[KarlInOhio]

Mark Steyn: To the left, ideological purity trumps all

But ideological purity doesn't trump everything for the left. Power trumps purity. Take Clinton (please) for example. He was not an ideologically pure leftist. He could play the middle ground by supporting things like welfare reform. Both this and his personal problems were forgivable because he brought money and power to the left.

[driftless]

You're right about Clinton. He was only interested in one thing: himself. He knew that the typical liberal nostrums of the day were leftist nonsense, so he expropriated the common-sense logical programs and ideas of the conservatives when he had to like welfare reform. He gave lip service to liberal worshippers, but played them for suckers. But of course liberals are inherently illogical anyway and prone to being taken in by con-artists like the Slick One. Only liberals can gush about the wonderful economy Clinton "gave" the country, and at the same time condemn capitalists for being greedy.

[iconoclast]

Power trumps purity.

Power trumps everything

Regardless of PARTY.