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October 22nd, 2012
thesmithian
'...Obama is not a bleeding-heart liberal. He’s pretty far to the right of my own political views. But despite conservatives’ best attempts to cast him as a socialist, Obama ran as a moderate, and he was elected as one, and he governed as one. At the same time, many of the positions he took and the policies he promoted were important and progressive. Instructing the DOJ not to defend DOMA. Coming out in favor of marriage equality. Ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Passing the Lily Ledbetter Act, which ensured fair pay for women, various minority groups and people with disabilities after a Supreme Court case made it all but impossible for those groups to get justice for unfair wage practices. And the big one: Healthcare reform. Mitt Romney would undo much of that. And all of Obama’s incredibly troubling executive power policies (drones, Guantanamo)? A Romney presidency will double down.'

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  4. warnertoddhuston said: If Obama isn’t liberal compared to your own views, then you are a complete, extremist, so far to the left that you fall off the planet!
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