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Posted on 08/09/2007 5:21:50 PM PDT by Forgiven_Sinner
I mostly posted this to see what comments it generates.
The Economist = Leftist rag for over 20 years.
The Democrats are moving to the left not just on health care
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the rest of the world won’t like that because where else are they going to go for the best health care?
“The Economist = Leftist rag for over 20 years.”
They were pretty moderate in the 80’s and at the beginning of the 90’s. Over the 90’s they have become more leftist. I would classify them as moderate-conservative fiscally and libertarian morally. Internationally, they’re more in the wussy, non-interventionist, diplomacy only mode.
If by "recent history" the author means since Reagan left office (18 1/2 years ago), he'd be right. But of course that time period would include only two other Presidents -- his father and Bill Clinton. Being more conservative than those two isn't exactly a trick.
Any time you see a piece entitled, “Is [fill in the blank]?”, it’s a good bet the real meaning is “We fervently hope [fill in the blank]”.
The Ecconomist has been getting it wrong due to their wishful thinking as to be hardly worth reading.
The leftists always do stories about how the right is dying. Of course when the left is not doing so well, they just do stories about how the right starves children.
I tried a trial subscription. Just canceled. I didnt expect it to be so leftist.
Only the left cares about "arrogance" in foreign policy. And that because they identify themselves more as citizens of the world than Americans. Bush has run American foreign policy in the best interest of America, and the left hates that.
As for Bush's poll numbers, and the numbers on Iraq, those are down because Bush attempted immigration reform, and because we're not winning in Iraq. But with the immigration fight over, and things looking up in Iraq, that won't last long. America is not a leftist country and will never be.
My ex-CPA brother-in-law (now business owner) paid for a subscription to The Economist for his son who is in college in Madistan.
He thinks The Economist is a conservative forum. I had to explain to him that he’s nuts...and then I swam in his in ground swimming pool and drank his liquor.
I agree; there’s nothing conservative about GW Bush. Not financial, nor intervention into unjustified foreign wars, nor border protection, nor any inkling of the pooblems faced by the average American family. It only took the preppy Bush family 12 years to wreck the party (and remarkable coaltion) that Reagan and Goldwater built.
It isn’t that America has made some conscience ideological “choice” to move to the left, but rather that the “left” has captured the minds of the malcontents whose only concern is to secure a free life.
Conscious, excuse me!
They also made the infamous “standard of living” chart with America WAAAAAYYYYY down on the list, and claiming we have a lower GDP than we actually do.
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The funny thing is, the same folks who call for more services are the same people whining about property taxes. Obviously, many of my fellow citizens can't put 2 and 2 together.
“the ill-fated attempt to “save” the life of the brain-dead Terri Schiavo was driven by the Christian right. “
A wood-chipper is too good for this author.
There’s no way to tell the true political majority of the US because only about half the population votes.
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