Are you more or less "Liberal" than President Obama?
Yeah yeah...I know. Some of the right answers weren't even listed. That was one of the interesting aspects of this short quiz. After all, what did you expect from the Christian Monitor?
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2012/0709/Are-you-more-or-less-liberal-than-President-Obama-Take-our-quiz/What-s-the-best-plan-to-reduce-our-dependency-on-foreign-oil
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Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)so that makes me more liberal than the president.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)You are a "dem" but that does not make you the whole of the party.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)- ending wars, SP health care, no cuts to SS and Medicare, pro-labor, close Gitmo, more transparent government. Also that puts me far to the left of President Obama, who is much closer to Boner than he is to Grayson and the real Dems.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)the REAL Democrats.
So when are YOU going to lend this great nation YOUR real Democrat talent?
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)"Your politics are considered radical by many, and sometimes you even agree with communist policies. You disagree with most of President Obama's decisions, but you may not have voted for him anyway. Someone like Ralph Nader would be a better candidate for you."
I expected to come up as a lefty and more liberal than President Obama - was quite surprised to see the other verbage in that result!
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)More liberal in some areas and less liberal in others.
on point
(2,506 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)President Obama is a Democrat in Democratic clothing. The spectrum of the Democratic party does not have you as its center.
on point
(2,506 posts)It is not about me, it is where he is history and philosophy scales. That places squarely to the right of center
creon
(1,183 posts)That is not the first time that I have read that Obama is a moderate Republican; or, an Eisenhower Republican or a Rockefeller Republican.
I have read both of those.
The GOP does not appear to believe that.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)I am more liberal than President Obama.
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)
PADemD
(4,482 posts)You're definitely a lefty!
Your politics are considered radical by many, and sometimes you even agree with communist policies. You disagree with most of President Obama's decisions, but you may not have voted for him anyway. Someone like Ralph Nader would be a better candidate for you.
I would not vote for Ralph Nader!
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)all of DU will turn out to be more liberal than the president. Hopefully we can put aside the fantasy that he is somehow a mainstream Dem
Owing to the fact that my views are basically congruent with Obama, I guess that means that I am not a 'mainstream Dem ' either. I do not have a problem with that.
Even though I am outside the Democratic Party mainstream, I will continue to vote for Democrats, as I always have.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)the DU is not representative of the Democratic Party. Right? In fact, no on-line community would be.
The vast majority of people that vote Democratic are no where near as partisan as DU.
I am a moderate liberal. And, I am not more liberal than Obama; I am about as liberal as he is.
I guess that puts me out of the Democratic party mainstream.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)website. It isn't--otherwise Kuciniich would have been our nominee.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)he is a conservative corporatist (more conservative than Ronald Reagan) who abandoned all of the populist rhetoric of his campaign. For example, around 80% of Dems believe that HC is a right. He does not. That places him in the most conservative fifth of the party. A vast percentage of Dems believe that public schools should be strengthened. Obama wants to make all schools private. More than 80% of Dems believe that SS and Medicare should be grown. The president offered to cut them.
He is not even close to the center of the party - he is in fact closer to the center of the Republican party, if there is such a thing.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Obama supports and then whine about it.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)kind of like when you found out Santa Claus wasn't real
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101668269
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)That link doesn't prove jack shit. He last sat on their board in 2002. In no way would any rational human being consider that proof of what you claimed. You made shit up, and got busted.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Their political views are in sync. Then there's Duncan and Rhee, who also want to give the public schools to profiteers.
And that's just one issue. most Dems are against torture and rendition. In favor of closing Gitmo. Against domestic spying. Against KeystoneXL. Against TPP. Want the minimum waged raised. Want SP HC. The president is more Republican than the majority of Dems on every single one of these issues.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)So I'd put Obama somewhat equal to Ford and Poppy Bush....slightly more "liberal" than Reagan and Bush the Lesser. LBJ is the most liberal President in my lifetime. I am more liberal than LBJ.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)other than your stating you are more liberal than LBJ.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)
OverBurn
(950 posts)Your results
You're definitely a lefty!
Your politics are considered radical by many, and sometimes you even agree with communist policies. You disagree with most of President Obama's decisions, but you may not have voted for him anyway. Someone like Ralph Nader would be a better candidate for you.
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Hey now, I voted for Obama Twice.
Sentath
(2,243 posts)The hysterical tone of the leftward choices was hugely insulting.
creon
(1,183 posts)The quiz says that I am moderate liberal. I am about as liberal as Obama.
I am told that I am out of the Democratic party mainstream. And, that Obama is, in fact, a moderate Republican.
Oh my. I guess makes me a moderate Republican. I did not know that. Learn something new every day.
SteveG
(3,109 posts)But I am realistic. If HRC runs in 16 I will support her as my first choice. 2008 knocked the arrogance out of her, she won't take it for granted. Plus, she now has executive experience as SoS. She is our most ready and tested candidate. I don't think there are any potential Repub candidates who could go up against her and win. That said, I am far more liberal than Hillary. Considering the alternative, I'll take it.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)BlueJazz
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Fearless
(18,421 posts)Such as their most liberal comment on one of the questions... "Whether or not the war was necessary, it was time for the troops to come home. Keeping some military officials there to train the Iraqis is a good idea; there needs to be a transitional period. "
Bull shit. We should leave now. They don't want us there and we only serve to destabilize the region further by our presence.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Congratulations! You're more liberal than President Obama!
You're proudly toeing the liberal line, canvas tote bag and all. You've probably been frustrated with President Obama's policies on more than one occasion, especially when he compromises with Republicans. You probably miss the Clinton years, and may have even been a Hillary supporter in '08.
And there ya go.
