The American public as a whole is what matters. Or, at least, what should matter.
Obama agrees with no government funding. That's an extreme rightwing view.
Obama a liberal ?
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The American public as a whole is what matters. Or, at least, what should matter.
Obama agrees with no government funding. That's an extreme rightwing view.
CELTICEMPIRE
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no, somewhere between 45 and 60% of Americans are against abortion on demand, and that's a growing number, immigrants from Mexico are usually Conservative Catholics, and their numbers are increasing relative to he general populace.
Skwink
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Fight us for it.
Angst
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bc other ppl dont exist
especially the ones that invented liberalism
... >_>
hobbsyoyo
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You do realize most of the USA#1 SO HARD! stuff on cfc is sarcasm and self caricature, right?
del62
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How can you invent liberalism?
del62
Deity
That is not inventing it, it is not a combustion engine (to give an example of something you can invent), all you can do is define it.
Archbob
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That is highly debatable.
So by your definition, being a moderate in the US means not only being extremely far-right compared to the rest of the modern world, but extremely authoritarian as well.
If by "rest" of world you mean "westernized countries". Then yes. China, Russia, and North Korea do not agree with your "rest of world" definition.
No, because other people don't get to vote for the US president. Their viewpoints are not relevent. The president does not govern them.
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
Most people don't consider China and North Korea to be part of the modern world, at least yet. And Russia is dubious at best. YMMV.
The word "liberal" isn't really denoting of a relative perspective, although many people who have extremely conservative and authoritarian views seem to think it is. They seem to think anybody who doesn't share all their own views is a "liberal", or even a "socialist".
In this particular case, Barack Obama seems to have very few liberal views. The difference between him and those who try to vilify him are really based on only a handful of issues, most of which are quite minor. On the majority of important issues, there isn't much difference at all. This wasn't as true of Barack Obama in 2008 before he drifted even further to the right and became far more authoritarian to cater to even more conservatives.
eduhum
Aahh the gold old days...
His party is liberal, but he is a crypto-communist. Of course, he would never say it in public.
You're even better at satire than classical hero.
Angst
Rambling and inconsistent
ofc but some people are serious about this
words mean stuff, even if american is a bastardized dialect of a more sophisticated language
it has nothing to do with presidency
as a movement it was not really from america you know. first come, first serve
and for your idealism imports well "you're welcome"
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Two possible explanations, none of them very good:
You only destroy life that was specifically created for this purpose and that never would have come into existence without IVF anyway.
It's a trade-off: The possibility to procreate without sin and make sex obsolete is more important than not murdering babies.
On topic: Yes, Obama is a liberal, and modern liberalism is a right-wing ideology.
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
A bit over 20% of Americans consider themselves to be liberals. They represent about the same percentage as Tea Partyers do.
The 2012 version of Obama has far less in common with them than he does Romney.
The 2012 version of Obama has far less in common with them than he does Romney.
