CDZ Left or right?

[The_Lyrical_Miracle]

Obama was considered leftist by American standards. By European standards he was right of center. American Democrats are considered the left party but because they do not support health care for all or wealth tax or the shorter work week among other things they are considered conservative certainly not socialist to most of the world. So what is left or right depends on the culture you come from?
As for economics even socialist nations like China have had to make capitalistic compromises.

1. American Democrats absolutely support health care for all and wealth taxes. It's often one of their central themes. You Europeans are misinformed.

2. Obama was the most radical left president we've ever had at the time. He changed drastically too. The 2008 Obama still at least tried to mirror someone who appreciated America, but 2012 he had fully embraced and mainstreamed identity politics. If you disagreed with his bad policies, it wasn't because of the policy, it was because you were a racist. The media loved him, got "tickles down their leg" from him, and lobbed him softballs while promoting his message non-stop, attacking any conservative who might question him as racist.

Obama started the ugliness we see today.

 

[Stryder50]

Even in the US
Obama was moderate left

Anyone whom read his first two books would see that is a pile of male bovine feces.
His agenda was to fundamentally change the USA. Hardly qualifies as a moderate stance/agenda.

 

[Stryder50]

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[rightwinger]

Anyone whom read his first two books would see that is a pile of male bovine feces.
His agenda was to fundamentally change the USA. Hardly qualifies as a moderate stance/agenda.

By passing healthcare?
Obama adopted a healthcare plan originally advocated by a Conservative Think Tank and Mitt Romney
Obama advocated for Infrastructure Investment