Why does Wisconsin Democrat Cong. David Obey call liberals "idiots"? Isn't he a liberal?

Question

Congressman Obey Says "Idiot Liberals" Need to Support War Money
By David Swanson

House Appropriations Chair David Obey (Dem., Wisc.) ran into woman in the hallway in Washington recently and ended up yelling at her and her friends, accusing them of "smoking something that's not legal" if they disagreed with him, and denouncing "idiot liberals."

The woman, Tina Richards, introduced herself to Obey as the mother of a Marine about to depart for his third tour of Iraq, and as someone who has tried to communicate with Obey but received no response. Then she…

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Answer 1

Politicians who talk this way about anyone practice the ideology of hatred.

This ideology is supported by almost all Democrats and Republicans. Thus there's nothing very unique about how any politician expresses his/her hatred and intolerance of someone else.

If you need relief from the usual dung-throwing baboons, check out Barak Obama. He seems to have successfully resisted indulging in the foul behavior of his colleagues.

He happens to be a Democrat. So what? A decent ideology is independent of party affiliation.

Big Al Mintaka

Answer 2

Well your link does not work for me to read the article you have pasted, but right away you should not assume that a Democrat is a liberal anymore than a Republican is a conservative. Using a label without knowing the representative is just as wrong as saying someone is an "Idiot Liberal" simply because they disagree with their viewpoint. Obviously Obey doesn't consider himself a liberal if he is calling others that as an insult.

Answer 3

maximum folk experience that their very own political comments are logical and actual looking. maximum folk experience that sensible human beings viewing a similar data and situations that they see might come to a similar logical conclusions. whilst different persons come to diverse conclusions, that's therefor organic to assume the the different individual is erroneous using fact they are mentally defective or thoroughly uninformed. Democrats and liberals make a similar assumptions approximately conservative and republicans.

Answer 4

Yes, he is extremely liberal. Either he meant that he considers himself to be an idiot (unlikely, politicians are rarely that honest) or those people are way too far left even for him.

Answer 5

There are some idiot liberals just like there are some idiot conservatives.

Answer 6

There are conservative democrats and liberal democrats; conservative Republicans and liberal republicans. John F Kennedy was a conservative democrat; Nixon was considered a liberal republican.

Answer 7

I call some americans idiots, because they are.

It doesn't mean i'm calling myself an idiot.

This is a dumb question that can find the truth between the lines of the question.

Answer 8

Real Democrats are not liberals. JFK and FDR would reject modern liberals.