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OffWithTheirHeads

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13. Did you live in the bay area?

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Why do some on the Left keep saying that Pres. Obama is "center-right"? [View all] Jamaal510 Mar 2013 OP

Our US History teacher, in the 70's, said that if you go far enough left then you're right. NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #1

Heard that in the 80's in a poly sci class The Straight Story Mar 2013 #6

give me an example. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #44

(crickets) n/t Moses2SandyKoufax Mar 2013 #65

Because everything has moved extreme right in the past 30 years. He is left of the most extreme BlueStreak Mar 2013 #2

Yeah. ananda Mar 2013 #39

That isn't exactly how I see it. The NRA thing has laid bare the state of our "democracy" BlueStreak Mar 2013 #51

You need to spend some time with Noam Chomsky. OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2013 #3

The left has been moving Go Vols Mar 2013 #4

because he IS center right... bowens43 Mar 2013 #5

I've called him center-right so I'll give my answer. white_wolf Mar 2013 #7

health care based on romney care is pretty much rightist nt msongs Mar 2013 #11

yes except for one thing DonCoquixote Mar 2013 #12

I never said she was right-wing scum. white_wolf Mar 2013 #18

You're confused. Congress passed Obamacare. It was Congress that told Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #19

Not to mention the fact that he could end the wars and chooses not to. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #21

Banning private health insurance isn't left-wing, it's just authoritarian. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2013 #36

The UK and other European countries don't allow private health insurance. white_wolf Mar 2013 #58

I think you're misinformed. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2013 #60

Not to mention that France has a two tiered system where 80% of citizens buy private insurance to stevenleser Mar 2013 #61

Yeah I was going to say OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #63

maybe things like "...I would be considered a moderate Republican"- Obama green for victory Mar 2013 #8

You are from Oakland. Obviously too young to remember peoples park OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2013 #9

I remember the Barb. NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #10

Did you live in the bay area? OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2013 #13

49th street off Broadway near Rockridge/Broadway/College... Yes. (nt) NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #14

I grew up at 19th and Douglass. Almost dead center of S.F. OffWithTheirHeads Mar 2013 #17

Compared to todays republican hes far left. Notafraidtoo Mar 2013 #15

he has described himself KT2000 Mar 2013 #16

That's pretty decisive, imho. Marr Mar 2013 #32

I Don't think Notafraidtoo Mar 2013 #20

I've saved this link for just this occasion... AgainsttheCrown Mar 2013 #22

Yep. Because that's just what you want in a Democratic president... white_wolf Mar 2013 #24

you add those amongst us who view him as infallible Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #49

Here's a couple of great threads about that video bananas Mar 2013 #28

Word up. nt Poll_Blind Mar 2013 #46

Noam Chomsky: Obama Would Have Been Called a 'Moderate Republican' in Recent Decades bananas Mar 2013 #23

Two of our greatest Presidents were moderate republicans, Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. bluestate10 Mar 2013 #42

The Political Compass: 2008 bananas Mar 2013 #25

The Political Compass: 2012 bananas Mar 2013 #26

Wow I'm considerably to the left and way less authoritarian dkf Mar 2013 #30

Ask a question, and then can't wait 10 minutes for an answer. Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #27

Center-right doesn't mean right wing other than in the loosest sense TheKentuckian Mar 2013 #29

Because, in so doing, they subtract "the Left" from his base, thusly forcing BO to the right, which patrice Mar 2013 #31

In a global context, he most certainly is center-right. David__77 Mar 2013 #33

Like Paul Wellstone used to say cyglet Mar 2013 #34

I defy you to find an issue where Obama is not MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #35

he didn't eliminate Bush tax cuts for the top hfojvt Mar 2013 #37

That's because Obama actually governs from the corporate right. ananda Mar 2013 #38

He is centre-right; as was Bill Clinton, as is the Democratic Party, generally. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2013 #40

Compare him with Eisenhower, MadHound Mar 2013 #41

President Obama is most definitely center-right. democrank Mar 2013 #43

They are either falling for or propagating treestar Mar 2013 #45

Here's one explanation, LWolf Mar 2013 #47

Left vs right is really not relevant, Obama and the DNC are pragmatists not measured that way HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #48

economic policy - he follows the right wing philosophy and klyon Mar 2013 #50

rockerfeller republican at best--per robert riech??? dembotoz Mar 2013 #52

Silly statement. Consider your two cents returned. /nt Festivito Mar 2013 #53

Some of us have a long memory Tom Rinaldo Mar 2013 #54

In an objective sense, he is center-right Cal Carpenter Mar 2013 #55

I .. sendero Mar 2013 #56

I always saw the President as a moderate. Sunlei Mar 2013 #57

Because. Rex Mar 2013 #59

so what if he is? booley Mar 2013 #62

Because to some people, Ralph Nader is a RWer loyalsister Mar 2013 #64