Given all that, I can’t quite understand why calling anyone socialist would be an insult, which certainly seemed to be the goal of those slinging that term at Obama. I like the fact that we have those “socialist” institutions mentioned above. Come to think of it, didn’t we have quasi-socialist telephone and electrical service back when our only choice was AT&T for phone and HL&P (if you live in Houston) for electricity? And don't get me started about these Wall Street bailout plans!
The election is over, but the partisan politics hasn’t stopped in some circles. Obama is still being called a socialist. Truth is he’s nowhere near one. I guess the goal is to demonize him by calling him a name that throws fear into people. Of course, you first have to demonize the word itself. So, go ahead, call Obama a socialist. It doesn’t scare me a bit. While you’re at it you can call me a liberal (look it up in Wikipedia)…and I’ll say, “Thank You!”.
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