Kishkumen wrote: So, I am not sure why we continue argument, since you are now talking in terms of a "negative aura," whereas I am talking about likeableness. I am happy to change over to the expression "negative aura," if that helps any.
I don't think this specific issue matters for that. It's really interchangeable with any number of other issues that will serve the same role if needed. You seem to think this specific issue, the tax returns, matters. I also don't think that has much of an impact in the grand scheme of things, though in a very close election every little bit helps.
I'm not sure exactly how that link shows politicians are awful people. I mean, I'm sympathetic to the idea that they are, but I've seen far better support than that article.
EAllusion wrote:I don't think this specific issue matters for that. It's really interchangeable with any number of other issues that will serve the same role if needed. You seem to think this specific issue, the tax returns, matters. I also don't think that has much of an impact in the grand scheme of things, though in a very close election every little bit helps.
"Seem" is the operative word, and I would add, "to you."
I can't see where I committed to the tax issue in particular as a big deal, but maybe I misremember.
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I'm not sure exactly how that link shows politicians are awful people. I mean, I'm sympathetic to the idea that they are, but I've seen far better support than that article.
It's just an article pointing out the humorous hypocrisy of a particular politician.
Maybe it would help to look at the issue from a reverse example. You know how it is a standard tactic for Republicans to claim the Democratic candidate is the most liberal person eva and is basically Karl Marx in a modern suit? That line of attack is still used on Obama despite him being the most right-leaning Democratic president of the modern era. And that's saying something in a universe where Bill Clinton exists. In order to feed this attack, they always latch onto some issue to sell that narrative. The only question is what's it going to be.
You've made this claim before, and it is bogus. Obama is to the right of Carter and Clinton in some respects but not overall. You've been watering at Glenn Greenwald's trough too long.
Milesius wrote:You've made this claim before, and it is bogus. Obama is to the right of Carter and Clinton in some respects but not overall. You've been watering at Glenn Greenwald's trough too long.
Obama is to the right of both Carter and Clinton. Especially Carter.
Milesius wrote:You've made this claim before, and it is bogus. Obama is to the right of Carter and Clinton in some respects but not overall. You've been watering at Glenn Greenwald's trough too long.
Obama is to the right of both Carter and Clinton. Especially Carter.
Obama just attempted to undo welfare reform. That's hardly an example of being to the right of Clinton. Clinton tacked to the right after the Democratic defeats in the 1994 election; Obama has tacked further left after 2010 (Keystone pipeline is an example).