Why is it that Barack Obama is painted up as some kind of far left extremist?

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The fact of the matter is that he is one of the most conservative, authoritarian presidents in American History. He's shown time and time again that he cares more about corporate profits and the expansion of the military industrial complex than he does for more socialistic issues, and yet over and over again, the gasbags bloviate about what a liberal he is. I don't understand, have the words conservative and liberal been thrown around so much in this country that they have no meaning beyond being thought stopping devices? Is the american public seriously this uninformed?

http://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2012

The link goes to a map of the political positions of the 2012 candidates. You'll notice that the difference between Mitt and Barack is quite small.

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YOUR THE ONE WHO IS UNINFORMED! I LOOKED AT THAT WEBSITE IT WAS DEFINITELY MADE BY A LIBERAL

Little Princess · Answer

Care for corporate profits is not a left/right thing. Obama's interests in corporate profits is through crony capitalism, which is the antithesis of what people would consider 'right'.

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He's been the most fiscally conservative president since Eisenhower.

Mr.357 · Answer

I would say because of his current and past actions.

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forcing people to have obamacare
when we don't want it, can't afford it, and it will further add trillions to the deficit

Sherri · Answer

Its what lows our two party system has sunken too.

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Why is it that Barack Obama is painted up as some kind of far left extremist?

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