23rd March 2010, 9:03 PM
First -- technically no I'm not a member of Daily Kos, I don't have an account there... I just read the site regularly and, yes, am liberal.
"Constitutionalist"? I know some Republicans and such like to use the term, but it really has no meaning. Scalia calls himself that, and then he does things like completely redefine the second amendment. That's not based on the constitution, that's based on what he wants law to be like. "Constitutional" is just a cover he uses for his legal opinions, which actually aren't any more "constitutional" than the liberals on the Supreme Court are.
Politicians are hypocrites I know, and this definitely affects all sides, but still...
As for libertarians, they're kind of weird. On civil rights and such I mostly agree, apart from how many of them completely go against their entire supposed philosophy by wanting federal legislation against abortion, but on government I couldn't be much more different... it's a kind of strange mixture, and it is true that they're definitely gaining power in the Republican Party today.
Nominate those extremist radicals though, more of them will probably fail in November than would if the more moderate candidates were nominated because the general public is centrist, not radical like party bases are. Yes, extremists can win solidly even in moderate districts at times, and this goes for both parties (some strong Democrats represent moderate-at-best districts and hold their seats), but still... I don't think the Republican Party is doing itself many favors by getting so extreme. It makes legislating very hard, which is obviously their goal, but hurts the country in general really. The Republicans are very far right right now and keep heading right full steam, while Democrats are centrist at best and definitely aren't going left, sadly. (No, this is most definitely not a left-wing health care bill!)
Oh yeah, and now that health care actually passed, look at Obama and the Democrats' ratings edge up... it makes sense, one reason why some people were saying they disliked the Democrats definitely was because of their failure to pass anything. I sure was pretty mad at them for months because of it... but now that they actually passed something, Democrats are much happier with the president and undecideds saw that yes, the Democrats actually can get some things done. It takes ridiculous amounts of time, but they can get them done. Good things...
This still probably will be a good year for Republicans this November, but not as good as it'd have been if they actually had managed to kill health care. Passing this bill helps the Democrats, not hurts them, at the box office.
"Constitutionalist"? I know some Republicans and such like to use the term, but it really has no meaning. Scalia calls himself that, and then he does things like completely redefine the second amendment. That's not based on the constitution, that's based on what he wants law to be like. "Constitutional" is just a cover he uses for his legal opinions, which actually aren't any more "constitutional" than the liberals on the Supreme Court are.
Politicians are hypocrites I know, and this definitely affects all sides, but still...
As for libertarians, they're kind of weird. On civil rights and such I mostly agree, apart from how many of them completely go against their entire supposed philosophy by wanting federal legislation against abortion, but on government I couldn't be much more different... it's a kind of strange mixture, and it is true that they're definitely gaining power in the Republican Party today.
Nominate those extremist radicals though, more of them will probably fail in November than would if the more moderate candidates were nominated because the general public is centrist, not radical like party bases are. Yes, extremists can win solidly even in moderate districts at times, and this goes for both parties (some strong Democrats represent moderate-at-best districts and hold their seats), but still... I don't think the Republican Party is doing itself many favors by getting so extreme. It makes legislating very hard, which is obviously their goal, but hurts the country in general really. The Republicans are very far right right now and keep heading right full steam, while Democrats are centrist at best and definitely aren't going left, sadly. (No, this is most definitely not a left-wing health care bill!)
Oh yeah, and now that health care actually passed, look at Obama and the Democrats' ratings edge up... it makes sense, one reason why some people were saying they disliked the Democrats definitely was because of their failure to pass anything. I sure was pretty mad at them for months because of it... but now that they actually passed something, Democrats are much happier with the president and undecideds saw that yes, the Democrats actually can get some things done. It takes ridiculous amounts of time, but they can get them done. Good things...
This still probably will be a good year for Republicans this November, but not as good as it'd have been if they actually had managed to kill health care. Passing this bill helps the Democrats, not hurts them, at the box office.
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