Liberals: is Obama really a liberal?

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I'm just not getting the 'liberal' part.

What is liberal about renewing the Patriot Act?

What is liberal about starting yet another war in the middle east?

What is liberal about employing -- yet again -- a Wall Street toadie as head of the US Treasury?

What is liberal about permitting TSA thugs to grope our children, or expose them to radiation?

What exactly is liberal about Obama?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Liberals do those things just as much as Conservatives.  Don't believe their hype.  They do them but hide themselves from the blame.

sandplant16 · Answer

He got DADT through, and he is working on a liberal health care policy, but you are right for the most part. A very moderate liberal at best.

shindypetite · Answer

He started out liberal, but because the opposition is so far right, he has had to move to the center in order to get anything done.

Anonymous · Answer

Obama is only very slightly more liberal than George W. Bush.  Obama is a conservative.

ClintH · Answer

Not like I wish he was.  Despite faux and friends claim, he has consistently governed from the center.

Anonymous · Answer

Obama is a moderate. He is the responsible choice. WE never said Obama was a liberal. The right did.

Anonymous · Answer

The Spending part for sure.

The Taxing part for sure next year.

Anonymous · Answer

He's not really a liberal. Of course, he never claimed to be.

Will S · Answer

He still believes in "tax and spend", doesn't that qualify him as a liberal?

Anonymous · Answer

if obama doesn't take the middle road, he will lose his job.

obama cut payroll taxes twice.

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Liberals: is Obama really a liberal?

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