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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is CNN calling the US a center right country
That just happened to elect a "center-left" president?
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Why is CNN calling the US a center right country (Original Post)
Fearless
Nov 2012
OP
He seems pretty moderate from my vantage point. But I guess it's all relative.
GreenPartyVoter
Nov 2012
#4
Yeah -- I guess everything is relative when you think of it? :/). I'd call him moderate with an
gateley
Nov 2012
#7
Because The Right Lost the Election, Sir: That Means the Right Is Predominant
The Magistrate
Nov 2012
#2
gateley
(62,683 posts)1. Obama's not all that Left.
Fearless
(18,421 posts)3. They brought up a map of counties colored by vote
And claimed the US is a conservative nation based on that. What they failed to see is that the number of counties is not indicative of the number of people voting.
gateley
(62,683 posts)8. That's a good point.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,381 posts)4. He seems pretty moderate from my vantage point. But I guess it's all relative.
gateley
(62,683 posts)7. Yeah -- I guess everything is relative when you think of it? :/). I'd call him moderate with an
eeeensy lean toward the Right. Biden is more liberal.
The Magistrate
(95,255 posts)2. Because The Right Lost the Election, Sir: That Means the Right Is Predominant
That is how democracy works....
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)5. It's because CNN
is FOX lite.
gtar100
(4,192 posts)6. The Meme is Back!! They did the same thing after Obama won 2008.
Everywhere the republicans cried in unison, "We're still a center right country!. Boo-hoo-hoo!!"