Israel's negative campaign against Palestinians is on the backburner, for now

[LeftishBrit]

13. Maybe he was a liberal as regards the USA at one time

But do these recent articles come across as those of a Democrat?

http://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/08/13/the-lefts-very-anti-pc-strategy/

http://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/12/24/in-the-liberal-conservative-debate-wheres-the-common-sense/2/

If conservatives only realized what I just said and explained that to the American people they would win the next election by a landslide. Instead, people are pushing a permanent philosophy and that horrifies many historic liberals who will vote for Democrats and Obama. After all, this empowers propaganda that the Republicans want to turn the clock back a century or two. What is most needed now is not ideology but common sense.

For example, has throwing money at public schools made education better, or made it worse? How many of the spending programs justified by alleged good intentions, nice promises, and moral-sounding goals actually bettered the lot of poor and disadvantaged people, rather than created cushy jobs for decidedly non-poor and advantaged bureaucrats, inefficient unionized government employees, and recipients of grants for doing little or nothing?'''

So let’s be non-ideological serious people. Have the Department of Education, the Department of Energy, and all of the other bureaucrats and red-tape worked or not? Was the taxpayers’ money well-spent or thrown away? Are alleged good intentions and worthy causes just covers for sophisticated corruption and theft? Patriotism was once the last refuge of scoundrels. Today, that’s been replaced by claiming to save the environment, benefit the poor and downtrodden, and impose social justice through the redistribution of wealth (i.e., gimme!).

To paraphrase Obama’s key patron, unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers, you don’t need a weatherman to tell which way the wind blows.

Thus, applying common sense does not mean that the bland centrist way is the best campaign theme. In confronting a terrible imbalance, strong measures are needed that include serious cutbacks in government, regulation, and spending. The oldest successful theme in the book is to run against corrupt Washington bureaucrats and special interests who are ripping off the taxpayers...

Yet it is vital to remember — as most American voters do subconsciously — that neither liberals nor conservatives, Democrats or Republicans are innately correct due to their membership in such categories. They are only right when the policies and ideas they propose are beneficial and workable for the country. That is how American voters should judge in 2012. If they do so there will be a new president in the White House. If they don’t it’s because you haven’t explained things very well.'

Etc.

Anyone, who especially at a time or recession, calls for 'strong measures that include serious cutbacks in government, regulation and spending' is a:

MONSTER

OF

PURE

INDESCRIBABLE

EVIL!!!!

(Sorry to those such as Pelsar who oppose demonizing one's political enemies; but I have seen what Thatcherism and the Economic Right did to my country, and I can never forgive!)


Note that he is not saying this even in the context of Israel, which at least has a much better social safety net than America. He is saying this in the context of America, where 45000 people a year die prematurely due to lack of healthcare; where there has never been a proper welfare state at all.

Moreover he clearly wants a conservative president to replace Obama, and thinks that if the public don't choose one, it is because the Republicans have not 'explained things well'.

Anyone who holds such views is NOT a liberal. Whatever his views may be on the Middle East. I also have noted his views on Europe, where he has swallowed the 'Eurabia' myth of the likes of Melanie Phillips, hook, line and sinker. I have a complete distrust of him. Like a broken clock, he may be right twice a day; but he is no liberal, if he ever was.