tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post3591519082635023015..comments2023-11-03T01:24:37.142-07:00Comments on Militant Ginger: When "YES, WE CAN!" becomes "NO, YOU CAN'T!"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-3863136879094614682010-11-04T07:17:15.802-07:002010-11-04T07:17:15.802-07:00Interesting post and comments. I think Obama is a...Interesting post and comments. I think Obama is a bit more liberal than you made him out to be, but I'm a conservative so that's expected of me, right? :) <br /><br />North Carolina got a GOP controlled House and Senate for the first time in 112 years! (During this time the House has been GOP lead for only a few years in the 1990s. The Senate not at all.) Our governor is a Democrat though. She was not up for reelection and she won during the Obama craze 2 years ago when even NC turned blue!Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115294023069458287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-9883140378549173332010-11-03T18:53:56.111-07:002010-11-03T18:53:56.111-07:00Roland, face it, the Democrats are all far left of...Roland, face it, the Democrats are all far left of center and became more so last night when half of the "Blue Dogs" were voted out of office. The Democrats are moving increasingly farther left as the country continues to assert that we are center right.<br /><br />Y'all elected a half-black dude who is very far left and is not very smart either. I said early on, the only reason to vote for Obama was skin color because he was of marginal intelligence and a moonbat believer. He has proven me to be correct.Paul Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825674914008378242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-76849667985923596272010-11-03T18:46:20.000-07:002010-11-03T18:46:20.000-07:00I'll have you know Colonel Sanders is a conser...I'll have you know Colonel Sanders is a conservative. Just look at the way he dresses on those KFC posters.<br /><br />Okay, okay, you're right about Obama's voting record. But I honestly think in many/most regards he's moderate. Remember, half the shit that gets into the voting mix ends up being on the RIGHT of Democratic policies. Occasional Professor Tom is right - the GOP is a single party (or maybe two, with the tea party) while the dems make up six parties within their own party.Roland Hulmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08979437320446956987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-14225102992596415242010-11-03T18:09:49.377-07:002010-11-03T18:09:49.377-07:00Roland, you simply refuse to click the link, right...Roland, you simply refuse to click the link, right? The chart is right there. When Obama was a Senator, he scored more liberal than anyone else in Congress, House OR Senate. He was left of Sanders.Paul Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825674914008378242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-20315762485996131312010-11-03T17:14:18.661-07:002010-11-03T17:14:18.661-07:00Roland, Bill Clinton was a "fiercely moderate...Roland, Bill Clinton was a "fiercely moderate pragmatist."<br /><br />As was Dubya Bush. Obama is something else, entirely.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-89998059586453199262010-11-03T17:14:11.407-07:002010-11-03T17:14:11.407-07:00C'mon, Paul! You're making it sound like O...C'mon, Paul! You're making it sound like Obama voted with the Democratic party on 100% of all issues, which some simple research will prove... Oh, never mind.Roland Hulmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08979437320446956987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-89971219242091836162010-11-03T16:24:24.868-07:002010-11-03T16:24:24.868-07:00Roland, again, FACTS dispute what you are pushing....Roland, again, FACTS dispute what you are pushing. I linked the FACTS. When Obama was a Senator, he was the MOST LIBERAL of all people in Congress, not just on the Senate of the whole 535. And I read Audacity of Hope, it was written for the sole purpose of tempering the racist screed he wrote in 1995 called <i>Dreams from my Father</i>. You know, that book that talked about how much he IS A SOCIALIST and grew up as a Socialist, went to college as a Socialist, and then worked as a Socialist?<br /><br />Geez.Paul Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825674914008378242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-5463018727172193732010-11-03T16:20:27.562-07:002010-11-03T16:20:27.562-07:00Obama IS "a fiercely moderate pragmatist"...Obama IS "a fiercely moderate pragmatist" by regular standards - not those of the right, perhaps. <br /><br />I mean, he was against gay marriage, his bailouts followed in Bush's footsteps and if you read the Audacity of Hope you'll find him VERY FAR from being a socialist.