to me to say that he is a socialist. He doesn't like our constitution because it limits what the government can do (and that is exactly what is was created to do, restrain the government); again a matter of record. He is on record as intending to "fundamentally transform America", not improve it, not make it better, but fundamentally change it. Given that, please tell me why it seems so ridiculous to you that many people would believe Obama is a socialist.
How about you? Are you a proponent of:
1. individual liberty and a free market
2. socialism with government control of the economy
3. all out marxism
4. anarchy
5. (define it if I left it out)
I know it won't happen, but, I'd like to see some take an actual stand and openly state precisely what system of government you want for America? Just askin'.
I await your ridicule, scorn, derision, impunity of my intelligence and/or geographic location, my lack of ability to perceive nuance, etc., etc., etc. whatever...