Whipping up hysteria in the easily spooked right wing
So I've noticed comments, letters and from news stories that the right-wing of this country is convinced that Obama is far left, a Marxist, a Socialist, a Communist at best and a terrorist at worst. I think the right-wing spin machine has been working overtime spewing a lot of ridiculous statements -- so much so that those who gobble up such nonsense wouldn't recognize a true socialist if they met one.
So here it is - plain and simple. Obama is no socialist. Obama is a centrist with a slight left leaning. What that means is that Obama is a lot closer to the right politically than George Bush was to the left. In reality, it's been generations since there was a true lefty in the White House, and that's not going to change any time soon -- mostly because true lefties are hostile to the corporations that buy the elections.
But by all means -- please continue with the hysteria-producing hype. My prediction is that such spin will eventually lose creditability as many on the right tire of the constant fear that never materializes as a real threat, or those die-hards who believe everything told to them by Rush, Coulter, et al. will self-explode from the frenzy doing us all a favor.
So here it is - plain and simple. Obama is no socialist. Obama is a centrist with a slight left leaning. What that means is that Obama is a lot closer to the right politically than George Bush was to the left. In reality, it's been generations since there was a true lefty in the White House, and that's not going to change any time soon -- mostly because true lefties are hostile to the corporations that buy the elections.
But by all means -- please continue with the hysteria-producing hype. My prediction is that such spin will eventually lose creditability as many on the right tire of the constant fear that never materializes as a real threat, or those die-hards who believe everything told to them by Rush, Coulter, et al. will self-explode from the frenzy doing us all a favor.