Comments on: How left is Obama? http://blog.jim.com/politics/how-left-is-obama.html Liberty in an unfree world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:41:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jim http://blog.jim.com/politics/how-left-is-obama.html/comment-page-1#comment-7415 jim Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:19:10 +0000 http://blog.jim.com/?p=855#comment-7415 Obviously Obama's background is far to the left of Clinton's Obviously Obama’s background is far to the left of Clinton’s

]]> By: Occupant http://blog.jim.com/politics/how-left-is-obama.html/comment-page-1#comment-7412 Occupant Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:31:44 +0000 http://blog.jim.com/?p=855#comment-7412 Clinton entered office by way of the Democratic Leadership Conference, an organization that supported relaxing the minimum wage, after serving as a governor of a deep red state. Obama entered office by way of ACORN after serving in a dark blue city. True, one of Clinton's first acts as Commander-in-Chief was to normalize the status of gays in the military...a policy supported by Goldwater. Clinton entered office by way of the Democratic Leadership Conference, an organization that supported relaxing the minimum wage, after serving as a governor of a deep red state. Obama entered office by way of ACORN after serving in a dark blue city.

True, one of Clinton’s first acts as Commander-in-Chief was to normalize the status of gays in the military…a policy supported by Goldwater.

]]> By: jim http://blog.jim.com/politics/how-left-is-obama.html/comment-page-1#comment-7403 jim Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:00:30 +0000 http://blog.jim.com/?p=855#comment-7403 Quite so. The original Clinton, pretty far left, the post health care Clinton, a genuine centrist, Obama so far out of sight left that he does not know he is to the left of the original Clinton, and that the original Clinton was too far left. And Bush and Nixon, both of them leftists. Quite so. The original Clinton, pretty far left, the post health care Clinton, a genuine centrist, Obama so far out of sight left that he does not know he is to the left of the original Clinton, and that the original Clinton was too far left.

And Bush and Nixon, both of them leftists.

]]> By: Deep Lurker http://blog.jim.com/politics/how-left-is-obama.html/comment-page-1#comment-7398 Deep Lurker Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:22:06 +0000 http://blog.jim.com/?p=855#comment-7398 Who are you arguing against? We both agree that Obama is to the left of Clinton. I'm only saying that Clinton was pretty far left himself before the Congressional blow-out of '94 (e.g. the health-care "reform" he was pushing then) and he trimmed to being much less left after that election. (Bush I see as left wing in a Nixonian sort of way - leftists screamed and ranted loudly about how much they hated him, but when you look at his actual policies...) Who are you arguing against? We both agree that Obama is to the left of Clinton. I’m only saying that Clinton was pretty far left himself before the Congressional blow-out of ’94 (e.g. the health-care “reform” he was pushing then) and he trimmed to being much less left after that election.

(Bush I see as left wing in a Nixonian sort of way – leftists screamed and ranted loudly about how much they hated him, but when you look at his actual policies…)

]]> By: jim http://blog.jim.com/politics/how-left-is-obama.html/comment-page-1#comment-7388 jim Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:59:01 +0000 http://blog.jim.com/?p=855#comment-7388 Clearly Obama/Bush affirmative action is far to the left, far, far to the left, of Clinton Affirmative action. Compare Obama's spending and regulation, with Clinton's spending and regulation – of course, much of Obama's spending and regulation was inherited from Bush, so it comes back to the question: Was Bush far to the left of Clinton, or far to the right? On spending and regulation, he was far to the left. What <del datetime="2010-01-26T04:04:28+00:00">you guys</del>the left are calling de-regulation was not de-regulation, but regulatory capture – the regulators pursuing elite interests rather than the public interest, but when have regulators ever done otherwise? There was never any golden age when regulators pursued the public interest. The more regulation you get, the more regulators will pursue the elite interest at the expense of the public interest, which was what happened under Bush, and is happening even more under Obama. Clearly Obama/Bush affirmative action is far to the left, far, far to the left, of Clinton Affirmative action.

Compare Obama’s spending and regulation, with Clinton’s spending and regulation – of course, much of Obama’s spending and regulation was inherited from Bush, so it comes back to the question: Was Bush far to the left of Clinton, or far to the right? On spending and regulation, he was far to the left. What you guysthe left are calling de-regulation was not de-regulation, but regulatory capture – the regulators pursuing elite interests rather than the public interest, but when have regulators ever done otherwise? There was never any golden age when regulators pursued the public interest. The more regulation you get, the more regulators will pursue the elite interest at the expense of the public interest, which was what happened under Bush, and is happening even more under Obama.

]]> By: Deep Lurker http://blog.jim.com/politics/how-left-is-obama.html/comment-page-1#comment-7376 Deep Lurker Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:32:40 +0000 http://blog.jim.com/?p=855#comment-7376 Obama is clearly to the left of the post-94 Clinton. I <i>think</i> he's to the left of the pre-94 Clinton, but that's not so certain, and if he is, it's not by much. Obama is clearly to the left of the post-94 Clinton. I think he’s to the left of the pre-94 Clinton, but that’s not so certain, and if he is, it’s not by much.

]]> By: Occupant http://blog.jim.com/politics/how-left-is-obama.html/comment-page-1#comment-7372 Occupant Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:09:22 +0000 http://blog.jim.com/?p=855#comment-7372 Obama is clearly to the left to Clinton. The people who scoff at Obama as a Man of the Left are also mostly the people who scoffed at Clinton. Obama is clearly to the left to Clinton. The people who scoff at Obama as a Man of the Left are also mostly the people who scoffed at Clinton.

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