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I didn't vote for Obama because he was progressive, I voted for him because he was centrist. He never pretended anything otherwise, and if you think he did, you are delusional. It wasn't my vote alone that propelled Obama's victory. I know more than a few erstwhile Republicans who voted for him as well, not only because the McCain/Palin ticket was too far right for their taste, but because Obama appealed to their centrism.
I sick of all the fringe lunatics out there trying to portray the center as bad place to be. On the left, we hear the cringing whiners desperately trying to associate Obama with the right wing zealots, bleating their sheepish battle cry: "center right! center right!". On the right, we hear their extremist counterparts doing the same thing: complaining about Marxism, Socialism, and any other ism they can somehow associate with the left.
Here's the deal. Extremists in both parties lost. The lunatic fringe, left and right is unhappy. Hurray! Maybe you guys can get together and form your own party; call it the Little Sour Pickle party.
After seeing the virtually identical headline for several days in a row, I'm convinced of several things. (1) The bulk of Salon's contributors don't have a single original idea in their head. (2) Joan Walsh is a bona-fide idiot (that has been obvious for quite some time). She is certainly incapable of attracting any worthwhile contributors (besides Garrison Keillor, the shining exception). (3) Visiting Salon is an abject waste of time. I cannot remember the last time I encountered even a dollop of insight in either the articles or the letters.
Goodbye. After all the fed-up can't-take-the-inanity-anymore folks such as myself finally leave, the floppy ducklings will have their own little self-reinforcing echo chamber all to themselves. Enjoy the illusion.
