Posted on 09/28/2009 5:28:55 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
Accused Barack Obama of "following Marxist theory" and "wanting the country to fail".
Williams, a lifelong Republican whose hits include Moon River and Music To Watch Girls By, told the Radio Times he thought Mr Obama wanted to turn the US into a "socialist country".
The 81-year-old was a friend of the Kennedy family during the 1960s and was present at the Los Angeles rally where Robert F Kennedy was assassinated in 1968.
"I was very close to Bobby and he asked me to be a delegate for him when he ran for president," he said.
"He knew about me being a Republican, but just laughed and said, 'Sign yourself in as a Democrat and then change back afterwards'. Sadly, I never got to do that.
"I was very close to Teddy Kennedy, too, and his death recently brought it all back. What a tragedy. Had he lived, I think Bobby would have been a great president."
But Williams had a less favourable opinion of the current president.
"Don't like him at all," he said, "I think he wants to create a socialist country. The people he associates with are very Left-wing. One is registered as a Communist.
"Obama is following Marxist theory. He's taken over the banks and the car industry. He wants the country to fail."
Politicians, media personalities and conservative activists have accused the US president of espousing socialist ideas.
Earlier this month, Jim Greer, the chairman of the Republican Party in Florida, said he was "absolutely appalled that taxpayer dollars are being used to spread President Obama's socialist ideology", after the US leader appeared in a televised address to be shown in classrooms around the country.
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I’m NOT a friend of the Kennedys and I think he’s a Marxist. Didn’t think being a friend of the Kennedys qualifies someone to identify a Marxist.
That’s amazing!
LOL, this awkward sentence is not exactly a compliment to Teddy.
He did not follow church teaching........he was the biggest promoter of abortion the Senate ever saw.......which is against Catholic teaching. Even the devil has loyal followers and fans so I am not impressed that teddy had friends....and it does not make him a Catholic saint. Not at all.
I guess the term communist is relative to Andy. Either that...or he’s a closet-Hillary fan.
LOL! :-)
You know, there really ought to be a “FReeper Post of the Day” Award for wonderful posts like this!! :-)
I never said he was a Catholic Saint.
I’m just giving some personal perspective.
I hated the man’s politics...but I think we will see much worse coming.
Obama is much worse, still doesn’t make teddy palatable in any form.
jst another reason to like Andy Williams!!
Good to see Andy has views like ours except for the Teddy Kennedy bit.
But - we all have friends who hold certain views that we don’t especially like and sometimes choose to ignore. That remark might irritate some but it’s true, and we always hope the bad traits will change.
..he was friends with Ethel Kennedy for years...
We have a future to see. It’s called comparison.
Hooray Andy, thanks for speaking up! It is time for other celebrities to start speaking up to help save this country!
Compared to Mary Jo, Teddy had a long life. So much for comparisons.
I'm guessing the folks at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. aren't going to ask him to visit and sing "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" this year...
The weird little cross-eyed midget folk singer?
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Good words from Andy Williams
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