No Wonder Obama’s a Socialist

We'll just give it a moderate twist. Our earlier confusion over WaPo’s Ezra Klein arguing that Barack Obama is an effective “liberal” is answered by Politico:

Another key undecided moderate, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Vt.), said Thursday that his level of unease with the Medicare buy in is also rising.

Now we understand. Joe’s a moderate — which shifts Obama to the left, and ourselves somewhere past Cuba.

And this is what moderates stand for:

“In my opinion, the choice could not be more clear… between one candidate, John McCain, who has always put the country first, worked across party lines to get things done, and one candidate who has not.”

We’re glad that’s straightened out. If nothing else, we haven’t had an excuse to run Joe’s anal pear for awhile.

Snowe: Medicare buy-in loses her vote [Politico]

nojo
4:57 pm • Thursday • December 10, 2009
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Capt Howdy

5:02 pm • Thursday • December 10, 2009

Another key undecided moderate, Sen. Joe Lieberman

bloody hell. where do you go from there?

these people should just do a “shorter version”

“anything that works we oppose”

oh, and if he is a socialist, he is not alone:

A Bloomberg National Poll conducted Dec. 3-7 shows two- thirds of Americans favor taxing the rich to reduce the deficit.

nojo

5:13 pm • Thursday • December 10, 2009

@Capt Howdy: Upon further reflection, I think it’s the “I-Vt” (actually, I-Ct) that’s driving Politico’s judgment. In which case, the Senate needs more moderates like Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

nojo

5:18 pm • Thursday • December 10, 2009

It’s also been noticed over at TPM that the previous two Dem veep candidates haven’t fared well.

Original Andrew

7:07 pm • Thursday • December 10, 2009

Apparently there aren’t enough safe words in the world to stop the endless donkey-punching our nation’s real liberals continue to receive from the Demoncrats.

Benedick

7:13 pm • Thursday • December 10, 2009

What is becoming clear is that we have a lot in common with the tea-baggers. True, we look from different ends of the Aspergers Index but our demands are eerily similar.

FlyingChainSaw

7:19 pm • Thursday • December 10, 2009

@Original Andrew: What’s a donkey punch? Is this a Democrat version of what Jetton does to the ladies he pestorks?

nojo

7:23 pm • Thursday • December 10, 2009

@Benedick: If Lefties behaved like anything close to Teabaggers, the National Guard would be called out.

Original Andrew

7:26 pm • Thursday • December 10, 2009

@FlyingChainSaw:

Donkey punch

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nojo