Been Away from Here. Got Apathetic. Then Got Pissed. Had to come back and vent.

[BlueCaliDem]

53. It is a liberal trait to research the FACTS first before criticizing people, but

most importantly, it's a liberal stance to be OPEN to newly discovered facts or corrections they may not like before they make an educated assessment and before they undermine the head of the Democratic Party as they did in 2010. We're supposed to be the analytical demographic, not the short-sighted one.

I had believed, that after the 2010 shellacking Democrats {and the country} have suffered and continue to suffer, people from center to center-left to the far left had learned their lesson. It took the gavel away from the most successful Speaker of the House in history, Speaker Pelosi, and handed it to the worst Speaker-in-Name-Only Boehner. But, no. The shrill screaming about the president's proposal to replace the current (and failed) COLA formula with a much better one that will actually save social security and put more money into people's pockets, is immediately bashed from mostly the Left. They're frothing so at the lips, screaming so loudly, that they've completely overlooked the telling silence on the AlwaysWrongRight. They should ask themselves why the silence?

When I first learned about chained CPI, I was furious. And of course I learned about it through {Romney-voting-GOP-supporting-Corporate} AOL & {Romney voter} Arianna Huffington's, Huffington Post. In my heart of hearts, I couldn't believe that this president, whose own family, from time to time, relied on the {stingy} social safety net in this country in order to survive, would try and dismantle it. It just didn't fit. It didn't make sense to me. So, after my initial red haze of anger dissipated, I began researching blogs and sites on the Internet and I discovered that half of what I've been reading wasn't even true.

But the gist of this post is, as a Democrat and a Progressive (I don't think I can call myself a Liberal anymore), it's incumbent upon me to first look up peer-researched information and learn the basic facts, and then keep researching to learn the consequences that result from any proposal. That's what I've done. That's what I expect Liberals to do.

It astounds me that the always analytical, level-headed thinking so wonderfully and righteously displayed among Liberals isn't happening with this president. And then I began to wonder, what is it about this president, arguably the most progressive president (not liberal, progressive) of our lifetime, that pisses off the Left so much that they don't even bother asking the fundamental question: why is he doing this? in anything he does.

Instead, too many Liberals immediately make up their minds, sans facts, write it in stone, and then go on a bashing spree while completely and totally negating the heavy hand of GOP obstructionism in it all.