> I never said people on the left don't do it. Apologies for my mis-interpretation. I think discussions about such things (e.g., the revolving door for lobbyi

> I never said people on the left don't do it. Apologies for my mis-interpretation. I think discussions about such things (e.g., the revolving door for lobbyists, where most people seem to agree that it's bad for governance) would benefit from people omitting specific party/ideology references. It just creates the potential for mis-interpretation and can result in unnecessary strife and the illusion of division for an issue that most people probably agree on. And, as @praisewhitey noted[0], people on the right probably said the same thing about Trump too. So this isn't a "the left was right this time and the right was wrong and when Obama ran the right was right and the left was wrong" division. (Though it's likely true that people are more forgiving of candidates who hold their own ideologies). [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12927416 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12927416