The median male worker is doing worse today than he was before 1980 when America adopted Reagan's conservative economic ideology. Conservatism has enriched the rich, stolen from the commons and deprived America of the public investments needed to compete successfully with China, Germany and other world economies. - blogger Fish Out of Water on Daily Kos site
Now why can't we get a liberal Democratic politician to say that? Democrats should be repeating this every chance they get. Instead they spend more time kissing Reagan's ass than kicking it. I suppose to be appear reasonable and let everyone know how bipartisan they can be.
And if a Democrat did say this would he or she immediately be branded by the traditional media as an out of the mainstream extreme ideologue? Of course they would, even though we get an endless parade of just plain batshit nuts pronouncements from right wing Republicans, many of which are easily debunked by fact checking. But they are reported with a straight face by the media with no hint of how extreme or crazy some of the statements are. And every conservative politician or pundit is treated with respect and an underlying assumption that we should at least consider seriously whatever it is they are saying.
Liberals on the other hand, and their positions, can be treated dismissively. Why should Louis Gohmert be taken seriously but everyone feel free to laugh at Dennis Kucinich?
Just sayin'.