Barack Obama is a socialist my friends.
Socialists mainly share the belief that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital, and creates an unequal society. All socialists advocate the creation of an egalitarian society, in which wealth and power are distributed more evenly, although there is considerable disagreement among socialists over how, and to what extent this could be achieved. Wikipedia
Public education,Social Security,Medicare,minimum wage,these are socialist principles, so is universal health care.
If Barack Obama is a socialist, then what does that make them? I won't say it. I'll let some else say it for me.
Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power. Benito Mussolini
Barack Obama is a leftist my friends.
The terms Left and Right have been used to refer to political affiliation since the early part of the French Revolutionary era. They originally referred to the seating arrangements in the various legislative bodies of France, specifically in the French Legislative Assembly of 1791, when the king was still the formal head of state, and the moderate royalist Feuillants sat on the right side of the chamber, while the radical Montagnards sat on the left.Originally, the defining point on the ideological spectrum were the attitudes towards the ancien régime ("old order"). "The Right" thus implied support for aristocratic, royal, or clerical interests, while "The Left" implied opposition to the same. At that time, support for socialism and liberalism were regarded as being on the left. Wikipedia
It was during this time of political upheaval that the unofficial leftist liberal socialist anthem was written. La Marseillaise" is a song written and composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg on April 25, 1792. It became and remains the national anthem of France.
Barack Obama is a liberal my friends. Yes, well then he is in good company.
Liberalism is a broad class of political philosophies that consider individual liberty to be the most important political goal. Wikipedia
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. Aristotle
As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality. George Washington
Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are so extremely wise and useful that to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant. John Adams
What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label "Liberal?" If by "Liberal" they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer's dollar, then ... we are not that kind of "Liberal." But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal." [September 14, 1960] John F. Kennedy
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward." Franklin D. Roosevelt
Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction. Adolf Hitler
Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. John Stuart Mill
Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative. The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Liberalism is trust of the people, tempered by prudence; conservatism, distrust of the people, tempered by fear. William Gladstone
The liberal soul shall be fat:and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. Proverbs 11:25
A liberal to me is someone who...is not beholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts. Walter Cronkite
A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. Robert Frost
Liberals have more questions than answers;conservatives have more answers than questions. Unknown
Liberalism is the supreme form of generosity; it is the right by which the majority concedes to minorities and hence it is the noblest cry that has ever resounded on this planet. Jose Ortega y Gasset
A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. Leonard Bernstein
Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen. Mort Sahl
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. Adlai Stevenson
"There once was a time in history when the limitation of governmental power meant increasing liberty for the people. In the present day the limitation of governmental power, of governmental actions, means the enslavement of the people by the great corporations." Theodore Roosevelt
Somebody came along and said 'liberal' means 'soft on crime, soft on drugs, soft on defense and we're gonna tax you back to the Stone Age because people shouldn't have to go to work if they don't want to. And instead of saying, 'Well, excuse me, you right-wing, reactionary, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-education, anti-choice, pro-gun, Leave it to Beaver trip back to the '50s, we cowered in the corner and said, 'Please don't hurt me.' The West Wing
Barack Obama wants to spread the wealth my friends. The wealth has been spreading from the middle class to the upper class for quite some time and none seems to be tricking down our way.
As the Republicans hurl the word "liberal" at us as if it were an insult, let me remind them that the founding fathers were the most liberal men of their time.