Reply #16: A little bit knee-jerk defense of any left of centre politician

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and I know, you don't think he's left of center, but you don't know Britain -- they have a monarch, and a house of lords (who are the biggest bunches of savages you could ever see -- if someone walked into your house and started doing what the Queen and Lords do, which is basically nothing, and then asking you to pay for it (they need to pretend they have better manners, because they actually have the worst manners) there be some justified ass kicking going down) and a lot of other institutional bullshit that makes it hard for a liberal to get ahead, and Blair's done it.

But mostly, I have some first-hand, very personal experience with Labour, and I really have a strong sense that I understand what they're doing, which really drives me to call out people here who really have no idea what they're talking about.

I know it's like a fun game to most of you. You think anything with the taint of Bush on it deserves to be ridiculed. But there's a bigger picture, and I feel it's my duty to keep referring to it. Sorry if I'm spoiling the fun of the echo chamber. Actually, I'm not sorry. I'm saying what needs to be said.