Posted on 06/08/2009 10:45:32 AM PDT by Frankusa
From the AP:
Right-leaning parties hailed European Parliament victories [on Sunday] as a vote against stimulus spending and corporate bailouts, pledging Monday to forge ahead with conservative approaches to the economic crisis.According to the Financial Times, some European socialists are now contemplating "possibly changing their name to 'Democrats'. The thinking is that a different title might help the group..."The Socialists, who dominated the last vote in 2004, suffered a stinging defeat, barely clinging to the No. 2 spot.
"Tonight is a very difficult evening for Socialists in many nations in Europe," said Martin Schulz, the leader of the Socialists in the European Parliament. "(We will) continue to fight for social democracy in Europe."...
Ironically, when Republicans last month proposed that Democrats rename their party the "Democrat Socialist Party", the DNC responded that the Republican proposal reflected a political party so devoid of ideas that it was resorting to "name calling" and "petty politics."
But apparently, European socialists agree with the Republicans' assessment that the Democratic Party and Socialist Party are one and the same - especially, with Obama now running the Democratic Party.
"Name calling"? "Petty politics"? I don't think so.
It's called "Change"!
"Change you can believe in!".....
many of the the socialist parties named themselves “democratic” or some variation thereof about 100 years ago, because everyone knew that socialism = tyrranical government, so as usual, the propaganda spin went into effect.
American Democrats to rename themselves ‘Stalinists’.
European Socialists to rename themselves Democrats?
That’s what American Socialists did about 75 years ago.
They’re one and the same. Socialists=Democrats
Well, looks like American Socialists were 75 years ahead of their European counterparts. Give them credit when credit is due, I suppose.
They've already done that in Italy.
Democracy is the social disease that breeds socialism..
Socialism is just a "tell" to Oligarchy..
But democracy is the disease..
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Democracy is the road to socialism. -Karl Marx
Democracy is indispensable to socialism. The goal of socialism is communism. -V.I. Lenin
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism .-Karl Marx
We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.~Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
"How do you tell a Socialist:- It's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an Anti-Socialist someone who understands Marx and Lenin" -Ronald Reagan
Democrats...Socialists, what’s the difference?
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