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Mr. Zapatero said he would work to fulfill the aspirations of
women and young people and provide more support
for the elderly.
This sounds familiar, and I see no difference from the usual dogma of the Socialist party.
More free abortions?
>>a fresh mandate to pursue his agenda of sweeping social, cultural and political liberalization.
What’s “liberal” about state socialism? Oh, I forgot, the Left Orwellianly redefined “liberal” some years back.
Socialism always sounds great. “You can have as much healthcare, pension benefits and wages as you want.”
If you try to explain it to people (such as how to pay for it, WHY we shouldn’t be giving everything away, etc), you are called a conservative a$$hole. Many people will take something for nothing even if they have to give up their freedom (such as keeping the money they work for).
Socialism appeals to the stupid, lazy, jealous and guilty.
Too bad. The Spaniards seem to have lost their collective stones. I frankly don’t see what is so attractive about sacrificing the real greatness of one’s country on this altar.
Well lols they didn't used too.
“Free stuff! I’ll give you free stuff!” —the cry of the socialist politician.
It works. It’s working here. Hillary Clinton had an actual television commercial featuring a Winter Festival Tree with all sorts of wrapped goodies that she would give to the American people. That she’s being beaten by someone even more openly Marxist is disquieting, to say the least.
Yeah, that’s why some friends on mine who moved back to Spain last year still can’t find a job. The gov’t is paying them to stay home, the economy is in a shambles, the Islamic threat grows daily, and the band plays on, just like on the Titanic.
“Collectivism is a doctrine of war, intolerance, and persecution. If any of the collectivist creeds should succeed in its endeavors, all people but the great dictator would be deprived of their essential human quality. They would become mere soulless pawns in the hands of a monster.”
Ludwig Von Mises
sucks....the right looked fairly strong
damn how things change.....the French look like the only crackers in Western Europe with balls now.
Imagine that! all this time I've been working to fulfill my own aspirations.
He's either been bought off or threatened.
Why would a leader want chunks of his country to secede?
I feel like I'm living in an Ayn Rand novel.
I see many more minarets in their future. Of course they’re building plenty here, too.
Spain went from a good guy (Aznar) to this scumbag. Watch the country fall...
Mr. Zapatero said he would work to fulfill the aspirations of
women and young people and provide more support
for the elderly.
This sounds familiar, and I see no difference from the usual dogma of the Socialist party.
/s
Europe is socialist because most Europeans are now secular humanists.
Our government schools are factories for secular humanist thinking. It is inevitable that America will be a socialist nation very soon if we do not address this problem.
It’s hardly a victory for the Socialists. It’s just like the “mandate” the Democrats got in 2006, they barely held onto their lead. It’s not a victory for Conservatism, but it seems they have a strong enough opposition to prevent the Socialists from having a field day.
NY Times: Zapatero: Spain’s Bold Liberal
Tall, thin and well-dressed, Mr. Zapatero has a calm, friendly manner and deep, sonorous voice that offset his image as wide-eyed and awkward.
He was the accidental prime minister, an unproven Socialist contender swept into power by a surge of public rage about the way Spain’s conservative government handled the terrorist bombings of March 11, 2004.
But far from governing with temerity, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, 47, seized the narrow mandate he won at the polls four years ago to propel a country once gripped by religious conservatism into the liberal vanguard of Europe.
43.7% of the vote? Parliamentary democracy is a joke, it means that 56% voted against and this ass still got in. But it’s ok, Hitler became chancellor of Germany with a mere 38%.
Eyewitness report?