Isn't it interesting how often liberals turn out to be right and cons turn out to be wrong?

Question

It seems reality has a LIBERAL BIAS.

Liberals said giving massive tax cuts to the super rich would decrease revenue and balloon the deficit.
Cons said it would INCREASE revenue.
Liberals were right, Cons were wrong.

Liberals said there were no WMD in Iraq and that Bush was lying.
Liberals were right, Cons were wrong.

Liberals said there was no connection between Saddam and Al Qaeda.
Liberals were right, Cons were wrong.

Liberals said there was no connection between Iraq and 9/11.
Liberals were right, Cons were wrong.

Liberals said Iraq would not be a "cakewalk" and that the mission was NOT accomplished when Bush was strutting around the flight deck crowing success.
Liberals were right, Cons were wrong.

Liberals said invading Iraq would be a huge mistake that would weaken our military for decades.
Liberals were right, Cons were wrong.

Going back further in history....

Liberals said Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid would be good program that would help America build a strong economy and protect ordinary Americans from poverty.
Cons said it was a form of communism and that it would only hurt America.
Liberals were right, Cons were wrong.


Liberals said environmental laws like the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act would help fight air pollution and improve the health of all Americans.
Cons said it was unnecessary government regulation.
Liberals were right, Cons were wrong.

http://www.cbpp.org/3-8-06tax.htm

http://select.nytimes.com/2006/02/10/opinion/10krugman.html

Answer 1

As a activist from the 60s, I'd like to add:

We were right about the war in Vietnam. Just like we said, it was all a big lie cooked up by the CIA and the military-industrial complex to enrich a lot of fat cat assholes at the expense of thousands of American families and millions of Laotian, Cambodian, and Vietnamese families.
We were right when we said it was illegal, immoral, and just plain wrong.

We were right when we said we couldn’t trust the government to tell us the truth.

We were right back in the 60s when we said we needed alternative energy, an environmentally sustainable life-style, and that we should stop trying to force everyone into the same mold.

We were right when we said we needed to curb the excesses of capitalism or the gap between rich and poor would become a divisive and oppressive nightmare.

We were right when we said that prohibition would not work and that the laws against drugs do more harm than the drugs themselves ever could.

We were right when we said that Nixon was a rat and a crook, and that the CIA was running heroin in Vietnam.

We were right when we said that Reagan was a wolf in sheep’s clothing and a disaster for America.

We were right when we said trickle-down economics was a bullshit greedhead rip-off of the poor.

We were right when we said they were torturing and murdering innocent people in SE Asia, South America, Central America and elsewhere, and that we were training foreign armies to do those things at the School of the Americas at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

We were right when we said that Wall Street, the government, and the military-industrial complex had formed an evil iron triangle that has a stranglehold on our country and is pushing us inexorably into a state of total war to serve their own nefarious ends.

We were right when we said the MSM was becoming a propaganda machine.

We were right when we said the religious right was filled more with hatred and intolerance than with love or Christian charity.

We were right when we said love is the answer.

We were right when we said workers were being ruthlessly oppressed and unions neutered and pressured out of existence.

We were right when we said the government was spying on American citizens.

We were right when we said we were sending too many people to prison for all the wrong things.

We were right when we said that the government wants to take away our civil rights.

We were right when we said the Republicans were bible-totin’ fascists with fake smiles and daggers up their sleeves.

We were right when we said that we all deserve to be freer but that the government intended to make us less so.

We were right when we said that there is something bad wrong with a government that spies on Quakers, peaceniks, and the guy who wrote All You Need is Love.

Where is the respect? Where’s the love? Where is the acknowledgement that we are the leading edge of thought? Where is the admission that WE WERE RIGHT?

Answer 2

Back slid'n all the way up the hill G Bush?
"History teaches us that underestimating the words of evil, ambitious men is a terrible mistake," Bush said. "Bin Laden and his terrorist allies have made their intentions as clear as Lenin and Hitler before them. And the question is, will we listen?"


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071101/ap_o...


If I am not mistaken, Bin Laden is not a threat to the US. So why on earth would G Bush use him like this?


Just goes to show how much this man is a lier!

Somebody prove me wrong please, come on cons rep, answer the question...

Did he just not lie to the world? To his country? To his fellow man?

Yes or No?

If War Denial is dangerous, then Bin Laden must be a threat! It would be nice if this so called man made up his mind for the better of our troops!

Sorry Bas;lkj;

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApTO.2oRecZ_GY0sB6b3LATQ7BR.;_ylv=3?qid=20071101150937AAd7Fuc

I posted a question on yahoo Q/A form and figured this would be some great ammo vs G Bush.


Sending it to you if you want to use it, feel free.

Answer 3

Do you even know that much of what you put in your question is wrong? Revenue has increased, libs voted to go to war, Clinton, Gore & Company said there were WMDs, nobody ever said there was a direct connection between 9/11 & Iraq(you show your incredibly poor understanding of the term "War on Terror") . . .There's not much there my friend.

Answer 4

Shhhhhh....you'll upset the Bushbots....reality has a prov-en liberal bias, they try to create their own reality, selectively revising history, and taking away all context, as Bush family members are famed for

Answer 5

"Liberals said giving massive tax cuts to the super rich would decrease revenue and balloon the deficit....."


Tax revenues in 2006 were actually above the levels projected before the 2003 tax cuts. Immediately before the 2003 tax cuts, the CBO pro­jected a 2006 budget deficit of $57 billion, yet the final 2006 budget deficit was $247 billion. The $190 billion deficit increase resulted from federal spend­ing that was $237 billion more than projected. Rev­enues were actually $47 billion above the projection, even after $75 billion in tax cuts enacted after the baseline was calculated. By that standard, new spending was responsible for 125 percent of the higher 2006 budget deficit, and expanding revenues actually offset 25 percent of the new spending.

Being that your very first statement is a bold face lie I wont bother even reading the rest since once proved a lier its not worth the time to bother

Answer 6

It's disturbing to me to see how many people in this forum live in an absolute world, devoid of nuance or complexity.

Answer 7

One of Bush's aides, rumored to be Karl Rove, said "we create our own reality." I think they try to force their will and their vision for the future on everyone. Sometimes it works, but usually it's a disaster.

Answer 8

I agree with you completely! Thank you for posting this question. I also agree completely with Romare's answer *sm*

Answer 9

Yea because conservatives are only about themselves and not society as a whole!

Answer 10

Yes, it is interesting. I try my best to be patient with them. You have to let them realize their own mistakes or else they just get mad at you.