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To: patriot08
Here's my Dad's response to the article when I sent it to him, asking him if he agreed, for what it's worth:

"I have no doubt that Obama is a socialist… pure and simple. I’m not certain what flavour… Hillary was European socialist, no doubt there. Obama is more of the third-world-on-the-fringe-of-communism-but-not-quite-there-yet brand, I think. Whatever. What he is peddling is not good for this country, a nation of free and independent people seeking to better themselves through their own efforts, unfettered by an overbearing authority.

"The article lacks documentation in so far as some of its charges are concenrned, e.g. “sent government agents to intimidate American citizens who have said they don’t agree with him and will not vote for him”… “tried to use the offices of state Attorneys General to silence any opposition or dissent”.

"For those who don’t track Obama’s positions, minus specificity this comes off as fear-mongering and only gives the left more ammunition with which to fire back.

"And if that weren’t enough, the article finishes with a too-often used rhetorical device which in this case falls even flatter due to its being false: The Russians, Germans, Chinese, North Koreans, Vietnamese and Cubans did “think it could happen here” since they supported and participated in the revolutions which resulted in communist government. You might argue that they did not fully appreciate the full extent in which their daily lives would be affected, but to state they did not know that embracing communism would radically change the way their society was structured is folly… change (there’s that word again…) is what they were seeking!"

33 posted on 10/17/2008 7:30:35 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Communism's only killed 100 million people; let's try it again! Obamao for President!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Sorry, don’t agree.
Obama was nutured by Muslims/Communists.
He is a Communist.
The instances of gestapo style tactics in Missouri and intimidation of the TV stations WERE documented.


34 posted on 10/17/2008 10:32:31 PM PDT by patriot08
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