via http://thirdpartydaily.blogspot.com/
by N.J. Beachum
benzinga.com
In a statement that surprises absolutely no one who has any kind of grasp at all of what socialism actually means, the director of the Democratic Socialists of America stated that Obama, contrary to popular belief, is not a socialist – and that Sarah Palin is far more representative of his organization’s beliefs.
Socialism has become a buzzword in politics lately, a word that has been thrown about by people whose political knowledge goes no further than reading Fox News headlines on their phones. Tea Partiers in particularly are especially guilty of dropping the ‘s-bomb’, especially when used to describe Pres. Obama.
Of course, socialists themselves beg to differ.
In an interview, Frank Llewellyn, the director of the DSA, and Billy Wharton, co-chair of the Socialist Party USA, both strongly refute the popular idea that Obama is a socialist.
“We didn’t see a great victory with the election of Barack Obama,” Wharton says, ” and we certainly didn’t see our agenda move from the streets to the White House.”
Llewellyn also claims that the socialist label definitely didn’t fit Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign.
“To be honest, the most socialist candidate in the 2008 election was Sarah Palin.”
When she was governor of Alaska, Palin was vocally proud of the fact that her state slapped a windfall profits tax on oil companies operating on Alaskan soil and distributed the revenue directly to Alaskans themselves. This, says Llewellyn, is a thoroughly-socialist act, because it uses redistributive actions to reduce inequality in society.
Palin once attempted to defend her actions, stating that it was not socialism because the people of Alaska owned the resources that the oil companies were extracting.
Of course, no one bothered to point out to Mrs. Palin that her defense constitutes a textbook argument for socialism.
http://www.benzinga.com/general/226686/democratic-socialists-of-america-palin-not-obama-is-the-socialist
Related story: https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2010/04/socialist-party-co-chair-says-obama-isnt-a-socialist-tea-party-member-says-he-is/
Palin ran for mayor of Wasilla as an avowed “progressive,” and then ran that city into the ground with big-government, eminent-domain-enabled boondoggles.
She’s since changed her labeling. The substance of her policy proposals when actually in power, not so much.
Jeremy, check out the rest of Palin’s record
http://dailysource.org/palin
Some highlights, at above link, click on links for:
+Palin says her proposed $30 billion pipeline project is “God’s will”
+ Palin says reductions in earmarks were because of Obama and McCain, not her
+ Palin played significant role in planned gas pipeline, though has exaggerated some parts
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+Palin did not cut special needs funding by 62%, she increased it
++Palin’s record on pork barrel earmark spending: among the worst in the U.S.
+McCain attacked Wasilla three times during Palin’s tenure for earmarks Palin won from Congress through lobbying
+Palin’s relationship to Ted Stevens, master of pork barrel spending
+Record of Washington pork spending as mayor of Wasilla
+Record of Washington pork spending as governor is worst in the country
+Did not veto $500 million in earmarks as claimed
+Affirmed her support for earmarks while governor
+Alaska’s earmark cutbacks were due to Congress, not Palin, Palin and her top official say.
+Palin criticized Obama for having 1/30th the amount of earmarks she had as governor and 1/60th the amount she had as mayor
+Said her proposed $30 billion pipeline project was “will of God” and asked that Iraq war be “task of God”
+Palin, Democrats appear to share credit for oil tax increase
+++The Bridge to Nowhere
+Palin claims she killed the Bridge to Nowhere
+Palin supported the bridge, accused ‘spinmeisters‘ of painting a negative image of it and used it to get elected
+She criticized use of the phrase “bridge to nowhere” as insulting
+Palin flip-flopped after the bridge became an embarrassment, and after Congress removed the funding earmark
+Palin reversed her support without telling anyone in Ketchikan first
+Palin announced her opposition to it at 5 a.m. Alaska time, a move critics say was timed to reach East Coast media before deadlines
+Palin did not say “no thanks;” kept the originally earmarked money and used it for other projects.
++Taxes
+Supported new sales tax in Wasilla while running for city council
+Increased sales tax by 25% as mayor of Wasilla
+Increased tax on oil companies as governor
++Spending
+Palin increased spending by 63% as mayor of Wasilla
+Left Wasilla with $20m in debt at end of term as mayor
+Increased spending by 30% as governor
+Palin did not cut funding for teen moms, she increased it
See also
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/07/palins-biggest-project-as_n_124596.html
….I think these Socialists have a point….
Tee hee… it’s all SO confusing!
Okay, that’s ridiculous. One bill doesn’t make Sarah Palin more of a Socialist than Obama. You could make that claim about others on the right — Huckabee is really the best example of a Socialist-in-conservative-clothing — but Palin? No way.
Thanks for the wonderful news about the Libertarian Sarah Palin! Very refreshing example of how totalitarian …libertarians….like Sarah Palin can be!
And at http://calibertarianalliance.com/
Ron Paul: Obama Is Another Corporatist, Not a Socialist
April 13th, 2010
“The idea that President Barack Obama is a socialist is popular among many conservatives; all of us have seen automobiles sporting the bumper sticker reading, Don’t Blame Me; I Didn’t Vote For the Socialist — obviously referring to Obama. Not so fast, says, of all people, Ron Paul (R-Texas). ”
“Addressing the Southern Republican Leadership Conference during its third day, Dr. Paul told the audience, “The question has been raised about whether or not our president is a socialist…. I am sure there are some people here who believe it. But in the technical sense, in the economic definition of a what a socialist is, no, he’s not a socialist.”
Dr. Paul continued, “He’s a corporatist. And unfortunately we have corporatists inside the Republican party and that means you take care of corporations and corporations take over and run the country.”
Steven Yates takes an in-depth look at Corporatism and who loves it @ http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/economy/commentary-mainmenu-43/3303-ron-paul-obama-is-another-corporatist-not-a-socialist
ROFL MAO
Sarah Palin in man-drag, or is it the other way around?
We report, you decide….