FlashHarry: i've always said, if you want to know if obama is a socialist... ask a farking socialist.

Yeh, pfft, like you can trust a socialist!

Liberals don't trust Obama to be a liberal based on things he's actually done.

Conservatives think Obama is the most liberal President ever based on the things they think he's done in their make-believe world.

I was a socialist before being socialist was cool

Liberals like myself, who are realistic, know that actual liberal policies are likely not to happen any time soon. The Right has dragged the dialog so far to their side, that magical window of acceptability is right of Reagan anymore. But, we see Obama as a net win. Even if he is a center-right figure by any measure or estimation in another sane country, he is a step in the right direction. And we based this off his policies and things he's actually done.

The Right makes things up, bases a hateful political religion off it, and proceeds to convert mouthbreathing wackaloos to their cause.

kmmontandon: Liberals don't trust Obama to be a liberal based on things he's actually done.

Conservatives think Obama is the most liberal President ever based on the things they think he's done in their make-believe world.

I'd also add that the freakshow conservatives consider Obama a 'leftist' because somebody who's center-right is technically waaay to the left of them.

Eat More Possum: Obama a socialist? LOL
A Marxist? LOL
A communist? double LOL

He's not a progressive, not even much of a liberal. At best you can consider him a Blue Dog.

The right is so far right now that they'd consider Nixon a liberal

It's beyond that. I've heard people call Bush and Cheney "liberals."

To be fair, the right trots out the same "most liberal x ever" line for everyone who runs for president. I don't know who is running in 2016. but you can guarantee that he will be called the most liberal candidate ever.

Also, there are so many places one can fall in the political spectrum that everyone is going to piss off multiple factions.

FlashHarry: i've always said, if you want to know if obama is a socialist... ask a farking socialist.

You mean like Warren Buffet?

Eat More Possum: The right is so far right now that they'd consider Nixon a liberal

Nixon WAS a liberal. Why do you hate Jesus?

FlashHarry: i've always said, if you want to know if obama is a socialist... ask a farking socialist.

Wouldn't help. They have no clue what a socialist actually believes.

Don't Troll Me Bro!: It's beyond that. I've heard people call Bush and Cheney "liberals."

Those are the people for which "Liberal" just means "not my side" or "bad." It doesn't matter why or what policies were actually being implemented. And since Bush and Cheney are basically political personas non grata right now, slapping "liberal" on them to separate them from their own cause makes perfect sense.

It's less of a political leaning, and more of a magical word of power to banish it from their plain of existence. The media doesn't agree? Liberal Media. Website said something bad about your candidates? Liberal hackjob website. A candidate is advocating basic social responsibility? LIBERAL LIBERAL LIBERAL...

Well, if Obama's a socialist, he's also a Nazi because socialism is in the name!

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You mean the guy who works for Wall St? That Obama?

Eat More Possum: Obama a socialist? LOL
A Marxist? LOL
A communist? double LOL

He's not a progressive, not even much of a liberal. At best you can consider him a Blue Dog.

The right is so far right now that they'd consider Nixon a liberal

Nixon? fark, they'd consider Reagan a liberal, if they actually knew anything about his record in office.

Perhaps that has always been the GOP master plan...to slide so far to the right that the Democrats have to come that way to balance the scale....I voted for Obama because I believe in math and science, equal rights and not starting a fracking war with Iran.....but the erosion of civil liberties because of the fear of another 9/11 and the continuing useless war on drugs needs to go.....I would like to see some of the government powers walked back but that is not even close to happening......even when TJ himself became the Prez he thought that he should have more power....of course I bet he did not think that America would turn putting people in jail into a business...

Shadowknight: Even if he is a center-right figure by any measure or estimation in another sane country, he is a step in the right direction. And we based this off his policies and things he's actually done.

I think what worries me the most, or at least a lot, is how political positions are all confuzzled. Somehow smaller less intrusive government is supposedly the domain of the R's, yet they're busy trying to stick government noses into all sorts of things (mostly dealing with families and family planning I suppose). At the same time, under the guise of protecting rights, they want to get rid of the things that actually benefit society as a whole and that limit personal rights or freedoms in no way.

Then the D's are banning large soft drinks and making it so you can't smoke a cigarette anywhere another human has stepped foot in during the past week. It's not your job, or anyone elses, to protect people from themselves. Where's the party that says do whatever the fark you want as long as it doesn't harm anyone else? And no, your feelings being hurt don't count.

And both sides totally agree on things like the Patriot Act and the TSA. You'll never be perfectly safe, and attempts to become so are the biggest potential threats to freedom and liberty. Yes, we have to protect ourselves from the crazies and those who would seek to harm us, but there should be a line in the sand where we say we'll go this far and no further.

Sometimes bad shiat is going to happen. You can't stop it, it's the way of the world. What you can do is attempt to mitigate and prepare for that risk while keeping in mind that our freedom and liberty are just as important, if not more so, than our safety.

/Please don't focus on the cig thing, it's just an example I don't wish to expound upon and is used in lieu of remembering various social engineering laws and taxes passed by the left 
//Sorry for the long rant, but the sheer magnitude of the herpaderp from the right is allowing a lot of issues to be swept under the rug...issues that should be part of the political discourse but aren't because one side is too busy trying to explain reality to a bunch of children with their fingers in their ears going "LALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU"

Well, if he's pissing off both factions, he MUST be doing something right.