<br /><br />Okay, so 'fiercely' is PERHAPS a bit untrue. John McCain I'd describe as fiercely moderate. But Obama IS a political moderate, especially by the standards of the Democrat party. To paint him as a socialist isn't accurate or fair.<br /><br />Tom's right, though - he can't be forgiven for sending all those Trans Ams, Camaros and other eighties car to the crusher.Roland Hulmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08979437320446956987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-41579715868304446762010-11-03T14:42:01.327-07:002010-11-03T14:42:01.327-07:00Roland, I love ya', and I hope you know that I...Roland, I love ya', and I hope you know that I do...<br /><br />But, <i>"a fiercely moderate pragmatist"...</i><br /><br />Bwahahahahahahahahaha! That is one of the funniest damn things I've read in a coon's age. Obviously (if you really believe that), you are MUCH smarter than I am. Because all I can see in Obama is a leftists' leftist...only hindered in his plans by circumstances.<br /><br />Were it not for what's left of our system, he would certainly have established Marxism full scale in the US.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-12200501809118302742010-11-03T11:09:21.447-07:002010-11-03T11:09:21.447-07:00It is hard to put it in perspective of anyone in t...It is hard to put it in perspective of anyone in the past until you get to the point that Obama argued vehemently to allow babies that were born to just sit in a coat closet until they were dead as a method of abortion. That is pretty much the most ghoulish thing I have ever read.Paul Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825674914008378242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-62172909175256993182010-11-03T11:06:09.616-07:002010-11-03T11:06:09.616-07:00Paul, that seems to cover a relatively short perio...Paul, that seems to cover a relatively short period of time. How does he compare to, say, the new dealers?<br /><br />(Just finished watching the Obama press conference - he looks tired.)Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627620365250257036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-85816048131807156802010-11-03T08:58:14.095-07:002010-11-03T08:58:14.095-07:00Sorry, Tom, I was only going on FACTS stating that...Sorry, Tom, I was only going on FACTS stating that Obama was the farthest left. He was not only the most left of Senators, he was the most left of ALL of Congress.<br /><br />http://liberalsmash.blogspot.com/2008/08/obamoron-hits-homerun.htmlPaul Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825674914008378242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-70433625616201895542010-11-03T08:55:31.318-07:002010-11-03T08:55:31.318-07:00"in fact Obama's always been a fiercely m..."in fact Obama's always been a fiercely moderate pragmatist as equally frusted with Washington as we are."<br /><br />REALLY? Moderate? If he's moderate than so am I. He is far left and America is middle right. His type of politics don't fit America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-90195601040344169802010-11-03T08:51:44.844-07:002010-11-03T08:51:44.844-07:00I'm not sure if I'd call Obama the farthes...I'm not sure if I'd call Obama the farthest left - but certainly, calling him bipartisan is naive. He's failed to unite the far-left and center-left branches of the democratic party, let alone the democratic and republican parties.<br /><br />Now, to be fair, he didn't _need_ any republican votes to pass legislation, and so didn't reach out to them. But when he fails to do that, he can't complain when they try to stop him.<br /><br />Also, it's not fair to say that Obama did nothing. He managed to get a pork-laden stimulus that failed to stimulate the economy. He got a healthcare bill that noone has read. He managed to destroy quite a few perfectly good classic cars.<br /><br />In this election, quite a few Americans took a look at what Obama has done, and decided they didn't like it.<br /><br />It's not like government gridlock is a bad thing --- another name for it is "a stable business climate", which tends to be a good thing. At the very least, we probably won't go back to unnecessarily destroying automobiles any time soon.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627620365250257036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-61027558715221297752010-11-03T07:19:40.509-07:002010-11-03T07:19:40.509-07:00Roland, Obama did not try to reach across to Repub...Roland, Obama did not try to reach across to Republicans in a single instance, but I never assumed he would. Obama was the farthest left Congressman ever in the history of our country. Even Sheldon Whitehouse is not as far left as Obama was when Barry was a Senator. To try to say that Obama is anything other than a Leftist ideologue ignores the obvious.Paul Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825674914008378242noreply@blogger.com