Poll: U.S. sees Obama as liberal

[JohnnyRingo]

9. Pounded home by Fox News for a year before the election, and continuing today

Now they just mention "the far left liberal policies" Obama pushes without elaboration, but I recall the runup to the election when every news story about the candidate had the quote: "the most liberal senator in history, even to the left of Ted Kennedy". Nevermind they used the same quote four years earlier for John Kerry, on Fox it never gets old.

The problem is, people believe that. The word liberal has adopted such an abstract meaning for conservatives that I don't think many Fox viewers even share the same definition anymore. They just know it's unAmerican.

On the other hand, I'll bet few conservatives would define themselves as "far right". Everybody likes to think they stand somewhere near the fifty yard line, Even the most avid Tea Party member probably assumes he's somewhere in the middle.

I always have fun with these people when they derisively call me a liberal. I accuse them of standing on the extreme right politically. They deny this of course, so I list a couple politicians who are to the left of myself. I watch as their head nods in agreement, then challenge them to name one Republican who they think is too far to the right. While they still have the deer in headlight face, I push further. I quickly press them to look to their political right and tell me who they see from their middle of the road position.

It's certainly a good way to change the subject quickly.