Steve of CA Wrote:
"First of all, I posted a quote by Mitt Romney on assault rifles at a time when he signed a law in 2004 banning such weapons. Was he a "Statist/Socialist/Progressive" at the time? Secondly, I have never said I "admire so much" socialist countries as you claim. But I did post a quote by George Orwell who said he was working for democratic socialism and against totalitarianism."
So...
...What's the point of posting Romney's quote...
...It would seem that Orwell was confused on that note because "democratic socialism" leads to totalitarianism...
...And, unfortunately, as noted in the liberal lessons, Statist/Socialist does note denote party affiliation.
Since so many in the media cannot resist turning every tragedy into a political talking point, it was perhaps inevitable that (1) someone would try to link the shooting rampage at the Batman movie in Colorado to the Tea Party, and that (2) some would try to make it a reason to impose more gun control laws.
Too many people in the media cannot seem to tell the difference between reporting the news and creating propaganda.
NBC News apparently could not resist doctoring the transcript of the conversation between George Zimmerman and the police after the Trayvon Martin shooting. Now ABC News took...
It is axiomatic in party politics that Statist/Socialist/Progressives infiltrate the party of the redneck, rube obstructionists since corrupting from within is one of the things we do best.
Because much of our policy is based on feel good platitudes it is easy to turn many of the sandbagging simpletons in the opposition party to our favor so as to bind ever more of the peasant masses to the all encompassing State.
We then get the luxury of adulterating the opposition as well as demonizing them concomitantly.