Just heard Tom Selleck on CNN note how "Obama didn't get a mandate from the left-wing of the Democratic Party," implying that this is how Obama is running his government.
Really. So which of Obama's policies have come from the Feingold wing? Universal healthcare? Pulling out of Iraq immediately? Not going into Afghanistan? Trials for war criminals? The end of telecom immunity? Bank nationalization? Higher taxes for the most wealthy (there were no new taxes, Obama just let Bush's preposterous tax cuts expire). Raising the minimum wage? Change to the bankruptcy law? Change to the welfare?
Obama is a centrist....even worse, an American centrist, which in Canada would put him squarely in the middle of the Conservative Party.
Of course, with Blitzer giving the interview there was absolutely zero chance that Selleck's statement would be challenged.
The whole notion is a ridiculous republican talking point that can only exist because the mainstream media have only the most passing familiarity with what their role is in a democracy as well as the fact that, politically speaking, the United States is a very conservative country.
(btw Unlike some of those on the right, I don't deny Selleck - because he's famous - the right to opine. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Problem is you just can't make shit up)
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