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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
We really need to get on the same page as to what, exactly, we mean by "far left." We seem to have different ideas of what that entails. Most of those I consider on the "far left" I would image look at everything Obama stands for and does as too far to the right...by quite a bit.
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But the thing is that even in an American context his proposals are to the right of what was considered "moderate" not too long ago. The current HCR proposal is significantly less sweeping than what Clinton proposed 16 years ago, and it is very close to what republicans were advocating at that time.