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DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 06:20 PM Mar 2013

Left vs right

this was inspired by:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/the-drone-debate-upends-d_b_2861507.html

Here, Arianna gives praise to rand Paul, for breaking the party line. Now, let me lay some cards on the table:

Yes, I think Obama is WRONG with hsi drone policy. Not because it has not killed bad guys, but because the enemy knows that every innocent caught in the crossfire is a martyr. That and i know it will not be long before it gets used on us.

Yes, Rand Paul was right to slam John Brennan.

OK, I realize that facts are facts, regardless of who says them. However, I also think that people who are liars can take that pounce of truth and get a pound of lies.

With all due respect to Arianna, the problem we have is NOT that we are too partisan, but that a mushy, spineless middle has taken control. People do not risk offending powerful people anymore. That has resulted in a skewing towards the right, something that shows itself very well when Ms H offers her paper to people like Grover, Rand and Ron Paul, Gleen Greenwald, Lady Rothschild, ie PEOPLE THAT WANT TO destroy the left and weaken the government to the point where nothing stops the wealthy from doing whatever the hell they want!

And when people with a track record of favoring corporations slam Obama, they do deserve scrutiny. It is one thing for a Cornell West to slam Obama, because we know that he is NOT in favor of giving the right wing any more power. As much as the far left and center left may knock heads, we know they are not going to vote for Libertarian "reforms" any time soon,

So no, the left vs right is NOT outdated. Yes, there are those who use labels to hoddwink us, to fight us fighting amongst ourselves, but to paraphrase a quote often said around here: "reality STILL has a liberal bias."

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Left vs right (Original Post) DonCoquixote Mar 2013 OP
good article linked to quinnox Mar 2013 #1
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