with you for the most part that from a Eurpean perspective some of Cenk's positions are quite to the right of the political spectrum. Cenk is mostly socially liberal which does not necessarily correlate with any particular economic postition in Europe and Cenk would find a home with many of the liberal European parties (that would be Republicans if transplanted into America). But liberal in the American sense does not translate into liberalism in Europe. European liberalism is vectorially libertarianism in America, while American liberalism is to the right - but in that direction - of European social(istic), green and progressive parties.

In other words: America is so far to the right, that most of the right wing extremists in Europe (many of which priding themselves with Nazi heritage and values) would be easily accepted by most mainstream Republicans but would be decried as too liberal by the teabaggers.

by eborujion on 11/08/2009 08:17:31 AM EST

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