Huckabee presents the best choice for Reagan supporters

Gwinnett Daily Post ^ | 1-22-2008 | U.S. Rep. John Linder, R-GA

[unspun]

So unspun? Ever source that quote about a ‘classless society’ to Lincoln or Jefferson; or is it still just Karl Marx?

I guess you haven't read the essential part of our nation's founding document, lately. What part of "created equal" is difficult?

Also, see the Gettysburg Address

America is not an aristocracy.

[allmendream]

Exactly. We already are a classless society. It is Communists who think government ownership of the means of production will produce a classless society and it is they who extort us to fight for a classless society. Now Huckabee supporters are claiming that good ol’ Mike will fight for a classless society. No thanks, we already have one.

It was you who claimed when called on ‘classless society’ being Communist rhetoric that it was a quote from Jefferson or Lincoln.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947514/posts?q=1&;page=1

[allmendream]

First entry when the term ‘classless society’ is put into goggle.

Classless society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Classless society is an important Marxist term. According to Marxist theory, tribal society, primitive communism, was classless. ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_society - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

[allmendream]

Full search of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Nice to read the latter again, it had been awhile, while reading the Constitution is like visiting a good friend. The Gettysburg Address is also a nice read and very very short.

Incidences of the word class: 0

Incidences of the word classless: 0

Now a search of the Communist Manifesto yields the following results.

Incidences of the word class, classless, classes: every other paragraph at least. I kid you not. I lost track trying to count. Easily in the several hundred.

I think you need to reread ANYTHING, except the Communist Manifesto and Mike Huckabee speeches; you've apparently had a bit too much of THAT! ;)

[unspun]

Here is what “class” means, in politics:

1. a social stratum sharing basic economic, political, or cultural characteristics, and having the same social position

2. the system of dividing society; caste.

3. social rank, esp. high rank.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/class

People have come here in order to escape paternalistic, class-based tyrannies. Maybe even Limbaugh’s ancestors. They were aware, based on the Bible, of no one having the right to “lord it over” another, all being sinners at the foot of the cross.

Now, did you read the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address?

Compare and contrast.

[allmendream]

Yes, I read them. As I said the term ‘classless society’ doesn’t appear. That terminology is from Communist ideology. You throw the names of our founding fathers around like buzz words but neither Jefferson or Lincoln talked about fighting for a classless society.

That was Karl Marx talking about Communists fighting for a ‘classless society’.

And you talking about Mike Huckabee fighting for a ‘classless society’.

That snake oil don’t sell here. We like the classless society we already have and dont think we need the proletariat or Mike Huckabee to change it. And you besmirch the reputations of great Americans when you put the words of Communist ideology in their mouths. Your post #40 was a disgrace. Sell Socialism under your own banner, lets not try to dress it up as the words or intent of Lincoln, Jefferson or Madison.

[unspun]

Yes, I read them. As I said the term ‘classless society’ doesn’t appear. That terminology is from Communist ideology. You throw the names of our founding fathers around like buzz words but neither Jefferson or Lincoln talked about fighting for a classless society.

And the reason you do not find that phrase in early American history is that (and we didn't need anti-Marx reactionary Ayn Rand, to get there) it was a moot point, from the Declaration, onward.

Bye-bye, feudal British paternalism. Hello all are equal, under the law.

[allmendream]

In the debate tonight Huckabee ATTACKED the idea of ‘trickle down economics’.

Does attacking the economic legacy of Reagan befit someone who is “the best choice for Reagan supporters”?

Maybe it is a Wilsonian/Madisonian/Lincolesque statement that is actually in SUPPORT of Reagan’s economic policies. Yeah! Thats the ticket! Keep throwing great American’s names around like buzz words to distract from the fact that you put forth Communist ideology “fighting for a classless society” as your reason for supporting this populist socialist Governor who just attacked one of the pillars of Reagan's economic philosophy.

With supporters like you around Huckabee is doomed. Good job.