DamnYankee
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Not progressive, not moderate, just liberal. You can stop pretending to be otherwise now.
New York Times - Opinion
Timothy Egan
April 29, 2009, 10:08 pm
The Off-Brand Presidency
He campaigned for activist government, a less confrontational foreign policy, a business-friendly way to a green revolution. A liberal. Or, to use the term favored by those who are afraid of the lingering toxicity of that word a progressive.
As president, he sent truckloads of money to the rescue of a sick economy, gave most working people the biggest tax cut of their lives and told a foreign audience that his countrys occasional arrogance was no excuse for reflexive anti-Americanism.
President Barack Obama is making it safe to be a liberal again and showing how meaningless such labels can be. His first lap reveals not so much about him as it does the country he governs: a nation willing to follow a man whose policies they may not fully believe in.
The Off-Brand Presidency - Timothy Egan Blog - NYTimes.com
New York Times - Opinion
Timothy Egan
April 29, 2009, 10:08 pm
The Off-Brand Presidency
He campaigned for activist government, a less confrontational foreign policy, a business-friendly way to a green revolution. A liberal. Or, to use the term favored by those who are afraid of the lingering toxicity of that word a progressive.
As president, he sent truckloads of money to the rescue of a sick economy, gave most working people the biggest tax cut of their lives and told a foreign audience that his countrys occasional arrogance was no excuse for reflexive anti-Americanism.
President Barack Obama is making it safe to be a liberal again and showing how meaningless such labels can be. His first lap reveals not so much about him as it does the country he governs: a nation willing to follow a man whose policies they may not fully believe in.
The Off-Brand Presidency - Timothy Egan Blog - NYTimes.com
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