But then, we were among the few in the media who saw through Obama's facade in 2008, who feared he'd put the U.S. on a path that could only be described as socialist (the day after the Nov. 5, 2008 presidential election, we expressed our concern that "we may be installing the first president who openly favors 'change' that ... can only be described as socialistic") and then watched as it all came to pass.
Based on the polls, however, many Americans are paying no more attention now than they were two years ago. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll in January found that fewer people — 45% — consider Obama to be "liberal" today than they did during the 2008 campaign, when 56% attached that label to him.
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/560754/201101241859/The-Grand-Pivot-and8212-Whos-He-Kidding-.htm
How can folks be confused about the President's political orientation? Every sentence he says, there's a hidden "with the power of the Federal Government" attached - for example, "We will move forward together (with the power of the Federal Government) or not at all."
I'm going with voodoo. It's the only explanation for how so many can continue to miss what is his defining characteristic - he has a seemingly unlimited faith in what can be accomplished through a Euro style application of the coercive monopoly of the state.
Based on the polls, however, many Americans are paying no more attention now than they were two years ago. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll in January found that fewer people — 45% — consider Obama to be "liberal" today than they did during the 2008 campaign, when 56% attached that label to him.
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/560754/201101241859/The-Grand-Pivot-and8212-Whos-He-Kidding-.htm
How can folks be confused about the President's political orientation? Every sentence he says, there's a hidden "with the power of the Federal Government" attached - for example, "We will move forward together (with the power of the Federal Government) or not at all."
I'm going with voodoo. It's the only explanation for how so many can continue to miss what is his defining characteristic - he has a seemingly unlimited faith in what can be accomplished through a Euro style application of the coercive monopoly of the state.
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