“Commie”: big-government, redistributionist, tax the rich, government intervention in businesses (GM takeover), etc. Admittedly, it’s an exaggeration meant to make the point: being “right” on one issue and “left” on another doesn’t make you center. It just makes you right on one issue and left on another. Just like Bush…

Reminds me of a joke:
Three statisticians go quail hunting. The first fires a shot a foot below his target. The second fires a shot a foot above. The third drops his rifle and declares “we got him!”