Obama: wealth redistributor

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by Mormon Red Death

Socialism as defined by Encyclopedia Brittanica:



By this definition isn't Mr. Obama's policies and Practices Socialistic? (So did GWB under this damn TARP legislation)

Damn I hate socialism.

Play it that way if you want. But to be consistent, you will then also have to identify Reagan and GHWB as socialists due to their responses to the S&L crisis in the 80's. Most US presidents have adopted at least one policy that, with strict regard to just that single policy and without putting that policy in the context of all other policies supported by such president, could be regarded as "socialist." What is amusing about the charge with Obama isn't that a single policy is identified as containing elements of socialism, but that the conclusion is that the man himself is a socialist, and all policies advocated by the man are socialist (note that you do this above, but don't do the same with GWB in your post above-you separate him from your encompassing conclusions with respect to Obama by a parenthetical that points out that one of Bush's policies was socialist).