Salon: When a party flirts with suicide

[AnotherMcIntosh]

17. The "mushy middle" is a term of disparagement and contempt, not endearment or respect.

Obama has not used that term in public. Even Rahm Emanuel, who unhesitatingly showed his contempt for liberals, is not known for doing so. They are both smarter than that.

Is that your position that there is a "mushy middle"? Didn't you get the talking points? If you are a true believer and have been following Obama for some time, then you know that you are supposed to say that Obama is a Centrist. Instead of saying that he is appealing to the "mushy middle" when he takes action while rejecting the rule of law and the legitimate desires of the great majority that elected him, you are supposed to say that he is appealing to those in the center. And, when it is anticipated that the claim is obviously not persuasive enough to thinking people, you are supposed to also say something along the lines that "He didn't have enough votes from Republicans to do what he really wanted to do."

"Mushy middle"? There's no such thing. Although there are authoritarian fanatics on the right and authoritarian fanatics who claim to represent the left.

If you use the term "mushy middle" to refer to the great majority of Americans who are not authoritarian fanatics, you should know that the great majority favor the rule of law. And they favor doing what is right for America as a whole. They do not favor letting war criminals go free. They don't favor shifting public assets and the assets of themselves and future generations to the super rich. They don't favor appointing Republican hold-overs from Goldman Sachs or other Goldman Sachs personnel to high level positions so that the continued draining of wealth in favor of the super-rich can continue under another Administration.

You say, "Give him a Democratic Congress and who knows what he can get done?" We did give him a Democratic Congress. And, unless we are stupid, we know what he is going to get done. He's going to engage in further equity stripping to favor the super-rich at the expense of ourselves, our children, our grandchildren, our great-grandchildren, ...

You want him to act like a Kennedy and, at this point, adopt a philosophy that "to whom much is given much is also expected"? If he would have done that earlier, he would now have a legacy as a foundation for his re-election. Now, many people supporting his re-election are reduced to arguing "He's not Gingrich" or "He's not Rmoney" etc. Some even suggest that those who want the rule of law followed are from the "far left" and, without thinking, want Gengrich or Rmoney to be elected. Good luck to you.