Most Liberal Senator in the Senate
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Most Liberal Senator in the Senate
| Fri, 10-17-2008 - 7:23pm |
Is Obama really the most liberal senator in the senate? If this is true, I think it is scary. He is going to make a bigger mess than we are in now.

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According to the National Journal, Obama is the most liberal Senator in 2007. However, in 2003, somehow - magically - John Kerry was also the National Journal's "most liberal Senator," so you can take those ratings for whatever they're worth (which in my opinion is: not much). This came up recently, and I posted three or four links to good articles discussing (and disputing) the methodology used by the National Journal to arrive at their conclusions/ratings. I don't have the links to hand, but if you search, you'll probably find it.
Suffice it to say that, in the previous two years, Obama ranked 15th and 12th (I think). And, remember, that's out of only 100 Senators, roughly half of which are Republicans (who would score less liberal than the Democrats in virtually all circumstances anyway). That means that Obama's scored 15 out of (approximately) 25 - in other words, less than halfway to the top, in his party, in one year, and in another, about halfway to the top.
But to believe Obama is the "most liberal," you have to suspend your disbelief and imagine that he's more liberal than Barbara Boxer. More liberal than Ted Kennedy. More liberal than independent Bernie Sanders, a self-described Socialist. It just doesn't wash.
Liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal.
Say it over and over and it loses all meaning.
You know what word is fun to say over and over?
Flop.
Go on, try it: you know you want to.
No, he isn't.
If he were the most liberal senator, why would the endorsements Obama has been receiving lately describe him as a pragmatist, a centrist. Here's an article, most of which is about his years as a newcomer to the U.S. Senate, to help you understand why most of us agree:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101604277.html
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http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/october/meet_the_new_health_.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQTBYQlQ7yM
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