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Why Do We Fear Calling Obama a Socialist?

Candice Wrote: Mar 22, 2010 9:01 PM

As if real socialism would be bad compared to this...I mean, entitlements? How is that bad...that's how everyone in this country acts anyway: entitled! Instead it's an obligation. I self-insure, because I can afford it, and I'm not interested in an insurance company making a profit now. And, it's not like any of you will ever pay for this bill, it's going to be people like me--that actually make more than a million a year--paying for this.

You people need to stop being scared of this word--that you haven't even looked up--and start being scared of people that propagandize like this douchebag author, or anyone: obama, or bush, republican or democrat. These trolls really think that we're all so stupid that they can use these...

I am honestly confused. Why is it not permissible for us to call President Obama a socialist? Why do so many with a media platform dodge the question when asked point-blank if Obama is a socialist?

While obviously expected from those in the mainstream media who look upon Obama as an oracle, it’s disappointing and disingenuous when Republican “leaders” refuse to describe the president as a socialist.

Maybe some in the GOP and the mainstream media simply don’t know or understand the definition. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “socialism” as: “Any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership...

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