Posted on 04/22/2026 5:33:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber
With socialism no longer a dirty word in the American political lexicon and a central plank of the modern Democratic Party, it should come as little surprise that Barack Obama is finally reveling in his socialist bona fides.
For many years, former President Barack Obama has been accused of being a closet socialist. When Obama was running for the White House in 2008 and 2012, he downplayed his relationships with socialists like Bill Ayers.
The genius of Obama’s two victorious presidential campaigns was his ability to portray himself as a pragmatic politician pursuing a middle-of-the-road policy agenda when in fact Obama has been more than sympathetic to socialism in America since the beginning of his political rise.
In 2012, Forbes published an article titled, “Is President Obama Truly A Socialist?,” which noted that, “Pew Research finds that sixty percent of Americans respond negatively to ‘socialism.’ It is clear why President Barack Obama must avoid that label. Words are important.”
While Obama went out of his way to never refer to himself as a socialist, he did generally govern in the direction that most socialists would approve. Obama’s signature policy achievement, the Affordable Care Act, was derided by many who argued it was anti-free market and a step towards socialism.
During his two terms, Obama toed the collectivist line quite nimbly. Under the radar, his administration pushed what can be described as stealth socialism. His policies were wealth redistributionist in nature, but Obama abstained (for the most part) from openly advocating for a socialist revolution when he was in the Oval Office.
In the years since Obama departed 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and bought mansions all over the country (not very socialist of him!), socialism has become much less of a taboo.
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Muslim Brotherhood alive and well in NYC
Hops aboard? It was Obama’s bandwagon first.
Yea if ocean levels were going to rise, he would never be this close to the ocean.
Correct. Also, that demonic Obama creature only comes slithering out of the pit when its about to make some calculated move.
Nobody wants Obozo around. Now both of these socialists have each other.
My ass.
Sheikh Obama (Piss Be Upon Him) was engineer and fireman on that train (didn't have no brakeman) since he was at Columbia.
Fitting today (22 April) is the 156th anniversary of Vladimir Iilych Ulanov’s birth (Lenin). Lenin’s Birthday is celebrated and glorified in schools, and I didn’t know the truth until I listened in college to a “convicted felon” (leftist radio lingo) who explained the philosophies of “Earth Day” are to advance Communism (and socialism) using the birthday of the Father of the CCCP.
When The Washington BLEEP is now taking control of sports, and the FCC is investigating, we know the tentacles of socialism are growing.
Glenn Beck’s parody holds true from 2008.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l46t_nrySg4
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