Left/Right definitions are messy. And the definitions of what is left/center/right shifts depending on who you ask and, they get messier when you try to compare between different countries.
I'm very much a believer that a Pournelle chart makes far more sense than trying to define political positions based on which side of the chamber French legislators sat in the French National Assembly during the French Revolution...
Incidentally in my scale Obama falls left of center...but then that is a U.S. perspective.
--Werehawk--
My mom's brief take on upcoming Guatemalan Elections "In last throes of preelection activities. Much loudspeaker vote pleading."
I'm very much a believer that a Pournelle chart makes far more sense than trying to define political positions based on which side of the chamber French legislators sat in the French National Assembly during the French Revolution...
Incidentally in my scale Obama falls left of center...but then that is a U.S. perspective.
--Werehawk--
My mom's brief take on upcoming Guatemalan Elections "In last throes of preelection activities. Much loudspeaker vote pleading."