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This is the wrong topic - but a lot of last eight years' policies make a lot more sense if you view Obama as moderate republican (in the old timey sense of the
by venomsnake 11y ago
This is the wrong topic - but a lot of last eight years' policies make a lot more sense if you view Obama as moderate republican (in the old timey sense of the world - probably mid 90s) when not talking about social issues.
I am not sure if this is because both parties have drifted to the right economically and foreign affair wise, or it was just his world views from the beginning.
- jnbiche 11y ago> if you view Obama as moderate republican I'd go even farther. Philosophically, his world views seems to be a variation of the neo-conservatism that people hated so much in Bush and Cheney. Who would've guessed in 2008? (a few people did, but very few). And that's little consolation to us civil libertarians now.
- TillE 11y ago> Who would've guessed in 2008? (a few people did, but very few) Well, lots of people noticed that the hope-change rhetoric was almost entirely devoid of actual policy commitments. He also opposed same-sex marriage, sneered at atheists, etc. Anyone who expected a left-wing presidency was deluding themselves. But sure, he has also reversed course in a number of ways that probably surprised even the cynics. He talked a lot about transparency and shutting out lobbyists, then wound up doing the opposite.
- mindslight 11y agoThe last sixteen years' rhetoric and policies make a lot more sense if you simply view politicians from both parties as extreme authoritarians, just marketed to different tribes with differing aesthetics.