Is America moving back towards the left?

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Boshko
And that is when the anarchists will strike

I fear your squirrel minions more so than I fear anarchists.

[Guynemer]

Ned, do you honestly think that muscle-bound nimrod's election had more to do with his tax policy than with his celebrity?

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Guynemer
Ned, do you honestly think that muscle-bound nimrod's election had more to do with his tax policy than with his celebrity?

Are you sure it had nothing to do with the incompetence of his opponent?

[Guynemer]

Criminy, that goes without saying... anyone who loses an election to Arnold freakin' Schwartzenegger is incompetent by definition.

[Ned]

Hey, getting rid of Davis was one thing. Election of a his successor was independent of that. The people had a choice among Bustamante, Huffington and the Green candidate on the left, and Arnold and McClintock on the right. Both Bustamante and Huffington offered to raise taxes to solve "Kali"-fornia's problems. Both McClintock and Schwarzenegger offered to cut or hold the line on taxes.

Now, we all saw the debate. Nearly every "Kali"-fornian saw that debate. Prior to the debate, Bustamante was leading Schwarzenegger by anywhere from 3 to 12 points. After the debate, Arnold took the lead, decisively.

Why? If it were ONLY his celebrity, Arnold would have been leading prior to the debate. But, he took the lead after the debate and after the people heard what he and Bustamante had to say. It is what they had to say in that debate that changed peoples votes from Bustamante to Schwarzenegger.

[Ned]

And, as if the recall in "Kali"-fornia meant nothing, the leading Democrat candidates for president are STILL calling for tax increases!

[Ned]

Originally posted by Guynemer
Criminy, that goes without saying... anyone who loses an election to Arnold freakin' Schwartzenegger is incompetent by definition.

Wishful thinking. In fact, this is ostrich thinking.

[SpencerH]

I dont think that america is moving more to the left, but I think the political polarization between the left and the right is becoming more more apparent. Folks who were slightly left are moving to the far left and vice versa. There are very few conservative democrats in congress but we now have many more pseudo-communists including among the leadership. I cant remember the names of any liberal republicans, only moderates and far-right types.