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GG wrote:
"The notion that Obama is some sort of aggressive or radical Leftist challenger of establishment power is and always was the by-product of fear-mongering from the Right and, to a lesser extent, the projected desires of some progressives."
I think many readers still retain some notion that in the USSA, "the Left" and "the Right" refer to political ideologies or even moral convictions. In the spirit of turning a page on the grotesque abuses of the last eight years of partisanship, let us resist the temptation to criminalize the policy differences of the past and embrace the modern vernacular in which these terms are now consumed:
The Left - those left out of political discourse due to the insignificance of their opinions. In Theocratic terminology, also refers to those left behind in the Rapture.
The Right - those who by virtue of their national prominence and/or political power rule by divine right. In Theocratic terminology, also refers to those whose thoughts and deeds are Biblically righteous.
