Why should I have a problem with admitting that Obama is a leftist? (I might not go as far as to call him a Marxist, but "revolutionary communist" is within the realm of possibility).
The reason folks were being made fun of (for example, I note that you pinged ex-Texan, who once regaled me and others with portions of Marxist Monthly, or some such nonsense), is that I do not agree that conservatives should move to the left in order to placate or otherwise pander to the "working class." Reagan didn't do it, and we shouldn't either.
(Mojave will be by shortly to explain otherwise about Reagan. Revised history, and all that).
It's called looking out for Americans. I know that will bring in a certain other Free trader who will call me a racist, but that's life. Protecting jobs and our industrial base is hardly leftist I really wish the free trade crowd would think through what is going to be the end results.