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In reply to the discussion: The lesser of two evils. [View all]MadHound
(34,179 posts)This president who is the "most liberal president in our lifetime"?
Let's see here, we get the ACA, which, essentially, a warmed over Republican policy. We expanded one war, and have military conflicts throughout the Middle East and Africa. The stimulus that we got was essentially a Republican stimulus, consisting of over forty percent tax cuts and tax credits. Our civil liberties are continuing to disappear at an alarming rate. The NDAA codified the concept that we can, at a president's whim, be declared an enemy combatant and either killed or indefinitely incarcerated with no trial. Oh, and what other president, Republican or Democrat, has ever drawn up a weekly personal kill list, some of whom are American citizens?
That's where we're at now, with this the "most liberal president of our lifetime". Since that is the case, then we need to push back, and push back hard. The only place that Obama is getting us is not-Romney, not Republican, and I'm sorry, but that is no longer good enough. The Democratic party needs to be returned to its liberal roots, for the good of the country as a whole.