Hate to break it to you, but they aren't being portrayed as being shrill and unhinged. They're shouting down speakers at town-hall meetings, going to political rallies with assault rifles and equating the President of the United States with Marx, Lenin, and Hitler. The left didn't make those things up. They happened. We saw them reported on a daily basis (proudly, in the case of Faux News). They aren't being portrayed as being shrill and unhinged, they ARE shrill and unhinged.
Please show me what you believe Obama has done that is governing from the far left. I haven't seen it.
I already answered this question once in post #35 of this thread. But for you, I will answer it again: His proactive support for cap and trade legislation.
That hardly seems far left to me. But given all that has gone on in this administration, that one example, it seems strange rto call that for the most part.
#1 as an idea to lower CO2 emission, Cap and Trade is a brilliant plan to open a whole new level of financial exploitation to Goldman Sachs so you should be for it. It's so pro-broker it should transcend all party affiliations, a rising tide that raises all campaign funds.
I would not be surprised to discover there are a lot of posters on this board who regard Obama as a centrist. I think that says more about them than it does about Obama or his true political bent.
As with everything, your interpretation depends on your point of view. If you are left he looks centrist, if you watch Fox he is either Stalin or Hitler.
This actually could have a huge negative effect on the Houston economy and our increased dependance on foreign oil.
the op misses the point of racism obama is black and that pisses alot of people off he is liberal and that pisses even more people off he is pushing for health reform after a huge real estate bailout that pisses ghandi off yes he won. he was going against a pathetic republican campaign on the heels of a horrendous bush tenure dukakis would have even won as many have said, the right is also firing back because they are tired of being fired at for 8 years... hell, chaney started early they say hell hath no fury as a woman scorn... well, i'd say hell hath no fury as a republican whose been asked to pay a full tax burden
Well, technically Fox is not a political party. The joke was really aimed at how duplicitous their propaganda is in that they can't decide whether Mr. Obama is a fascist or a communist, you know the diametrically opposed philosophies that led to the deadliest land war in the history of the planet. Who got the universal coverage? the conscripted peasants of the Bolsheviks or the brainwashed robo-youth of the cult of nationalism?
I think the majority of it is that Fox is on the attack of the president now, isntead of trying to spin/defend the president. So some of the fringe things they perceived as being done to GW, they are now doing to BO. But thing is, they were fringe attacks and not worth the mention on most news channels. Fox is taking similar type things but making them national news due to their incessant barrage at the administration. It just makes them look stupid and bitter. That, and from what I can tell there is a strong racial element. I would say if you count Bush's attacks as a baseline 100%, you would probably have 80% of that going against Obama. Add another 40-50% of that as a racial element and it completes the picture. Thus you have 20-30% more anger against Obama than you had vs Bush. Thats what I am seeing, and I am a relatively conservative Christian. (Starting to slow down on calling myself a republican, since they are getting a bit out of hand and losing their identity.) BTW, my numbers are just made up, but the gist is almost as much raw anger as against Bush, but with an added racial element that makes it overall much worse.
So contributing to a national health care system that would render the services of mercy to the poor isn't a christian policy? Admittedly, I quit going to church as soon as I got old enough to hide my dress shoes, but I got far enough along to get the point that Jesus likes that kind of thing.
Jesus likes when you help the less fortunate. Bible says something to the effect of "What you do for even the least of these(people), you do for me." Go look at what most churches do in their local communities to help the less fortunate. You might be surprised at the outpouring of volunteers that help provide meals or homes or even money for hospital bills.
I have not read the thread, but will when I have a bit more time. The polarization that is happening is very predictable and last happened during the Great Depression. Starting with Reagan, there has been a conscious steady rise of inequality in this country-- a redistribution of wealth from the poor and working class to the weathly and to a lesser degree to the better educated. You now combine that with the current recession/depression and it is the recipe for lack of moderation. You cannot sensibly support the unregulated, low tax economics, with its policy of creating more losers and fewer but bigger winners, of the last 30 years and expect the tone of civil discourse in this country to not start resembling more that of the underdeveloped countries than that of the developed countries that have maintained less inequality. Losing your standard of living even if it is just a percent or two a year eventually adds up.
