McCain recently described Barack Obama’s Senate record as “more to the left” than Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont — a self-described socialist. That's true- it is. Obama has the most extreme left voting record of any member of the United States Senate.
So what is the reply from liberals to this comment? On the Ed Schultz show, callers all decided to ignore the content- Obama has a more extreme left voting record than a socialist- and instead called McCain a fascist. The comments on the CNN blog also do that, calling McCain a fascist. I'm guessing that these liberals think that fascism is on the far right, as it is typically taught- but McCain's record is not far right- if anything, is very moderate. So once again, liberals just make up stuff- "McCain is a giant seagull"! It's like they don't need to base it on anything at all!
Incidentally, I think that fascism has been incorrectly put on the far right- I think it is more accurate to put it on the left of the spectrum, and think that the label fits less on McCain than it does on Obama. See Goldberg's book on Liberal Fascism for more.
Oh, and the other comments that I notice are of the variety of "McCain is a name-calling meanie!" So, pointing to a voting record and clearly describing where it can be placed on the standard right to left scale is now name-calling? Is saying the sun is a bright ball of flame name-calling? Look, the ocean is blue- that's name calling! Seriously, saying what something is not name-calling- but calling someone a fascist without any backup to it is. The kettle is calling the pot black! (that is not a racist comment- pots are in fact usually black).
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