Is President Obama a Liberal or Conservative?
Is President Obama a Liberal or a Conservative?
There has been a few blogs on the definition of Liberal and Conservative. I think the answer to the above question is an excellent example of the differences.
To my friends across the pond, you are welcome to comment but we are talking about American Liberals and Conservatives which are political ideologies and not Political parties.
Please answer at length and defend your position and if it comes close to blog jacking please start your own blog and post a link.
My opinion is obvious or I wouldn’t be asking the question. I am interested in dialog with you. I will endeavor to be respectful and yet questioning of all posts. Call me out anytime if you feel I cross any lines.
Thank you
Well, I know H.C. is conservative…. and I’ve heard that he’s kinda gung ho about Pres Obama…. So my guess is gonna have to be.. conservative?
LOL, Thanks, I was in kinda a Funk and you made me literally laugh out loud. I appreciate it. 🙂
I think Obama is primarily a corporatist. If it’s good for big business, he will ultimately side in favor of it. In my opinion this makes him more of a conservative than a liberal. This also applies to most Democrats in Washington.
He continued the corporate bailout practices of Bush in accordance to the demands of Wall Street. He pulled off a nice dog and pony show after the oil spill to placate the treehuggers in his base, but ultimately gave big oil a free pass for business as usual. He stayed as low key as possible during the health care fiasco which kept his base as complacent as possible and freed up Democrat congresscritters to destroy a public option before it could ever get brought up for a vote. I still remember seeing John Kerry telling people to piss off when they confronted him on why a public option never even got considered.
I think the biggest parallel between him and the conservative base is his undying allegiance to The Patriot Act and the ongoing military/industrial/DHS witchhunt against privacy and civil liberties.
The repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and the declared unconstitutionality of DOMA are great, but considering his track record as president, they come off as cheap PR stunts meant to placate his voter base. He knew he’d have to address DADT when liberals turned on him after his second attempt to delay it’s repeal.
I think Obama has fallen into the same vicious cycle that Clinton did. He’s spending too much time obsessing over polls and placating his foes to do anything substantial for his base.
Oh, and let’s not forget tax cuts for the rich.
He sure makes one great Republican president.
Simple answer. Take President Obama at his word…he claims to be a PROGRESSIVE…and what is a Progressive? A progressive is a Marxist!
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1669.html
I think he is a pushover because he is young, inexperience, and it’s his first time as president. Hillary Clinton would have done a better job, because she has better experience with dealing with people in power. And I think she could related better to the baby boomers.
I am a bit late in responding to this question. I dont know how they can call Obama a republican and they like Obama and yet put the republicans down on this site. A bit of paradoxical behavior here? Obama is a progressive democrat. Quite different than Clinton.He has radical ideals. This is all I am saying.
I think he’s a liberal? Is he a perfect example of a liberal? Well, who is? That talk about being a progressive? That’s like a gay person not wanting to be called gay. They prefer homosexual, the same damned thing. He did not want to give the rich tax cuts. When it came to bank bailouts, he urged the banks to give back to taxpayers. He may be more of a centrist that swings closer to the left. But as far as him being a conservative? I doubt that.