Seems like Romney is the right choice for Progressives in 2012.

[cottonseed]

It's becoming painfully obvious to me from my readings here that Obama's policies lay far to the right of Mitt Romney's, who is widely considered a political moderate. As a real progressive it would be unconscionable to vote for policies actually worse for me then those offered by the likely Republican nominee. If true progressives have taught me anything, it's that I should follow principle before party. I had considered myself a Democrat for many years before soaking up the wisdom at DU. I believed that with national politics, I'd always side with the party, but that view now seems flawed. If Romney is the direction progressives are leading me, then in order to stand for something bigger than myself, I will follow.

[Zen Democrat]

1. You've got to be kidding. Romney is about as progressive as George W. Bush.

Yeah, the Bush family used to be pro-choice and all that good stuff BEFORE they kissed the right-wing ring. Any Republican nominee will suck it off the finger of Voldemort. You're dreaming, or delusional.

[Tesha]

6. The OP is just pseudo-ironic "flamebait"; ignore it. (NT)

[tridim]

2. It's worse than that, this morning a DU'er claimed that Obama is now "far right"

As in further to the right than almost everyone on Earth.

I read it on DU, so it must be true.

[Chipper Chat]

3. Yeah, well when Rush Limbaugh stops bashing him

then I'll believe it.

[Swede]

4. Uhm,no

[Solomon]

5. Now you know better than to leave off the sarcasm thingy.

You devil you. :evilgrin: You know some people gonna think you're serious.

[Skink]

7. I hidn't have any illusions when Bush took office as to what would happen.

I followed Dean then Edwards and Hillary before being won over by Obama. Man I feel taken.

[swilton]

13. ++++

[bigwillq]

8. Or you could not take a message board that seriously

and think for yourself. :P

[libmom74]

9. I can barely tell them apart except for

a couple of social issues to be perfectly honest.

[swilton]

14. But at least with a Republican in the WH

our Democratic Party senators and house members would act like an opposition.

[libmom74]

15. Exactly.

[Tesha]

23. Recent history suggests otherwise.

USA-PATRIOT Acts I and II passed with overwhelming
Democratic support.

In the 2007-2008 House Session, was anything done
to investigate or prosecute the Bush Administration?

There are certainly other examples.

Tesha

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. I'm done

Signing out.

[mcar]

12. This has descended into the absurd, hasn't it?

Here, on a democratic board, is a proposal to vote for a republican. Lovely.

[MADem]

11. If this is trolling, it's idiotic. The ghost of Mittsy's dog, Seamus, thinks your

thesis is absurd as well.

[GentryDixon]

16. Only if you want the Mormon Church

in your knickers. Have you ever heard of the White Horse Prophecy? Glenn Beck is always yakking about it, and I heard about it and was warned about from the time I was a child.

Just take a look a Utah politics and tell me you still support a Mormon to run this country. There is no separation of Church and State, period.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Horse_Prophecy

[damntexdem]

17. Projectile vomiting would be a better choice than Romney.

Even if it turns out that I cannot vote for Obama, I will not vote for a Repuke -- for any office.

[graywarrior]

18. I have only one response to this

:puke:

[Fuddnik]

19. Seems to me, you don't have a clue what a progressive is.

We tend to be against corporate toads of all stripes. Especially Romney.

[styersc]

20. It took Nixon to go to Chna.

Maybe Mitt can get progressive legislation through.

[Rowdyboy]

21. I'm assuming you are making a point about the continual bashing of the president here....

how he is evil incarnate and has sold every one of us down the river into slavery or worse. Surely "moderate" business man Romney is at least as liberal.....

I think I get your point but I'm not sure anyone else does.

Or else you're serious in which case I'm just confused from far too many years of smoking pot.

[DevonRex]

22. Well, no. DU teaches that you have to vote for the furthest left

candidate in the race. Even if s/he is from the Zombie Party and refuses to raise money or to actually campaign.

[AtomicKitten]

24. Go for it, but don't get pissy when we point and laugh. nt