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Socialism or fascism? Take your pick
Orange Punch, The Orange County Register political commentary blog ^ | 6-13-2012 | Mark Landsbaum

Posted on 06/13/2012 1:14:03 PM PDT by Mark Landsbaum

George Bernard Shaw, a Fabian Society socialist, knew the flaw of his own people:

“A socialist is somebody who doesn’t have anything, and is ready to divide it up equally among everybody.” Shaw said, before his death in 1950.

Some folks, including this blogger, have accused President Barack Obama, of, shall we say, harboring socialist tendencies...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: charity; obama; redistribute; robinhood

1 posted on 06/13/2012 1:14:09 PM PDT by Mark Landsbaum
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To: Mark Landsbaum

Socialism and Fascism...there is really no difference. One leads directly to the other yet the terms are never changed.


2 posted on 06/13/2012 1:17:20 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: Mark Landsbaum

This year’s election is Rinoism vs. Progressivism. Pick Your poison. Me I am voting for Virgil Goode.


3 posted on 06/13/2012 3:18:28 PM PDT by Mozilla (Constitution Party 2012)
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To: Mark Landsbaum

Why be circumspect, Mark, when there really isn’t a reason to be so?

Obama is a self-avowed communist, and has been so since he was in college.

Romney is a self-avowed Progressive, which is national socialism or, in the classical sense of the term, fascism.


4 posted on 06/13/2012 4:22:50 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
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