Friday, December 09, 2011

Liberals & Tea Party: Alternate Realities

I think it is interesting that Liberals and the Tea Party see President Obama so differently.  The Tea Party sees him as some sort of Svengali corrupting the government single handedly to evil.
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Liberals see him as some weak-kneed Clinton-Lite that doesn't have the gumption to stand up to a pushy, crass, over-represented mob that wants to return us to the stone age.
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When you read this list of terrible things President Obama has done single handedly - and the threat he will do more with executive orders, it makes a liberal wonder what they are smoking - and where can I get some.
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The Tea Party rails against the Stimulus, ObamaCare, the Auto Bailout and Environmental rules.  Liberals see the Stimulus and National Health Care watered down to the point of near insignificance.  Liberals WISH the Stimulus was larger and "ObamaCare" offered a public option.  As for Environmental Regulations, Liberals would laugh - ha ha - that Obama has done much.  Carbon Cap and Trade, pushed by Republicans only 4 years ago - is now see as a communist plot.  The keystone pipeline wasn't killed (I don't think it should be, but don't tell "liberals" that).
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I get that a lot of this is straw-man arguments - that is building up an artificial argument to knock it down.  but I have to think that enough people believe the Tea Party "hype" to fund them.  It's like we are all living in 2 or 3 different worlds.
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