Obama the socialist? , page 1

So is president Barack Obama a socialist? Hear it straight from the horse's mouth, Brian Moore, leader of the American Socialist party interviewed on Colbert Nation back in October 28, 2008.

[yvid][/www.colbertnation.com...[/yvid]

Priceless!!!

[edit on 12-2-2010 by EarthCitizen07]

reply to post by TheOneElectric

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Yeah, no kidding but I can't properly embed the video. I don't know if its outdated or what, but if you go towww.colbertnation.com... you can see it directly.

Maybe someone can help me embed it?

reply to post by TheOneElectric

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Nothing is wrong with socialism.

Well if taxing the rich is socialism...we've been a socialist country for a very long time.

It was 91 percent on the richest when Eisenhower was President and has consistently gone down since then.

So we are "less" of a Socialist country now than we were back then.

Another amazing note:

91 percent tax on the rich.....COUNTRY STILL WORKED. People still worked. The economy was OK.

I know...it's INSANITY!!!

Nothing is wrong with socialism.

Government IS Socialism. The United States has always been BOTH capitalistic and socialistic. It's when the balance weighs to far to either side is when things go to hell.


[edit on 12-2-2010 by David9176]

reply to post by TheOneElectric

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I disagree it is not a good system. History has shown that it always fails and leads to much worse things like a oligarchy. And true socialism does not exist it is actually a oligarchy or communism. A republic ruled by law is the best way to go and our founders new it. They new the evils 300 years ago and we are still trying to figure it out now. We should all take a look at the writings of the founders.

reply to post by EarthCitizen07

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Be interesting to see top twenty countries , standard of living, and see how

many would be classed as Socialist.

reply to post by Sean48

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List of countries by Human Development Index


Yeah, Socialism seems to be working out pretty well for most of the countries that utilize it.

Also, it's worth considering that, as David pointed out, we do have Socialism in the US. We are, however, lacking many of the social programs that help to raise the standard of living so significantly in countries that choose to provide such programs.

reply to post by Sean48

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The whole idea of the video was to show what A REAL SOCIALIST thinks of Obama and the Democrats. He says they are far, far, far from socialism!

You guys should watch the video, its quite hilarious.

reply to post by EarthCitizen07

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It's true in reality.

Could someone PLEASE tell me what Socialist programs Obama has passed since he's been in office?

I hear crickets..............

Originally posted by Sean48
Be interesting to see top twenty countries , standard of living, and see how

many would be classed as Socialist.

Oh dear, seems like "communist" Norway is doing OK in the ranking:
en.wikipedia.org...

But then again, we are just socialist democrats, so perhaps it doesn't count?




[edit on 12/2/10 by ziggystar60]

Originally posted by Sean48
reply to post by EarthCitizen07

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Be interesting to see top twenty countries , standard of living, and see how

many would be classed as Socialist.

Dont forget to also look at how "free" its people are.

Socialism is a direct threat to freedom.

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