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Obama Officials, Dems Support Global Socialism
AIM ^ | December 28, 2009 | Cliff Kincaid

Posted on 01/03/2010 12:02:09 PM PST by opentalk

Former Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean said on December 8 that "cooperation" between European socialists and the Democratic Party has "intensified significantly" over the last several years and involves "regular contact" at "Congress, Senate, party and foundation levels." He added that "efforts have been remarkable from both sides."

But at a "Global Progress Conference" in October, President Barack Obama's pollster, Joel Benenson, acknowledged that socialized medicine in the U.S. faces a serious obstacle. He said that while Europeans are receptive to the expansion of government in their lives, in America there is an anti-government culture which prevents people from "expecting the State to solve their problems."

"This explains why Obama will find it difficult to implement the social coverage plans such as a broader health service," Benenson reportedly said.

The conference was held in Madrid, Spain under the patronage of Spain's socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, whose pro-homosexual and pro-abortion policies have led to street protests by thousands of supporters of traditional values. Zapatero is also under fire for a jobless rate of nearly 18 percent.

Dean's comments came in a video address in which he joked that his failure to personally attend the Party of European Socialists (PES) convention, which was advertised as a "carbon neutral congress," was actually a smart move because he avoided flying and contributing to global warming. "We've saved a lot of carbon," Dean said.

In his comments, Dean called for a "long-term global vision" for the transformation of the global economy and mentioned that disgraced Democratic President Bill Clinton had previously spoken at a meeting of the PES-sponsored Global Progressive Forum. The April 2-3 Global Progressive Forum also featured Robert Borosage of the left-wing group that calls itself the Campaign for America's Future.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: democrats; europeansocialist; globalist; howarddean; obama; socializedmedicine

1 posted on 01/03/2010 12:02:10 PM PST by opentalk
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To: opentalk

European socialism is on its way out. They just plain cannot afford it. It took ‘em a few decades to figure it out but it’s happening.


2 posted on 01/03/2010 12:06:42 PM PST by bergmeid (obama. With a small o.)
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Zapatero is also under fire for a jobless rate of nearly 18 percent. See Obama, keep it up and you'll get there, too.

3 posted on 01/03/2010 12:06:48 PM PST by Signalman
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To: bergmeid

Think about it....Europe tried it AGAIN after what they went through sixty years ago. Socialists never get it!


4 posted on 01/03/2010 12:10:32 PM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism is a Socialist Disease)
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To: opentalk

Man, the bravado of these guys is truly astounding?

Well lets see Howard, when YOUR Party tosses YOU out on your fat *** after the historic THUMPIN of 2010?

Then the only places this clown will be getting quoted will be in the World Workers Magazine.

Keep talking Howie, Conservatives appreciate the added PR you give us for that election.


5 posted on 01/03/2010 12:13:38 PM PST by R0CK3T
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To: opentalk

Socialism is caught in a perpetual loop, on one side, because it is perpetually attractive to people with an underdeveloped world view, who seek simplistic solutions to both complex and irresolvable problems; second, because it does not and cannot work with efficiency, or even competency; and third, perhaps most important, because there is no perpetual, organized resistance to it.


6 posted on 01/03/2010 12:28:33 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: opentalk

And those that do not support their removal from office as quickly and promptly as possible.


7 posted on 01/03/2010 12:30:27 PM PST by cranked
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To: opentalk

Gee shocker!!!


8 posted on 01/03/2010 12:31:06 PM PST by surfer (To err is human, to really foul things up takes a Democrat!)
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To: Loud Mime
Think about it....Europe tried it AGAIN after what they went through sixty years ago. Socialists never get it!

That's because they always think that socialism could work if only the right gang -- their gang -- were in charge of things. In addition to their contempt for the idea of individual rights and personal freedom, they have no understanding of economics; in fact, they don't really believe that economics is a science and that it deals with immutable social laws that are true by virtue of mankind's basic nature. They believe that economics is simply a set of man-made institutions; change the institutions (by installing the right gang of people) and one can successfully change the economic system.

9 posted on 01/03/2010 12:54:47 PM PST by GoodDay (Palin for POTUS 2012)
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To: opentalk
He said that while Europeans are receptive to the expansion of government in their lives,

So says a lying POS. Welcome fodder for a certain portion of Freepers that gladly laps up any misinformation, no matter what the source, sadly.

10 posted on 01/03/2010 4:43:05 PM PST by Moltke (DOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the Big House - HOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the White House.)
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