Jim is driving his car near a volcano with Bob and Dave along for the ride, and the volcano begins to erupt. Bob says Jim should drive away from the volcano, and Dave says Jim should drive into the lava flow in a glorious act of suicide, then driving in a circle around the volcano will piss them both off, but Bob will still be the only person in the car with any goddamn sense.

Every Democrat that runs for national office anywhere, at any time is "the most librul evah!!!"

This proclamation is made every single time.

One would thnk that at some point folks would get tired of being lied to (over and over and over again). But I guess not.

In four years, whomever gets the Democratic nomination will be "the most librul evah!!!1".

And so on, and so on... 

It should be a surprise to absolutely no one.

Eat More Possum: Party Boy:

Love your third chart....so damn true.
cant take credit for that one. the top one is from political compass, and i hurriedly threw together the middle one

Of course, the difference is, the right's whackjobs have a good many people to espouse their whackery on the Senate and House floors.

Who does the left have now? Bernie Sanders?

IlGreven: Of course, the difference is, the right's whackjobs have a good many people to espouse their whackery on the Senate and House floors.

Who does the left have now? Bernie Sanders?

We have, on a global scale, the right, and the more right. Who is the representation on the left these days? Kucinich? Maybe somebody else?

Party Boy: IlGreven: Of course, the difference is, the right's whackjobs have a good many people to espouse their whackery on the Senate and House floors.

Who does the left have now? Bernie Sanders?

We have, on a global scale, the right, and the more right. Who is the representation on the left these days? Kucinich? Maybe somebody else?

Frank, Sanders, Feingold, maybe Warren.

Um, yeah, TFA, Obama's a Republican. We know this. Move on.

/It's not the end of the world if a Republican is in office, either
//It's an actual, objective problem if someone who's a neo-fascist idiot is in office, but that's a different story.

The out and out rage I see online really makes me worry about the president's safety. His reelection may have sent more than a few nutbags over the edge. Ironically, their rage is creating jobs. In the Secret Service.

The GOP is still suffering from Newt Syndrome. They thought they were geniuses, back in the 90s, coming up with a game plan whose core was to villify the other side with a set list of adjectives: sick, warped, twisted, pathetic, un-American, lazy, dependent, etc. On every issue, regardless of their actual position, they just trot out these adjective and keep bleating them. Talk about being small government while demanding that we build more tanks to park in the desert because we don't need them. Talk about entitlement spending while expanding benefits to current retirees.

As long as they suffer from this syndrome, any Democratic president will be a sick, warped, twisted, pathetic, dependent history's greatest monster. It's their starting and ending position.

Which is why it was so striking to see Christie drop the mask for a brief moment and actually say, right now I don't care about politics. Right now I'm just doing my job.

Totally out of character for his party, and totally off the script.

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Yeah, those are great charts, and I'm stealing them, if you don't mind. :)

Summoner101: Frank, Sanders, Feingold, maybe Warren.

I can go with Sanders.
RedVentrue: Yeah, those are great charts, and I'm stealing them, if you don't mind. :)

Go right ahead. It would probably be improved if the crosshairs wee just moved farther to the right and a tiny box as drawn around the two points.

Pissing off or pissing on?? Because I feel like Im in a golden shower and unlike subby, Im not into that sort of thing.

R5D4: Every Democrat that runs for national office anywhere, at any time is "the most librul evah!!!"

It's amazing how they've got nearly half the country using the word "liberal" as an insult. Amazing, or worrying. They've also got half the country believing that conservatism is about being a massive dickface to everyone, trampling the poor, killing gays, worshipping jesus and segregating black folk.

Stuff is slightly warped over there. Party Boy summarised it real nice.

Party Boy:



That really does need repeating.

Here's the thing, people.

Now you know the rules of the game, who the players are, and as sure as hell now you know who's the one behind the courtains. This is what you do.

Pressure the government to do what it needs be done. Remind them it was, because of you, they were elected. If they promised change, you're gonna have to act like a literal hive of ants to remind them to give the change.

Don't let them go with the grand bargain, make them respect the legalization of marijuana and gay marriage. Make them hesitate to even flirt with the bankers, and the CEOs, and the defense contractors.

Do this, and the good times will surely roll.

Put Jesus on that chart and really see what the Right does.

More liberal than Jesus, I think.

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I wouldn't brag about it

ftfa- "Here's what we do know: Obama won a very close election ...[Blah blah blah blah horse crap]... Those are the facts."

Here are the unshiatstained facts: Obama 332 electoral votes. Romney: 206.

skullkrusher: theteacher: [www.politicalcompass.org image 480x400]

I wouldn't brag about it

I know YOU wouldn't. But I do. I'm also pro-gun.

Eat More Possum: Obama a socialist? LOL
A Marxist? LOL
A communist? double LOL

He's not a progressive, not even much of a liberal. At best you can consider him a Blue Dog.

The right is so far right now that they'd consider Nixon a liberal

He DID sign the EPA and OSHA into law...

Don't Troll Me Bro!: Eat More Possum: Obama a socialist? LOL
A Marxist? LOL
A communist? double LOL

He's not a progressive, not even much of a liberal. At best you can consider him a Blue Dog.

The right is so far right now that they'd consider Nixon a liberal

It's beyond that. I've heard people call Bush and Cheney "liberals."

I don't think they mean that in a literal way. "Liberal" is just another epithet to them now; a word bereft of its original semantic content, replaced by "bad, wrong," and "other". They call Bush and Cheney "liberal" because they were so incompetent that it actually hurt the conservative brand. Notice that they never called them those things until after they left office, and they never apply the "liberal" insult to any of their policies.