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What is the right-wing so upset about?

By CL   Follow   Thu, 29 Mar 2012, 5:23pm   754 views   12 comments
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Let's list major policy victories and attribute them to a philosophically "left" or "right" philosophy. I can't name many that can be considered "liberal/left" in the past several decades.

Unions: decimated, and often taken for granted by the Democrats.
Score: RIGHT VICTORY

Economics:
Low-regulation; general laissez-faire system; repeal or dismantle of regulatory policies; Unbridled Wall Street favoritism; 401Ks; corporate dominance; free-trade agreements; low-minimum wage; globalization; bankruptcy "reform"
Score: RIGHT VICTORY

Military:
Muscular foreign policy; seemingly limitless cash for Defense contractors; Jingoism; Prisons-for-profit; Corporate Prisons;
Score: RIGHT VICTORY

Immigration: General immigrant bashing environment; deportations; H1B Visas; No calls for amnesty
Score: RIGHT VICTORY

It's often said that Reagan wouldn't be allowed in Today's GOP--certainly wouldn't have become President. But Moynihan said it best, "Richard Nixon was our last liberal President".

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1. thunderlips11 Follow Befriend (13) 49 threads 2,625 comments Premium

   1   5:47pm Thu 29 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   CL says It's often said that Reagan wouldn't be allowed in Today's GOP--certainly wouldn't have become President. But Moynihan said it best, "Richard Nixon was our last liberal President". Nixon would be a liberal backbencher in the Democratic Party of today.

2. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   2   6:50pm Thu 29 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   They're upset we have a black president.

3. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 272 threads 12,462 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   3   6:52pm Thu 29 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   Add welfare reform, non-enforcement of anti-trust laws, and taxes. All current employment taxes with the exception of the Obama tax cut were crafted by Republicans. Republicans have gotten almost everything they want time and time again. Yet propaganda from the neoconservative media keeps fanning the flames of rage.

4. Nomograph Follow Befriend (1) 104 threads 2,851 comments

   4   10:06pm Thu 29 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   wthrfrk80 says They're upset we have a black president. A black Socialist Marxist Muslim fascist president who hangs out with Bill Ayers and was born in Kenya. Never mind that Kenya wasn't a country yet at the time.

5. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   5   10:23pm Thu 29 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Nomograph says A black Socialist Marxist Muslim fascist president who hangs out with Bill Ayers and was born in Kenya. And I heard his middle name is Hussein!

6. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 246 threads 4,658 comments

   6   6:37am Fri 30 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (3)   HMMMM Was it a Republican controlled Senate that just voted to keep giving subsidies and tax breaks to the Oil companies. I'm confused it's hard to keep track of Who's Hu these days.

7. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 246 threads 4,658 comments

   7   6:39am Fri 30 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (3)   I'm confused Is it the Republicans that calls everyone else in the country "Stupid" because they don't vote their cause. Even though those causes time and time again prove to be a scam and disastrous? Now before you ask me to list examples, just name some and I'll say "Yeah that ONE!".

8. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 272 threads 12,462 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   8   7:33am Fri 30 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   CaptainShuddup says HMMMM Was it a Republican controlled Senate that just voted to keep giving subsidies and tax breaks to the Oil companies. I'm confused it's hard to keep track of Who's Hu these days. Yes, it was a Republican controlled Senate that just voted to keep giving subsidies and tax breaks to the oil corporations. The Republicans controlled it by using the filibuster rule. WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama called on Congress to stop taxpayer-funded subsidies for oil companies, and the Senate promptly ignored him Thursday. Senators voted 51 to 47 to end debate on a bill that would do what Obama asked, thus failing to reach the 60 votes needed to end a filibuster. That's a pretty big failure on your part, don't you think? Again you demonstrate my point that Republicans simply have no ties to the real world and create a fictional universe where everything makes sense.

9. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 272 threads 12,462 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   9   7:36am Fri 30 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   CaptainShuddup says I'm confused Is it the Republicans that calls everyone else in the country "Stupid" because they don't vote their cause. Even though those causes time and time again prove to be a scam and disastrous? OMG it certainly was! Those who didn't support the Republican-led war in Iraq were called more than stupid. They were called seditionist and treasonous. The scam was billions stolen by Haliburton and pallets of cash simply lost in the Iraqi desert. The disaster was thousands of Americans dead and hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens killed. Nice work. You do your party proud.

10. CL Follow Befriend (12) 140 threads 1,355 comments Emeryville, CA

    10   11:54am Fri 30 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   In any case, IDEOLOGICALLY, the subsidies are what the right wants to maintain, not the liberal left. We lose again. I'm not arguing that the Democrats aren't complicit often times; they are. It's a question of whether or not the right wing: 1) Knows what they believe 2) Knows if the GOP delivers on it 3) Will ever be happy with any victory? Conversely, what are the liberal victories? One could somewhat count Medicare Part D, the largest entitlement expansion in history. Of course, we would have been forced to fund it, but still---an expansion of Medicare could be considered a moderate liberal victory. (I suspect this was Bush's attempt to mimic Clinton's triangulation). So, name those liberal victories!!!

11. CL Follow Befriend (12) 140 threads 1,355 comments Emeryville, CA

    11   11:56am Fri 30 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   CaptainShuddup says HMMMM Was it a Republican controlled Senate that just voted to keep giving subsidies and tax breaks to the Oil companies. I'm confused it's hard to keep track of Who's Hu these days. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/29/obama-energy-tax-idUSL2E8ET5KJ20120329 "The Senate bill needed 60 votes to clear a procedural hurdle, but as widely predicted, it failed on a vote of 51-47, mainly along party lines."

12. thomas.wong1986 Follow Befriend 16 threads 4,426 comments

    12   8:30am Sat 31 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   CL says In any case, IDEOLOGICALLY, the subsidies are what the right wants to maintain, not the liberal left. We lose again What are these subsidies you speak of.. do you have a list ? What money does the govt give out or grant to the oil industry ?