Reply #117: That's so absolutely false, it's ridiculous

[NorthCarolina]

Nowhere did Cenk make that claim. If you don't like the guy fine...who gives a rats ass, but lets at least try to keep the truth meter above ZERO in our comments.

Here's the meat of Cenk's argument (of course this was omitted from the OP because it would prove counterproductive to the argument the OP was trying to make):

"Reagan also took the country further right in many ways but our political spectrum has moved so far to the right that he looks left behind by comparison (Cenk hidden message unable to be decoded by conservative Dems....apparently). So, let's go to Obama and see what that "socialist" is up to (For the Cenk impaired, that statement is an MSM slam).

Barack Obama:

• Escalated the Afghanistan War (Added 30,000 More Troops)
• Escalated the Afghanistan War (Added 30,000 More Troops)
• Has Ordered Drone Strikes (Assassinations) on US Citizens Outside the Country
• Gave Drug Companies Near Monopoly Power by Barring Imports, Extending Patents and Not Allowing the Government to Negotiate Better Prices
• Funneled Billions into the Biggest Banks in the Country After They Crashed the Economy
• Stacked Deficit Commission with Fiscal Conservatives
• Lowered Taxes Significantly (Stimulus Bill)
• Ordered Increased Offshore Drilling Before BP Spill

The Obama team would argue that they did a lot of this because the Republicans made them do it. First, that's entirely untrue because the Republicans didn't make them pass any bills. The GOP also didn't give most of this legislation a single yes vote, so they could have been entirely ignored if Obama had the courage to do that. And many of the items on the list are executive actions, which the Republicans have no control over.

Second, conservative is as conservative does. If you implement this many conservative positions, are you really sure you're not one?"

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Of course Cenk is spot on, and the fact that he explained this so well is what has all the conservatives titties in a twitter. Cenk now becomes another Hampsher, or Huffington, or Kucinich, or Grayson, or any others that thrown anything other than roses at this administration. What truly amazes me is that while they despise the left with all their might, when it comes down to public discussion, the conservatives always seem to want to verbally paint their brand to the "left" of where they really are. If you're all fired up about Obama and his policies and the job he has done so far, then in all probability you are a conservative, embrace it and get on with life.